{"id":5295,"date":"2021-08-16T20:13:21","date_gmt":"2021-08-16T19:13:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress-388643-2486556.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=5295"},"modified":"2022-05-12T17:07:46","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T16:07:46","slug":"the-new-building-safety-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/safecility.com\/the-new-building-safety-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"The New Building Safety Bill: 9 Key Points You Need to Know"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A summary of the 2021 UK Building Safety Bill and the key points you need to know about.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Four years after the Grenfell Tower disaster, The Building Safety Bill has been published, after being first announced in draft form in July 2020. The bill is in response to  Dame Judith Hackitt\u2019s Building a Safer Future <\/em>report. The report was written following an independent review of the Grenfell tragedy and has been labelled as the next \u201ckey step in an extensive overhaul to building safety legislation\u201d by Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Building safety<\/a>, control, maintenance and inspection have come under some serious criticism following Grenfell (and rightly so). Hundreds of buildings have been signed off by both public local authority and private-sector inspectors, but later be found to be far from an acceptable standard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dame Hackitt\u2019s report\u2019s overarching theme was that building safety and regulation in the UK was far below standard and needed urgent revamping to ensure we don\u2019t have another tragedy like Grenfell. The changes will be widespread and will have a big impact on both the construction and ongoing management of residential building blocks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At a lengthy 218 pages, it\u2019s a dense read and one which we can\u2019t expect everyone to undertake for some light reading. That\u2019s why we\u2019re here, to break it down into the most important bits. So what is it, what does it mean, who does it affect, and what changes will we be seeing? Read on to find out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The easiest and most digestible way we thought for you to get the best overview of the important bits was to break it down into key points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1. The Building Safety Regulator<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Following on from Dame Judith Hackett\u2019s call for a new regulatory body to oversee the built environment, the new bill will create a new role of Building Safety Regulator<\/em>. So what will the role entail, what functions will they serve, what powers will they have, and how will this affect the sector as a whole?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At a glance, what will they do?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Firstly<\/strong> they will oversee the safety and performance systems of all buildings<\/span><\/h6>\n
Secondly<\/strong>, they will encourage the improvement of competence in the built environment sector<\/span><\/h6>\n
Lastly<\/strong>, they will lead the implementation of the new regulatory regime for higher risk buildings<\/span><\/h6>\n\n\n
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The role will be entrusted with a range of enforcement powers to support its work, as well as having a duty to maintain three committees to advise on building functions. Namely a residents\u2019 panel, a building advisory committee, and an industry competence committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This role is already operating in a shadow form but will be fully up and running within 12 to 18 months of the bill being passed. Director of Building Safety and Construction at the Health and Safety Executive Peter Baker will lead the charge on setting this up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s have a look at some of the functions<\/span><\/strong><\/span> of the role;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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