Michael Gove’s Monster: The Building Safety Regulator That Ate the Construction Industry

Michael Gove’s Monster: The Building Safety Regulator That Ate the Construction Industry

Chris Worrall is a housing columnist for LFF. He is on the Executive Committee of the Labour Housing Group, Co-Host of the Priced Out Podcast, and Chair of the Local Government and Housing Member Policy Group of the Fabian Society.  For decades, the UK construction industry has evolved to become more efficient, innovative, and capable of delivering safe, high-quality buildings at speed. The design and build (D&B) procurement model, developed in …

Engineers can lead the response to the Building Safety Act

The Grenfell Tower fire was a tragic wakeup call for the UK’s construction sector. Claiming the lives of 72 people, the fire was the result of a series of failures: each on their own may not have resulted in such a disaster, but combined led… The post Engineers can lead the response to the Building Safety Act appeared first on New Civil Engineer.