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The Regs: Beware the Ides of March
Important changes to Approved Document B, the guidance relating to fire safety, come into effect in March 2025, warns Geoff Wilkinson
Tag: fire safety
The Regs: Do I need building regs approval? (Part 3)
The third of Geoff Wilkinson’s three-part, back-to-basics reminder of when Building Control approval is required on a project
Learning from Grenfell: architects still have much soul searching to do
Richard Waite and Gino Spocchia take an in-depth look at the Grenfell Tower Inquiry report and assess what its ramifications could be for the profession
The quest for sexy architecture is harming architects
To improve the state of architecture we need to drop the obsession with good-looking buildings and get the basics right, says Toko Andrews
The Grenfell inquiry missed the elephant in the room: design and build
The Grenfell report fails to grasp the wider lessons of this tragedy by ignoring the warped procurement culture that encouraged so many awful decisions, argues Russell Curtis
Grenfell report: what could it mean for architects?
Among the many ways the industry may be impacted by the Grenfell Inquiry report, could tighter regulation for architects be one of them?
Grenfell Tower inquiry second report: Key recommendations
Architectural education and government responsibility area among key recommendations made in the second and final report from the years-long inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire
Dagenham blaze demonstrated risk of storing on scaffolding, claim fire experts
Experts have warned of the dangers of storing building materials on scaffolding in the wake of the Dagenham fire that hospitalised two people last month
Seven London councils on government watchlist over fire safety concerns
Seven London local authorities are currently on the government social housing regulator’s watchlist due to concerns about fire risk
Hugh Broughton Architects in £5.7m lawsuit over Inner Temple work
Hugh Broughton Architects is being sued by the trustees of Inner Temple after its design for an extension and refurbishment at the City of London legal premises allegedly failed to comply with Building Regulations