More Work to be Done to Create Safe Building Culture

2/9/24

'More work needs to be done' in order to improve building safety culture, says the Construction Leadership Council in a new report.

Published in response to the Grenfell Tower tragedy, the report sets out how the CLC and the wider industry have taken forward work in relation to 5 key areas: Leadership and Culture; Safe Design; Safe Construction; Safe Products; and Safe Occupation.

The report concludes that while progress has been made, much work remains to be done to fulfil the CLC's ambition of an industry in which culture, behaviours and competence have been transformed to deliver safe buildings.

It also sets out the ongoing work in relation to building safety, one of the CLC's 4 strategic priorities, and notes that this work will be reviewed in the light of the publication of the Phase 2 Report of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry.

To read the report, visit www.constructionleadershipcouncil.co.uk/news/clc-building-safety-report

Meanwhile, the CLC has also published updated guidance on the 'Golden Thread' of information requirements for higher-risk buildings.

This guidance will support duty holders and accountable persons to deliver a golden thread for their building. This publication supports the huge amount of work happening across industry to deliver the higher-risk regime and to enable the delivery of robust information to support safer buildings.

The guidance has been developed by an industry working group with experience from across the sector in the design, construction and management of management of higher-risk buildings. The guidance sets out the golden thread information that duty holders and accountable persons will need to generate, keep, maintain and handover during design, through construction, handover and completion of the building and into occupation.

The purpose of the golden thread of information is to give the right people the right information at the right time. It is the information that allows someone to understand a building and the steps needed to keep both the building and people safe, now and in the future.

The guidance makes clear that the golden thread should not be something new. At its heart, the golden thread is good information and good information management. Most importantly the golden thread is something that should be used.

As the new regime develops, this guidance will almost certainly need to develop with it and as such, the CLC is inviting constructive feedback on this guidance to support this process.

Fore more information, visit www.constructionleadershipcouncil.co.uk/news/golden-thread-guidance