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THE BUILDING SAFETY ACT ‘PAP’

The Building Safety Act is a new legislation, concerned with improving the safety within high rise blocks of flats. The Act was introduced in April 2022, with different elements coming into force over 2022/23.

AN UPDATE ON THE ENERGY MARKET

The energy market is experiencing such extraordinary volatility and is currently at unprecedented levels, which unfortunately shows no sign of improvement, according to reports in the national press.

NEW LAWS IN PLACE FOR LEASEHOLDERS

On 28 June 2022, new laws in place sees qualifying leaseholders protected from paying for cladding remediation and limits future liability towards the repair of other historical building defects.

THE fire safety regulations 2022

The Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 are to be introduced as a way of implementing the recommendations following the Grenfell Tower Inquiry. These regulations are intended to come into force on 23 January 2023.

Items In Communal Areas

Communal areas of residential blocks contributes towards the overall fire safety of a building. These areas can prove detrimental to the fire safety of a building if they become congested.

Two Years On From The EWS1

The External Wall Fire Review process, commonly referred to as ‘EWS1’, evaluates external wall systems including cladding on multi-occupancy high-rise buildings and has been an important step towards fire safety.

Developers to fix cladding crisis

On Monday 10th January the government announced a change to their approach toward the cladding crisis by replacing the previously proposed loan scheme for affected 11m – 18m buildings.