Structural Safety

PAS 9980: 2026: Updated Code of Practice

The BSI has published a revised version of PAS 9980, the Code of Practice for the fire risk appraisal of external wall construction and cladding of existing blocks of flats. The document contains an updated risk-based methodology to support “more consistent and proportionate assessments.”

UK Finance Updates Lender Statement on EWS1

Today, Thursday 24 April, UK Finance has published an update to the current lender statement on cladding.

• Structural Safety

Grenfell, Seven Years On: TPI calls on the next government to finish the job of fixing unsafe buildings

Statement from The Property Institute, marking the seventh anniversary of the Grenfell Tower tragedy, calling on the next Government to urgently remediate unsafe buildings.

Reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete: identification guidance

Whilst written by Department for Education, this RAAC guidance is useful to help identify RAAC in all building structures.

• Structural Safety
• RAAC