Geoff Wilkinson: Can you explain what has changed? Colin Blatchford-Brown: First up, there is a new protected title – the registered building inspector (RBI). From 6 April, only those registered with ...

Private sector building control firms will struggle to take over the vast majority of projects from collapsed firm Assent, meaning they will transfer to council building control departments, according ...

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 ...

The Building Control Independent Panel (BCIP) has made its first public statement, which highlighted that commercial bodies are returning building control work to councils in “unreasonable ...

More than 14,000 households have been left in a "worrying" situation by the collapse of a company that checks new building work meets safety standards, an industry expert has said. PWC Building ...

Last month a leaked report revealed a catalogue of construction failures at Grenfell Tower that contributed to the spread of the fire and hindered escape by residents. Prepared for the Metropolitan ...

How cuts to council building control teams over the past decade have contributed to the building safety crisis #UKhousing A tower block refurbishment in west London comes up for consideration by the ...