Building safety - it’s time for us all to take responsibility

By Suzannah Nichol 2023-07-10T13:00:00

With more regulations coming down the line, we need true collaboration from the industry, writes Suzannah Nichol

Six years ago, the Grenfell Tower fire held a mirror up to all those involved in the construction and maintenance of the buildings in which people live.

A lot has happened since then, and the whole industry is now well aware of the implications of cutting corners, allowing bad practice to go unchallenged, and failing to question when something doesn’t look, feel or sound quite right.

A major inquiry, the introduction of the Building Safety Act, and a root and branch review of competence have focussed all our minds on how much value is added when we get construction right and how the reputation of the whole sector is damaged when we don’t.

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