by ACAI | Mar 19, 2019 | News
ACAI Chairman Paul Wilkins has today called for more oversight of high rise inspections following the fire at Grenfell Tower. Speaking at a Westminster Social Policy Forum event on building regulation reform, Mr Wilkins has called for a system of ‘controlled...
by ACAI | Jan 29, 2019 | News
The House of Commons Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee yesterday took evidence from Dame Judith Hackitt and Housing Minister Kit Malthouse MP on the Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety. In the session, Dame Judith accepted that...
by ACAI | Dec 18, 2018 | News
Housing Secretary James Brokenshire has provided an update on the Government’s plans to reform building regulations in England after the Grenfell Tower fire, confirming that it will accept all of the recommendations of the Hackitt Review. In a written...
by ACAI | Nov 29, 2018 | News, Uncategorized
The Government has provided an update on its response to the Grenfell Tower fire and announced its plans to introduce new regulations to ban the use of combustible cladding on a number of different building types. In a written statement to the House of Commons (which...
by ACAI | Nov 27, 2018 | News
Doubts have been raised over plans to hand more power to local authorities to oversee the safety of high-rise buildings, after the Grenfell Tower fire. A ComRes survey of 2000 British adults for the ACAI has found that almost half (46%) of British adults say they...
