Building safety | Construction News https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/building-safety/ Read UK Construction Industry News, Analysis, Opinion and data Mon, 16 Feb 2026 12:00:27 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://cdn.ca.emap.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2023/07/favicon-cn192-70x70.png Building safety | Construction News https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/building-safety/ 32 32 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/wp-content/themes/mbm-mops-2017/images/logo.gif Construction News https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/building-safety/ 125 75 Read UK Construction Industry News, Analysis, Opinion and data Fears of contractor ‘instability’ mount amid gateway three delays https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/building-safety/fears-of-contractor-instability-mount-amid-gateway-three-delays-16-02-2026/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/building-safety/fears-of-contractor-instability-mount-amid-gateway-three-delays-16-02-2026/#respond Mon, 16 Feb 2026 12:45:03 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=538257 Delays to gateway three approvals for higher-risk buildings (HRBs) may trigger financial “instability” among contractors, according to industry analysts. Their warnings came as a Freedom of Information (FOI) request showed 44 schemes are still awaiting a gateway three decision more than three months after those…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/building-safety/fears-of-contractor-instability-mount-amid-gateway-three-delays-16-02-2026/feed/ 0 Gateway three delays trigger fears of bottleneck https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/building-safety/gateway-three-delays-trigger-fears-of-bottleneck-13-02-2026/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/building-safety/gateway-three-delays-trigger-fears-of-bottleneck-13-02-2026/#respond Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:02:35 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=538198 Dozens of higher-risk building (HRB) schemes have been stuck for months at the gateway three approval stage with the Building Safety Regulator (BSR), new figures show. According to the data, revealed in a freedom of information (FOI) request from law firm Irwin Mitchell, 44 HRB…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/building-safety/gateway-three-delays-trigger-fears-of-bottleneck-13-02-2026/feed/ 0 Arconic claims it is immune from defective cladding legislation https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/legal/arconic-claims-it-is-immune-from-defective-cladding-legislation-12-02-2026/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/legal/arconic-claims-it-is-immune-from-defective-cladding-legislation-12-02-2026/#respond Thu, 12 Feb 2026 12:45:56 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=536758 Grenfell Tower material producer Arconic has claimed it is immune from liability in a £2.73m High Court legal action over cladding used on three other London high-rises – because it is based in France. In September, Equans launched a £2.73m High Court claim against Arconic…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/legal/arconic-claims-it-is-immune-from-defective-cladding-legislation-12-02-2026/feed/ 0 Top civil engineer leaves ICE over ‘lack of adequate response to Grenfell’ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/building-safety/top-civil-engineer-leaves-ice-over-lack-of-adequate-response-to-grenfell-11-02-2026/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/building-safety/top-civil-engineer-leaves-ice-over-lack-of-adequate-response-to-grenfell-11-02-2026/#respond Wed, 11 Feb 2026 12:45:14 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=537968 A former secretary of a leading structural safety body has resigned his Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) membership over its “lack of adequate response to the Grenfell tragedy”. Civil engineer John Carpenter left ICE on 4 February after being a member since the 1970s and…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/building-safety/top-civil-engineer-leaves-ice-over-lack-of-adequate-response-to-grenfell-11-02-2026/feed/ 0 RAAC hospitals’ new-build programme ‘constrained’ by market capacity https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/raac-hospitals-new-build-programme-constrained-by-market-capacity-10-02-2026/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/raac-hospitals-new-build-programme-constrained-by-market-capacity-10-02-2026/#respond Tue, 10 Feb 2026 12:45:52 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=537903 A shortfall in construction capacity has held back the government’s attempts to remediate hospitals affected by dangerous reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC), a senior health department figure has admitted. The multibillion-pound programme to replace hospitals fitted with RAAC cannot move any faster without increasing costs,…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/raac-hospitals-new-build-programme-constrained-by-market-capacity-10-02-2026/feed/ 0 BSR to morph into ‘shadow’ Single Construction Regulator https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/building-safety/bsr-to-morph-into-shadow-single-construction-regulator-09-02-2026/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/building-safety/bsr-to-morph-into-shadow-single-construction-regulator-09-02-2026/#respond Mon, 09 Feb 2026 12:45:05 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=537673 The Building Safety Regulator is set to operate as the shadow Single Construction Regulator (SCR) before the overarching body begins formal operations, officials said last week. Before Christmas, the government’s prospectus for the new regulator said the SCR would “take over [the BSR’s] responsibilities” and…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/building-safety/bsr-to-morph-into-shadow-single-construction-regulator-09-02-2026/feed/ 0 PAS 9980: is mandation of the fire safety standard a bad idea? https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/building-safety/pas-9980-is-mandation-of-the-fire-safety-standard-a-bad-idea-06-02-2026/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/building-safety/pas-9980-is-mandation-of-the-fire-safety-standard-a-bad-idea-06-02-2026/#respond Fri, 06 Feb 2026 09:59:34 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=537408 The industry is divided over whether the fire safety guidance offers a realistic response to the building safety crisis

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/building-safety/pas-9980-is-mandation-of-the-fire-safety-standard-a-bad-idea-06-02-2026/feed/ 0 BSR fails to sanction any building control bodies https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/building-safety/bsr-fails-to-sanction-any-building-control-bodies-30-01-2026/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/building-safety/bsr-fails-to-sanction-any-building-control-bodies-30-01-2026/#respond Fri, 30 Jan 2026 11:51:31 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=537199 The Building Safety Regulator has yet to sanction any building control bodies after assuming oversight of the sector in October 2024, Construction News can reveal. Information obtained under the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act shows that 11 complaints have been registered with the BSR against…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/building-safety/bsr-fails-to-sanction-any-building-control-bodies-30-01-2026/feed/ 0 Telecoms work red tape set to be reduced https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/building-safety/telecoms-work-red-tape-set-to-be-reduced-29-01-2026/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/building-safety/telecoms-work-red-tape-set-to-be-reduced-29-01-2026/#respond Thu, 29 Jan 2026 10:10:40 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=537055 Building control procedures for some telecoms works could be relaxed, following industry concerns over delays and compliance burdens. Officials from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government said the higher-risk building (HRB) control regime had created unintended consequences, with routine telecoms tasks now subject…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/building-safety/telecoms-work-red-tape-set-to-be-reduced-29-01-2026/feed/ 0 BSR rows back on legacy gateway application threat https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/building-safety/bsr-rows-back-on-legacy-gateway-application-threat-28-01-2026/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/building-safety/bsr-rows-back-on-legacy-gateway-application-threat-28-01-2026/#respond Wed, 28 Jan 2026 13:01:00 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=537025 Building Safety Regulator (BSR) chairman Andy Roe has played down the prospects of his body taking a hardline approach on legacy gateway two applications. The BSR said in a document released  on Tuesday (27 January) that it would reject projects stuck in the gateway if…

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