Lessons from Grenfell Tower
eBook - ePub

Lessons from Grenfell Tower

The New Building Safety Regime

  1. 108 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Lessons from Grenfell Tower

The New Building Safety Regime

About this book

As a consequence of the Grenfell Tower fire, a building safety revolution is underway for construction and property professionals. This book analyses prior significant building fires and explains the new building safety regime including the Building Safety Act 2022 and the Building Safety Regulator. The aim is to provide an explanation of the Building Safety Regime. To that end, coverage includes:

  • The Grenfell Tower fire: the Hackitt Review and Public Inquiry
  • Remediation of existing buildings
  • Legal Framework: the Fire Safety Act 2021 and Building Safety Act 2022
  • Building Regulations: Part B Revisions and the Combustible Material Ban
  • The Building Safety Regulator
  • Guidance and Consultations

Change has arrived for construction and property professionals in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire. This book is for readers who have responsibilities in the Built Environment or Real Estate to take the first steps towards implementation and compliance with the new regime.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Table of Contents
  6. Chronology
  7. Legislation and cases
  8. Introduction
  9. 1 Background
  10. 2 Grenfell Tower fire
  11. 3 Remediation of existing buildings
  12. 4 Legal framework
  13. 5 Regulations
  14. 6 Regulators
  15. 7 Guidance and consultations
  16. 8 Conclusions
  17. Index