[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":1358},["ShallowReactive",2],{"news-reading-a-london-skyline-for-risk-the-city":3,"news-related-reading-a-london-skyline-for-risk-the-city":129},{"id":4,"title":5,"author":6,"body":7,"category":105,"date":106,"description":107,"draft":108,"extension":109,"image":110,"imageAlt":111,"imageCredit":112,"imageCreditUrl":113,"imageType":114,"isOpinion":108,"meta":115,"navigation":117,"path":118,"readingTime":119,"seo":120,"stem":121,"tags":122,"__hash__":128},"news\u002Fnews\u002Freading-a-london-skyline-for-risk-the-city.md","Reading a London skyline for risk: the City","The SAMRISK Team",{"type":8,"value":9,"toc":95},"minimark",[10,14,19,22,25,29,32,51,54,58,61,70,74,77,85,89,92],[11,12,13],"p",{},"Seen from above, the City of London is a cluster of tall commercial towers rising out of a dense, irregular street pattern that is older than almost anything around it. The Square Mile carries some of the country's most recognisable office buildings, packed into a footprint that has been built and rebuilt for centuries. For anyone responsible for these buildings, the skyline is not a view. It is a working register of compliance obligations stacked floor on floor, and reading it for risk is a particular skill.",[15,16,18],"h2",{"id":17},"a-skyline-built-for-offices-increasingly-mixed","A skyline built for offices, increasingly mixed",[11,20,21],{},"The City's towers are overwhelmingly commercial, designed around large floor plates, high occupancy during the working day and complex services. That profile shapes the risk. A building that holds thousands of workers has demanding fire strategy, crowded escape routes at certain hours, and plant that runs hard. Around the edges of the Square Mile, and increasingly within it, residential and mixed-use schemes have appeared, which changes the picture again. A building with dwellings in it is a different regulatory animal from a pure office, and the boundary matters.",[11,23,24],{},"That boundary is drawn sharply by the Building Safety Act 2022. A higher-risk building in England, according to gov.uk, is one at least 18 metres tall or at least seven storeys, whichever is reached first, containing at least two residential units. Many of the City's towers clear the height threshold easily but contain no dwellings, so they sit outside the occupation-phase higher-risk regime even as they tower over buildings that fall inside it. A manager reading this skyline has to know which towers carry the Accountable Person duties and which do not, because the answer turns on use, not just height.",[15,26,28],{"id":27},"what-the-tall-commercial-blocks-demand","What the tall commercial blocks demand",[11,30,31],{},"Whether or not a tower is a higher-risk building, the demands of running a tall commercial block at this density are serious. The taller and busier the building, the more its safety depends on systems that have to be tested, recorded and proven rather than assumed.",[33,34,35,39,42,45,48],"ul",{},[36,37,38],"li",{},"Fire strategy built around the building's actual occupancy and phased evacuation, with the fire risk assessment under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 kept current.",[36,40,41],{},"External wall scrutiny, since the Fire Safety Act 2021 confirmed the fire risk assessment must cover the structure, external walls and any cladding or balconies.",[36,43,44],{},"Lift regimes that hold up, with passenger lifts subject under LOLER to a thorough examination every six months.",[36,46,47],{},"Dense services, risers and smoke control that need monthly attention and a clear record of it.",[36,49,50],{},"Coordinated escape planning across many tenants who each manage their own demise.",[11,52,53],{},"The density of the City adds a layer that quieter sites do not face: works on one building affect its neighbours, access is tight, and a single street closure can ripple across several towers at once. Management here is partly about the building and partly about the building's relationship to everything pressed up against it.",[15,55,57],{"id":56},"the-challenge-of-many-owners-one-street","The challenge of many owners, one street",[11,59,60],{},"A defining feature of the Square Mile is fragmented ownership at close quarters. One tower may be held by an institution, the next by a fund, the next leased floor by floor to occupiers who run their own fit-outs. Each has obligations, and the seams between them are where risk hides. A fire door that protects a shared core is everyone's problem and easily no one's. The information that should describe the whole building is often split across managing agents who change every few years.",[11,62,63,64,69],{},"This is the case for a single source of truth more than almost any other setting. When the record of a building, its plans, its assessments, its assets and its maintenance history, survives a change of managing agent and stays readable to whoever inherits it, the seams get smaller. We have written about that continuity in ",[65,66,68],"a",{"href":67},"\u002Fnews\u002Frecords-that-survive-a-change-of-managing-agent","records that survive a change of managing agent",", and it is exactly the problem a dense, multi-owner skyline creates.",[15,71,73],{"id":72},"reading-the-skyline-as-a-portfolio","Reading the skyline as a portfolio",[11,75,76],{},"For a managing agent or compliance team with several buildings in the City, the skyline is really a portfolio, and portfolios reward a consistent approach. Each tower should carry the same kind of record: a current set of plans, a live fire risk assessment, an asset register, a maintenance calendar that knows its own deadlines. When every building is described the same way, the team can see at a glance which towers are due