25-04-2025 08:56 via constructionenquirer.com

Comment: Gateway is acting like a barricade

Billions of pounds worth of desperately-needed new homes are being delayed by the Building Safety Regulator displaying a classic case of good intentions but bad execution.
The Grenfell tragedy rightly saw demands for better, safer buildings.
But the resulting new regime for high rise buildings has been drawn-up with no practical consideration for how construction actually works.
That’s hardly a surprise when rules are written by civil servants who only talk to trade bodies rather than real
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