50 INDUSTRY VIEWFINDER - BUILDING SAFETY BILL Which of the following statements would you agree with most about the introduction of the Building Safety Bill?
CONCLUDING SUMMARY T
he construction industry – as corroborated in our survey – has failed in regulating safe specifi cation of residential projects. Against this backdrop of failings, a series of terrible catastrophes have led to many lives lost, and decades of distress caused. Post-Grenfell, it was made clear to most of the industry that further intervention was necessary to improve our outdated building standards, and bring about accountability on those responsible for keeping residents and owners safe from their own properties. Following many of the recommendations of Dame Judith Hackitt’s post-Grenfell Report, the sentiments behind the widespread changes the Building Safety Act is now introducing to achieve this have been widely encouraged and accepted by our respondents.
Unfortunately however, there remain signifi cant barriers in facilitating these changes for housebuilders and developers, with the potential for rising costs, more complex insurance processes, and slower planning being among the most common worries among our respondents. Perhaps the most signifi cant barrier shown in our research – and the most worrying element of the data our survey revealed – was the lack of awareness and understanding of the Bill among
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our respondents, with a surprising amount of our respondents having not even heard of it before we contacted them, just weeks before it received Royal Assent.
Much of the Government’s work is already done – the Bill now enshrined in law, and the cogs on achieving culture change already turning. The majority of housebuilders and developers are on side with the need for such changes. However, the Government has so far failed in seemingly the most basic task of helping the industry understand what’s being asked of it, and letting them know that change isn’t just coming, it’s already here.
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