Tag: Building Regulation

Functional Requirements are law ─ Approved Documents are guidance!

Written by David on October 5, 2024. Posted in Building Safety Act, Competence, Compliance, Fire Safety, Legal, Newsletter, Quality, Risk, The ICM Blog. No Comments on Functional Requirements are law ─ Approved Documents are guidance!

Vision Construct 2024 Following the series of major large conference events and, particularly, Vision Construct '23 held at Wembley Stadium at the end of 2023 as the new landscape of construction safety culture was evolving Resibuild Events recently hosted a Roundtable at the Building Centre in...

The Criminality of Performing Professional Statutory Duties Without Proven Competencies in Building Regulatory Contexts

Written by David on July 26, 2024. Posted in Competence, Compliance, Legal, Risk, Safety, The ICM Blog. No Comments on The Criminality of Performing Professional Statutory Duties Without Proven Competencies in Building Regulatory Contexts

The Criminality of Performing Professional Statutory Duties Without Proven Competencies in Building Regulatory Contexts In the realm of construction law, the intersection between statutory duties and professional competencies is not merely a matter of regulatory compliance but also one of...

CDM, BSA, B.Regs ─ Dutyholders and Competence Regulations

Written by David on May 28, 2024. Posted in Building Safety Act, Competence, Featured Events, General Interest, Newsletter, Newsletter, Registration, Safety, The ICM Blog. No Comments on CDM, BSA, B.Regs ─ Dutyholders and Competence Regulations

CDM, BSA, B.Regs ─ Dutyholder and Competence Regulations The Building Regulations etc. (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2023 insert a new Part 2A into the Building Regulations 2010. This contains detailed requirements on clients to appoint designers and contractors who are competent and new...

Building ─ the new Safety Regulator

Written by David on April 10, 2021. Posted in Safety, The ICM Blog. No Comments on Building ─ the new Safety Regulator

Peter Baker, head of England's new Building Safety Regulator, talks about his role in delivering a new regime for high-risk buildings, and how he plans to increase the competence of all professionals working on buildings and ensure effective oversight of the entire building safety...

HMO landlords and their managing agents could face unlimited fines following new measures revealed by the Home Office

Written by David on March 19, 2021. Posted in The ICM Blog. No Comments on HMO landlords and their managing agents could face unlimited fines following new measures revealed by the Home Office

Once legislation is in place, the unlimited fines will be handed out to building owners who are caught obstructing or impersonating a fire inspector as well as to those who breach fire safety regulations under the soon-to-be upgraded Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 legislation...

FIA Guide to the Building (Amendment) Regulations 2018

Written by David on October 12, 2019. Posted in Fire Safety, Safety, The ICM Blog. No Comments on FIA Guide to the Building (Amendment) Regulations 2018

The Building (Amendment) Regulations which came into force in December 2018 introduce new restrictions on the combustibility of materials contained within external walls of “relevant buildings” in England.“Relevant buildings” includes residential and institutional buildings that are more than 18m...