for what, rather than holding the state of each one in a different head. The alternative, a different filing habit per building, is how a portfolio quietly accumulates gaps.",[11,78,79,80,84],{},"Holding several buildings in one place is what SAMRISK is built for, with each building carrying its own connected record and a free site shell underneath. You can see how multiple buildings are organised on the ",[65,81,83],{"href":82},"\u002Fbuildings","buildings"," page.",[15,86,88],{"id":87},"the-view-is-a-to-do-list","The view is a to-do list",[11,90,91],{},"The City skyline is impressive, but for the people who run it, it is closer to a to-do list than a postcard. Every tower carries duties that turn on its height, its use and its occupancy, and the dense, multi-owner setting makes the seams between buildings as important as the buildings themselves. Reading it for risk means knowing which obligations attach to which tower, and keeping each building's record current enough that the answer is never a guess.",[11,93,94],{},"If you manage in the Square Mile, the most useful habit is consistency: describe every building the same way, keep the records where the next manager can find them, and let the height and use of each tower tell you which rules apply. The skyline will keep changing. The discipline of reading it should not.",{"title":96,"searchDepth":97,"depth":97,"links":98},"",3,[99,101,102,103,104],{"id":17,"depth":100,"text":18},2,{"id":27,"depth":100,"text":28},{"id":56,"depth":100,"text":57},{"id":72,"depth":100,"text":73},{"id":87,"depth":100,"text":88},"Building analysis by location","2025-10-10","The City of London packs tall commercial towers, dense offices and a growing residential edge into a square mile. 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Here is how it is worked out, who it catches, and the records that make the number easy to defend.","2026-11-06","Regulation and announcements","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=-211300,6845900,-209522,6846900&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image","Aerial view used as an illustration, not a building discussed",{"path":139,"title":140,"description":141,"date":142,"category":135,"image":143,"imageAlt":137,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fcladding-remediation-and-the-buildings-still-waiting-to-start","Cladding remediation, and the 2,111 buildings still waiting to start","The latest government figures show 45% of monitored 11m+ buildings with unsafe cladding have not started works, and a bill introduced on 14 October would turn remediation into a legal duty. Here is what it asks for and what to have in order now.","2026-11-05","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=-173434,7129619,-171656,7130619&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",{"path":145,"title":146,"description":147,"date":148,"category":135,"image":149,"imageAlt":111,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fseven-more-hazards-and-the-four-weeks-before-30-november","Seven more hazards, and the four weeks before 30 November","Phase 2 of Awaab's Law starts on 30 November 2026 and adds seven groups of hazards for about 4 million social housing tenants. Here is what changes, and what a landlord can usefully check before the clock starts.","2026-11-01","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=-164500,7043000,-162722,7044000&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",{"path":151,"title":152,"description":153,"date":154,"category":155,"image":156,"imageAlt":111,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fafter-the-storm-and-the-walk-round-that-goes-on-the-record","After the storm, and the walk round that goes on the record","Storms Austen and Boelo came within days of each other in late October and left 838,700 properties with power cuts. The damage you can see is the easy part. Here is what to check across buildings and land, and what to write down, before the next one.","2026-10-31","Maintenance and management","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=-180981.56109424686,7357155.724003723,-179203.7833164691,7358155.724003723&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",{"path":158,"title":159,"description":160,"date":161,"category":155,"image":162,"imageAlt":111,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fasbestos-and-the-survey-that-comes-before-the-winter-works","Asbestos, and the survey that comes before the winter works","HSE recorded 2,146 mesothelioma deaths in Great Britain in 2024. Autumn and winter are when boilers, risers and ceilings get opened up, so this is the season to check that the asbestos register for each building is current and that refurbishment work starts with the right survey.","2026-10-23","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=-164262,7053340,-163018,7054040&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",{"path":164,"title":165,"description":166,"date":167,"category":168,"image":169,"imageAlt":111,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fe-bike-batteries-and-the-communal-corridor-they-get-charged-in","E-bike batteries, and the communal corridor they get charged in","London Fire Brigade attended 206 e-bike and e-scooter fires in 2025, a record and an average of 17 a month. As the evenings get darker and wetter, more of those bikes come inside, and some of them end up charging in the hallway or under the stairs of a block you manage.","2026-10-20","Fire safety","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=-2047.1117043761242,6703112.401903714,-802.6672599316798,6703812.401903714&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",{"path":171,"title":172,"description":173,"date":174,"category":155,"image":175,"imageAlt":111,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fempty-units-over-winter-and-the-inspection-your-insurer-expects","Empty