Building

Building safety registration portal for high-rise buildings goes live

Details need to be submitted to new Safety Regulator before 1 October Building owners can now begin the process of registering their high-rise residential buildings with the new Building Safety ...
Building

Building Safety Regulator says 10 high-rise schemes caught up in building control firm’s collapse

But group says it does not expect ‘any knock-on impact on gateway 2 work’ The Building Safety Regulator (BSR) has said it is trying to work out how many high-rise schemes have been caught up in the ...
PropertyWire

Building Safety Regulator reforms to accelerate high-rise housebuilding

The government is reforming the Building Safety Regulator in a bid to speed up construction of high-rise homes. This will include a ‘fast track process’, where existing new build cases and remediation ...
The Financial Times

High-rise approval delays threaten UK building targets

Simply sign up to the UK property myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. The UK Labour government’s pledge to build 1.5mn homes in England by 2029 is under serious threat unless “drastic” ...
The Financial Times

High-rise flats could help Labour hit its housing target

Good morning. The government has an ambitious housing target that would be easier to achieve if it could do two things: better support the construction of tower blocks, and dispel some of the fears ...
The Independent

Part of a high-rise apartment building in New York City collapses, no injuries reported

Part of a high-rise apartment building in New York City collapsed Wednesday morning, leaving a corner of the building a pile of rubble. The city’s fire department said it had no immediate reports of ...