ROUND TABLE REVIEW 25 BUILDING
INSIGHTS LIVE
Round table chair, ADF editor James Parker
How to Build a Bulletproof Gateway 2 Submission
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ne of the most useful things an industry round table can do is bring differing perspectives together on tackling a current issue in the sector, and share strategies for resolving
its inter-disciplinary challenges. The Building Insights LIVE event we staged around Gateway 2 submissions, together with sponsors Leviat, Metsec and Premcrete, was just such an example. Admittedly however, there was much discussion of the continued problems and delays being caused at the Gateway 2 approval stage for Higher Risk Building (HRB) projects; confronting this was necessary to help inform exploration of realistic solutions. We brought together clients, manufacturers and specifi ers with experience of taking projects through the Gateway process, resulting in a wide-ranging set of insights for ensuring that project submissions are equipped to – if not pass the Building Safety Regulator’s Gateway 2 fi rst time – at least have the best chance of doing so. The group included two Principal Designers (Louise Flower of MacConvilles and Michele Pecoraro of P+P Architects), with key experience of overseeing the design requirements of such projects, the reams of associated data, and the communication, or lack of it, the Regulator. With the regime having been in place for over four years, around 1500 schemes are thought to currently be waiting in line for
Gateway 2 approvals – we wanted to discover what the Regulator was doing to accelerate the process, and what the industry could do to help make projects ‘rejection-proof.’ Our sponsors’ representatives were also on hand, demonstrating investment in strategies, data and informing customers around Gateway 2 requirements, but also concerns on areas such as potential value engineering and product substitution. The Regulator has begun fast-tracking schemes including the many cladding remediation projects required in social housing, (some reportedly waiting up to 40 weeks to go through the Gateway), and this is set to accelerate further once the National Construction Regulator is established – expected in 2028.
The round table delegates welcomed efforts made to speed the process up, including batching of schemes, and staged application. In addition, architects present including Jamie Chubb, director at PRP, showed from experience how a concerted approach to meeting the Regulator’s requirements as well as construction rigour could give submissions a much higher success rate. However, he also warned that the industry was going to struggle to hit 12 weeks – the intended turnaround for project submissions to the Regulator. He urged: “Let’s just be realistic about what it is. I think the current median is 22 weeks.”
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