units over winter, and the inspection your insurer expects","England had 542,000 empty homes on the council tax register in September 2025, up 8% on the year before. An empty flat or shop unit is easy to forget once the heating season starts, and the policy that covers it usually expects someone to be checking it, and writing it down.","2026-10-16","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=-242820.03834114753,6987199.551525767,-241575.5938967031,6987899.551525767&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",{"path":177,"title":178,"description":179,"date":180,"category":168,"image":181,"imageAlt":111,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fbonfire-season-and-the-waste-left-beside-your-buildings","Bonfire season, and the waste left beside your buildings","Fire and rescue services in England attended 102,549 secondary fires in the year to March 2026, up 30% on the year before. Bins, skips and dumped rubbish against a wall are where an outdoor fire becomes a building fire, and the weeks before 5 November are when to clear them.","2026-10-09","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=-11030.594611393302,6713446.313992386,-9786.150166948857,6714146.313992386&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",{"path":183,"title":184,"description":185,"date":186,"category":168,"image":187,"imageAlt":111,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fsprinklers-before-the-first-frost-and-the-pipework-in-the-cold-spaces","Sprinklers before the first frost, and the pipework in the cold spaces","New blocks of flats in England over 11 metres have been fitted with sprinklers since November 2020, so a lot of residential managers now look after a system they did not have five years ago. Most of it sits in heated flats. The parts that freeze are the tank, the pump room, the car park and the bin store, and October is when to check them.","2026-10-08","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=-10807.955629806755,6722611.189119051,-9563.51118536231,6723311.189119051&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",{"path":189,"title":190,"description":191,"date":192,"category":168,"image":193,"imageAlt":111,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Femergency-lighting-before-the-clocks-go-back","Emergency lighting before the clocks go back, and the test nobody writes down","The clocks go back on Sunday 25 October 2026, and from then on most evacuations after work happen in the dark. BS 5266-1 was revised in October 2025. The monthly flick test and the annual three-hour discharge are unchanged, and there is now a photometric check every five years.","2026-10-02","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=-10997.615523519646,6713929.123460404,-10197.615523519646,6714379.123460404&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",{"path":195,"title":196,"description":197,"date":198,"category":155,"image":199,"imageAlt":111,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Froofs-before-the-first-named-storm-and-the-inspection-that-comes-first","Roofs before the first named storm, and the inspection that comes first","Insurers paid out £244 million for storm damage to homes in 2025, up 32% on the year before, according to the ABI. The 2026\u002F27 storm names are out and the first on the list is Austen. The time to look at the roof, the coping and the rooftop plant is before it is named, not after.","2026-09-29","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=-14214.561265731305,6714284.623776032,-13214.561265731305,6714846.623776032&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",{"path":201,"title":202,"description":203,"date":204,"category":168,"image":205,"imageAlt":111,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fsmoke-alarms-that-were-fitted-and-the-fires-they-never-saw","Smoke alarms that were fitted, and the fires they never saw","The Home Office's detailed analysis of fires in England for the year to March 2026 found a smoke alarm fitted but failing to operate in 19% of dwelling fires. In two thirds of those failures the alarm worked. The fire was somewhere the detector could not see. In other buildings, 46% of fires had no smoke alarm at all.","2026-09-25","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=-27826.712767526442,6701628.0850877585,-26831.157211970887,6702188.0850877585&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",{"path":207,"title":208,"description":209,"date":210,"category":155,"image":211,"imageAlt":111,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fgutters-autumn-leaves-and-the-water-that-finds-its-way-in","Gutters, autumn leaves, and the water that finds its way in","The English Housing Survey found 1.4 million homes in England, 5% of the stock, with a damp problem in 2024, and penetrating damp in 2% of them. Most of that water arrives from outside, and a lot of it arrives through a blocked gutter or a split downpipe. October and November are when the leaves come down. The clearance booked now is cheaper than the damp investigation booked in January.","2026-09-22","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=-168777.4590053976,7134006.667595071,-168030.7923387309,7134426.667595071&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",{"path":213,"title":214,"description":215,"date":216,"category":217,"image":218,"imageAlt":111,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Flift-examinations-and-the-report-that-comes-every-six-months","Lift examinations, and the report that comes every six months","A lift that carries people has to be thoroughly examined by a competent person at least every six months under LOLER, and