The Grenfell Tower Memorial Commission and RIBA have opened up submissions to select the team that will design the future memorial on the site of Grenfell Tower.

Remediation works on 1,088 of the 4,374 buildings identified in England with dangerous cladding have now been completed, according to the DLUHC.

On the seventh anniversary of the Grenfell Tower fire, Quelfire looks back at the changes brought about in the built environment as a result of the tragedy- and looks to the future.

As a date is set for the publication of the phase 2 report on the Grenfell Tower fire for 4th September, Metropolitan Police have confirmed they do not expect to begin prosecutions until 2027 at the earliest.

The UN Human Rights Committee has called on the UK Government to do more to remediate unsafe cladding, describing the circumstances that led to the Grenfell fire as "potential violations of the right to life and human dignity".

The team leading the Grenfell Tower Inquiry have confirmed that the report will not be published before the seventh anniversary of the fire.

Minister for Housing, Planning and Building Safety, Lee Rowley MP, spoke at a debate on building safety enforcement on Tuesday 26th March.

The government will not set a deadline for people to share golden-thread information with the Building Safety Regulator (BSR).

In this article,  Ian King, COO, Zeroignition explores how the industry can improve practices and prioritise building safety post-Grenfell Tower disaster.

Discover what the golden thread of information means for building owners and managers, as well as how it will be enforced under the Building Safety Act 2022.

Three cladding companies, whose poor practices were uncovered by the Grenfell Inquiry, have been warned by the government that they will face “severe consequences” if they do not provide a comprehensive financial package to fix unsafe buildings.

The UK government has called for a meeting with Kingspan, the manufacturer of combustible insulation used on Grenfell Tower, to discuss cladding compensation.

This week (23 January 2023), the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 came into force. In this article, PBC Today explores what the new laws mean for fire safety compliance in the UK.

In this article, Actuate UK, the engineering services alliance, explores the updated Building Safety Act, what this means for the engineering sector, and how the industry can be held responsible for upholding safer buildings and thrive.

The new Building Safety Act 2022 (BSA) came into force on 28th June 2022, it is aimed at liability for defects in “dwellings” and in the context of making buildings safe.

A DLUHC data release has disclosed that five years after Grenfell, there are still 300 high-rise buildings with incomplete unsafe cladding removal works.

Across the industry, attention is squarely trained on the re-cladding and renewal of flammable cladding, and with good reason. Yet persistent uncertainty over which party should be held accountable at each phase of the building process confronts subcontractors with lingering professional indemnity (PI) concerns.

The Building Safety Act is a welcome recognition that making safe buildings is a highly skilled operation, says Hywel Davies of the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers.

Global safety science leader, UL details the four best practices in pursuit of greater safety, governance and compliance in buildings.

With the introduction of the Building Safety Act 2022 what’s next for the property industry and leaseholders that continue to seek clarity for on-going costs associated with the cladding crisis?

Firefights were called to a high-rise building fire on Whitechapel High Street, Aldgate, in Central London as flames and smoke surrounded the 17th floor.

Mark Clinton, national head of construction and engineering at Irwin Mitchell, examines the current state of play following the government’s latest announcements regarding the cladding crisis.

The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has praised Housing Minister Michael Gove for the new cladding plan but has warned that it is not enough to completely fix the scandal.

The government has outlined a new plan to protect leaseholders, and make developers and companies pay to fix the cladding crisis.

Michael Gove has warned developers that they must pay to fix the UK cladding crisis, as he overhauls the government’s approach to building safety.

Ian King, COO, Zeroignition, discusses the benefits of building with timber - both in terms of the environment and also safety.