The regulatory landscape covering fire safety arrangements and structural features in domestic and commercial buildings has undergone a number of significant changes in recent years, making it essential for responsible persons to review their approach to keeping residents, workers and the nearby public safe from the risk of fire.
By Chloe Miller on 11 July 2025
Last July the authors published an article in Safety Management where we looked at the expectations for those responsible for managing competence and those creating and managing the golden thread. In this edition we provide an update on both these key requirements of the Building Safety Act/Fire Safety Act’s ‘new regulatory regime’ including for higher-risk buildings (HRBs).
By Sofie Hooper, Association for Project Safety and Anthony Taylor, Resolve Risk Ltd on 03 July 2025
Workplace and facilities management professionals play a vital role in creating and maintaining a ‘Golden Thread’ of digital information to ensure the ongoing safety of occupied higher-risk residential buildings. Now, new tools and guidance have been published to ensure everyone adopts a standardised approach when drawing together the required data and information.
By Andrew Gladstone-Heighton, Institute of Workplace and Facilities Management (IWFM) on 01 July 2025
Eight years on from the Grenfell Tower tragedy, the UK continues to grapple with the complex and emotionally charged challenge of cladding remediation, with around half of affected residential buildings still yet to begin the process.
By George Edwardes, Fire Protection Association (FPA) on 01 July 2025
Even with the Building Safety Act 2022 having passed its second birthday, many of the requirements have not quite reached maturity.
By Sofie Hooper, IWFM, and Anthony Taylor, Resolve Risk Ltd on 03 July 2024
Construction, design and management is an approach used within the construction industry that integrates all stages of a project. It considers all aspects of a construction process from the initial design and planning to the construction and maintenance of the building or structure.
By Kevin Bridges and Hannah Beaumont, Pinsent Masons on 15 March 2024
Building company Stonehurst Estates Ltd has been fined £450,000 and its director has received a suspended prison sentence, following the death of a worker at a development site in Birmingham.
By Kerry Reals on 15 February 2024
The use of civil sanctions as an alternative to criminal prosecution for certain workplace health and safety breaches should be considered, Rhian Greaves, a partner at law firm DAC Beachcroft, argued during a presentation at the SHW Live North conference in Manchester on 23 January.
By Kerry Reals on 26 January 2024
The number of schools in England where at-risk concrete has been identified has risen to 174, according to the Department for Education (DfE).
By Belinda Liversedge on 26 September 2023
The Building Safety Regulator (BSR) has warned owners that “time is running out” to avoid criminal charges if they have not yet registered their high-rise buildings.
By Belinda Liversedge on 26 September 2023