the report that follows sets its own clock. Here is what the examination is, how it differs from the maintenance visit, what to do when a defect is reported, and the records an inspector will ask to see.","2026-09-18","Maintenance","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=-254862.64231850745,7073247.575787472,-251307.08231850746,7075247.575787472&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",{"path":220,"title":221,"description":222,"date":223,"category":224,"image":225,"imageAlt":111,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fcarbon-monoxide-alarms-and-the-rooms-that-need-one","Carbon monoxide alarms, and the rooms that actually need one","Heating systems go back on across the country over the next few weeks, and two thirds of fatal unintentional carbon monoxide poisonings in England and Wales happen in autumn or winter. The duty has covered the social rented sector as well as the private one since 1 October 2022. Here is which rooms need an alarm, what has to be tested and when, and what a landlord has to be able to produce.","2026-09-17","Regulation","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=-165428.56119296927,7052804.587870546,-161873.0056374137,7054804.587870546&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",{"path":227,"title":228,"description":229,"date":230,"category":155,"image":231,"imageAlt":111,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fwet-leaves-darker-evenings-and-the-paths-you-are-responsible-for","Wet leaves, darker evenings, and the paths you are responsible for","Slips, trips and falls on the same level were 30% of the non-fatal injuries to employees reported under RIDDOR in 2024\u002F25, more than any other kind of accident. The clocks go back on 25 October. Between now and then is the time to walk the external routes of every site you manage, and to write down what you found.","2026-09-15","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=-176840.14262924562,7356318.655005842,-174706.8092959123,7357518.655005842&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",{"path":233,"title":234,"description":235,"date":236,"category":224,"image":237,"imageAlt":111,"readingTime":238,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fcommunal-heating-and-the-regulator-that-arrived-in-january","Communal heating, and the regulator that arrived in January","Since 27 January 2026 Ofgem has regulated heat networks in Great Britain, and a plant room heating the flats in one block counts as one. Existing suppliers are deemed authorised but must register by 26 January 2027. As the heating goes back on, this is what the new regime asks of the people who run buildings.","2026-09-11","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=-16416.741970220628,6707247.363838897,-14816.741970220628,6708147.363838897&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",6,{"path":240,"title":241,"description":242,"date":243,"category":168,"image":244,"imageAlt":111,"readingTime":238,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fdry-risers-and-the-supply-you-only-need-once","Dry risers, and the supply you only need once","A dry riser sits empty for its entire life until a fire crew connects to it. Building Regulations require fire mains above 18m, BS 9990 sets a six monthly inspection and an annual pressure test, and Regulation 7 of the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 adds a monthly check with a 24 hour reporting clock. Almost all of the failure is in the record, not the pipe.","2026-09-08","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=-13064.9073292328,6686910.880665158,-8798.240662566132,6689310.880665158&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",{"path":246,"title":247,"description":248,"date":249,"category":168,"image":250,"imageAlt":111,"readingTime":238,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Ffire-safety-audits-and-the-notices-that-rose-this-year","Fire safety audits, and the notices that rose this year","The Home Office published its fire prevention and protection figures for England on 2 September 2026. Fire and rescue authorities carried out 50,195 audits, 60% came back satisfactory, and prohibition notices rose 27% in a single year. The audit does not test the building so much as the record you keep about it.","2026-09-04","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=-166850.7834151915,7052004.587870546,-160450.7834151915,7055604.587870546&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",{"path":252,"title":253,"description":254,"date":255,"category":155,"image":256,"imageAlt":111,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fgas-safety-before-the-heating-season-and-the-two-month-window","Gas safety before the heating season, and the two month window","Heating systems come back on across England in the next few weeks, and the annual gas safety check is the one record that has to be in date before they do. Regulation 36A lets you do the check up to two months early without losing the anniversary, which makes September the sensible month to catch the whole portfolio up.","2026-09-01","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=-129850.85193543904,6973419.783866179,-126295.29637988348,6975419.783866179&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",{"path":258,"title":259,"description":260,"date":261,"category":262,"image":263,"imageAlt":111,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fvegetation-clearance-in-september-and-the-checks-that-come-first","Vegetation clearance in September, and the checks that come first","The main bird nesting season is generally taken as 1 March to 31 August, so 1 September is the day the hedge and scrub work restarts across a lot of sites. The date does not lift every