The new building safety landscape
After an extended period of debate, discussion, consultation and parliamentary amendment processes, the Government’s Building Safety Bill received Royal Assent on 28 April 2022. The resulting Building Safety Act, which was first announced in draft form in July 20202, was published on 5 July 2021 and outlined by then-Housing Secretary as a “key step in an extensive overhaul to building safety legislation”. The reforms outlined in the Act are intended to create “lasting generational change and a clear pathway for the future” on how high risk and residential buildings should be constructed and maintained, according to the Government. Discover more in our BSI Identify whitepaper.