I read the article above in Constructionnews.co.uk about Dame Hackitt's views and what surprised me was the remarks from Paul Hyett (former RIBA president) Architect Paul Hyett, an expert witness at ...

Well, this isn't going to create any problems.......

I understand that the Building Safety Bill intends to put more responsibility/liability on the Principal Designer which inevitably will change attitudes to D&B but only time will tell if there are...

I've been trying to read the 'Building a Safer Future' and I'm only on chapter 2. Key principles underpinning dutyholder responsibilities 2.14 This review’s objective (in placing greater clarity arou...

This article brings up a valuable point. It is a race to the bottom when it comes to winning bids and getting the job. This is the beginning of the downfall of VE. How else can the contractor fulfil t...

@Jane that's right, there was the incident with the Grenfell Tower were people were asked to stay in their flats, but the breach of the fire to the outside cladding was when the fire spread quickly an...

From what I can see it's just the balconies that have been affected and not actually the cladding. It is still worrying and luckily it was daytime. Attachment : image.png