Repercussions of remediation
The Fire Protection Association
The UK's national fire safety organisation
Ron Alalouff examines the legal and practical aspects of paying for fire safety defects in residential buildings.
Remediation is a word many people have had to get used to since the Grenfell Tower fire. It propelled into the limelight the potential dangers of unsafe cladding and other building safety defects. Over the years since the fire, intrusive building surveys have progressively revealed major fire safety defects in high rise and other buildings, with the government making periodic announcements about remediation funding schemes, and legislating for leaseholder financial protection in the Building Safety Act 2022.
A summary of the state of play of who pays for fire safety remediation work on high-rise blocks has been published by the House of Commons Library. It sets out a timeline of the various steps the government has taken to intervene in what has become known as the “building safety crisis”.
As part of the Fire Protection Association's continuing commitment to increase fire safety awareness across the built environment, a number of informative feature articles are available to read on our website. You can read the full article here.