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  • Building Application Certificates - Application criteria now published

     The BSR has now published important updates to Building Assessment Certification guidance - with a key addition. They have now integrated the specific assessment criteria used by HSE's multi-disciplinary teams when assessing BAC applications.

    For your convenience, the BSR has created a streamlined summary of these changes, focusing on the Building Safety Regulator's core requirements for successful building assessment certificates  - see here - please use this  summary in conjunction with the full updated guidance.

    • Building Safety Regulator

  • Government announces Remediation Acceleration Plan

    On 2 December 2024, the government published its plan for increasing the pace of remediation for buildings in England with unsafe cladding.

    The plan consists of a number of measures to:

    • fix buildings faster
    • identify buildings at risk more quickly
    • support residents and leaseholders

    Access the full collection of documents and supporting policy papers here

    • Building Remediation

  • Government response: Emergency Evacuation Information Sharing Plus (EEIS+) consultation

    The Home Office has published  its post-consultation response to the Emergency Evacuation Information Sharing Plus consultation.

    The Minister of State, Rt Hon Dame Diana Johnson DBE MP, said: 

    "We will move to lay Regulations to deliver the Residential PEEPs policy. Our engagement with key stakeholders, including disability stakeholder organisations, will continue, to help to ensure a smooth road to implementation, including the production of supporting guidance that will sit alongside the Regulations."

    You can read the full response here

    • Fire Safety

  • Smoke vents rendered inoperable by building work

    A new alert  from CROSS UK draws attention to the safety risks associated with preventing the operation of smoke vents, in particular Automatic Opening Vents (AOVs), by construction works on existing buildings. 

    Read the Alert and guidance here

  • NAO report on Cladding Remediation

    Today, the NAO have released their report on dangerous cladding. This report assesses whether MHCLG’s remediation portfolio in England is completing timely remediation of unsafe cladding at a reasonable cost to the taxpayer.

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