BSR, OPSS and CLC Webinar – The Building Safety Regime – Ask Your Questions – Monday 29 April 2024 – 11.30am Join us for the final webinar in the current series for an opportunity to engage directly with the Building Safety Regulator (BSR), the Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS), the UK’s regulator for construction products, and the Construction Leadership Council (CLC). This online event will provide a recap on the significant changes for the industry since the introduction of the new building safety regime, early operational insights from the Regulators and a practical industry p ..read more

•Monthly construction output is estimated to have decreased 1.9% in volume terms in February 2024; this follows a 1.1% increase in January 2024, with the monthly value in level terms at £15,229 million in February 2024. •The decrease in monthly output came from decreases in both new work (2.3% fall), and repair and maintenance (1.4% fall); anecdotal evidence from survey returns suggested effects of heavy rainfall led to delays in planned work and decreasing output in February 2024. •At the sector level, eight out of the nine sectors saw a fall in February 2024, with the main contributors to th ..read more

Building Safety Regulator’s (BSR) Conference The Health and Safety Executive will be holding its next Building Safety Regulator (BSR) Conference on 21 May 2024 at the NEC Birmingham. This is a free event aimed at practitioner level and primarily for: • Accountable and Principal Accountable Persons • Building control Professionals • Fire and Rescue Service Personnel • Construction and design industries • Organisations engaged with residents. Register here for the conference. BSR/OPSS/CLC Building Safety Webinars Register for free online webinars: • 17 April 2024 – 1pm – BSR and CLC Webinar – Th ..read more

Trade Credit Insurance (TCI) plays a significant role in construction, giving businesses throughout the supply chain the confidence to trade with one another. The Construction Leadership Council is working with the Builders Merchants Federation to gather information on the current market position of TCI provision and the experience of organisations throughout the construction supply chain. To participate in the survey please follow this link. Please note answers will be anonymous and no contact details are requested. Survey closes 12 April ..read more

Building Control Changes for Higher-Risk Buildings The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) has published an additional Q&A document to accompany the previously published Building Circular (published in October 2023 and updated in February 2024) on changes to the building control process for higher-risk buildings (HRBs) and wider changes to procedural building regulations applying to buildings in England. The Circular letter informs building control bodies in England of the changes made by the following regulations: The Building (Higher-Risk Buildings Procedures ..read more

BSR and CLC Webinar – The Golden Thread of Information for Higher-Risk Buildings – Wednesday 17 April 2024 – 1300hrs An opportunity to engage directly with the Building Safety Regulator (BSR), the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) and the Construction Leadership Council (CLC) as they explore the golden thread of information for Higher-Risk Buildings (HRBs). This webinar will be particularly helpful for accountable persons managing existing HRBs. Chaired by Peter Caplehorn, CLC Golden Thread lead and Chief Executive of the Construction Products Association, we will be ..read more

Post-Building Safety Act 2022, this is your opportunity to hear from and engage directly with representatives of industry, government and the OPSS, the UK’s regulator for construction products, as they explore their perspectives on compliance of construction products. Chaired by Peter Caplehorn, CE CPA and CLC Construction Products lead for Building Safety, we will be joined by Louise Barr, Deputy Director Construction Products DLUHC, Duncan Johnson, Deputy Director Construction Products OPSS, and Adam Turk, CEO Siderise, in this online event that will allow you to hear them discuss the progre ..read more

At an event at the Institution of Civil Engineers in London today the CLC published its Bi-Annual Review for 2023 and Plan for 2024. Download the press notice here. Download the full report here.     ..read more

Statement from John Newcomb, CEO of the Builders Merchants Federation and Peter Caplehorn, CEO of the Construction Products Association, co-chairs of the Construction Leadership Council’s Material Supply Chain Group. As the first quarter of 2024 draws to a close the latest report from Construction Leadership Council’s Material Supply Chain Group (formerly Product Availability Group) continues to show good levels of product availability across the board. The beginning of 2024 has also brought early signs of improvement in construction activity, although housebuilding is expected to be flat for ..read more

The Industry Safety Steering Group (ISSG) has published its fourth report on the progress in encouraging culture change among groups within the built environment sector. The ISSG chaired by Dame Judith Hackitt was set up to scrutinise the built environment industry’s proposals and progress towards culture change, on behalf of the Secretary of State for the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities. The role of the Group is to provide constructive challenge, recommend actions, overcome obstacles and make proposals to accelerate change with all actors in the system. The ISSG believes ..read more