It has been little over a week since the Building Safety Act was fully implemented in England – and, with it, a slew of changes to the rules for higher-risk buildings, writes Max Meadows of Project Four Safety Solutions.
While there is a lot of information to take on board, the new regulations are more of an improvement on existing construction standards, rather than a whole new set of rules. We have said from the early days that the BSA is CDM regulations on steroids, and this holds true. The legislation has a focus on behaviour change and demonstrating compliance, two things the built environment needs to embrace from the top down.