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...
by ACAI | Nov 2, 2018 | News, Uncategorized
The Grenfell Tower tragedy has rightly caused the building and construction industry to wake up to the regulatory challenges that have been overlooked for too long. However, the Hackitt Review’s various recommendations must be viewed on their own merit. While the...
by ACAI | Nov 2, 2018 | News
The Hackitt Review’s proposals for a Joint Competent Authority to oversee the inspection of High-Risk Residential Buildings (HRRB) and the banning of Approved Inspectors will not deliver the independence and transparency the industry needs. The ACAI sets out...