protection, and the checks you did beforehand only count if somebody wrote them down.","2026-08-31","Site and land","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=-275269.0030924039,6570484.51940271,-273313.44753684837,6571584.51940271&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",{"path":265,"title":266,"description":267,"date":268,"category":135,"image":269,"imageAlt":111,"readingTime":238,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fhmos-the-start-of-term-and-the-penalty-that-rose-in-may","HMOs, the start of term, and the penalty that rose in May","Shared houses change hands in the last week of August, and the duties that follow the building do not pause for the handover. Here is what applies to every HMO whether it is licensed or not, what changed on 1 May 2026 when the maximum penalty went from £30,000 to £40,000, and what the record has to show.","2026-08-28","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=-177240.55938860998,7135628.459705495,-174751.6704997211,7137028.459705495&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",{"path":271,"title":272,"description":273,"date":274,"category":262,"image":275,"imageAlt":111,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fradon-and-the-three-months-that-start-now","Radon, and the three months that start now","A valid radon measurement takes three months, and the highest readings come when a building is shut up against the cold. Detectors placed at the end of August cover the heating season. Here is what the levels are, which duty applies to a workplace rather than a home, and what the record has to show.","2026-08-27","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=-583111.4228208855,6486025.545366956,-580622.5339319966,6487425.545366956&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",{"path":277,"title":278,"description":279,"date":280,"category":224,"image":281,"imageAlt":111,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fexcess-cold-and-the-clock-that-starts-on-30-november","Excess cold, and the clock that starts on 30 November","Awaab's Law Phase 2 comes into force on 30 November 2026, and excess cold joins the hazards that carry statutory deadlines. It arrives a few weeks into the heating season, when reports cluster. Here is what the clock asks for, and what a landlord has to be able to produce.","2026-08-26","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=-181391.7761727247,7355821.677435514,-177836.22061716914,7357821.677435514&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",{"path":283,"title":284,"description":285,"date":286,"category":135,"image":287,"imageAlt":111,"readingTime":288,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fthe-approved-document-b-rewrite-and-the-edition-your-building-was-built-to","The Approved Document B rewrite, and the edition your building was built to","The Building Safety Regulator consulted on the biggest set of changes to England's fire safety guidance in years. It closed on 1 July and the proposals carry a target implementation date of 2 September 2029. Most of it applies to new work, which is exactly why the useful job for a manager is knowing which edition their existing building was designed against.","2026-08-21","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=-256467.47450491143,7070205.965000523,-254867.47450491143,7071105.965000523&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",7,{"path":290,"title":291,"description":292,"date":293,"category":135,"image":294,"imageAlt":111,"readingTime":288,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fthe-prs-database-and-the-records-it-will-ask-for","The landlord database, and the records it will ask you for","From late 2026 every private landlord in England has to register themselves and their properties on a government database, and hand over gas, electrical and EPC information as part of doing it. Letting or advertising an unregistered property carries a civil penalty of up to £7,000. The registration is straightforward. Finding the certificates is the part that takes time.","2026-08-18","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=-216292.270277619,6879280.508740626,-214692.270277619,6880180.508740626&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",{"path":296,"title":297,"description":298,"date":293,"category":262,"image":299,"imageAlt":111,"readingTime":238,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Ftree-safety-before-the-storms-and-the-record-you-can-produce","Tree safety before the storms, and the record you can produce","The risk from trees is genuinely low, around a one in ten million chance of being killed by one in any year. That is exactly why the duty is about proportionate, recorded inspection rather than endless surveying. Storm season starts in September, and the walk round is worth doing in August.","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=-327801.00420524116,7053149.30374695,-326201.00420524116,7054049.30374695&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",{"path":301,"title":302,"description":303,"date":304,"category":135,"image":305,"imageAlt":111,"readingTime":288,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fgateway-3-and-the-records-that-decide-occupation","Gateway 3, and the records that decide when people move in","A higher-risk building can be finished, snagged and furnished, and still stand empty. Occupation waits on a completion certificate from the Building Safety Regulator, and that decision is made on paperwork rather than on brickwork. Freedom of information figures released this year show how long some of those decisions are taking.","2026-08-14","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=-32091.575454497746,6719796.716377425,-30136.01989894219,6720896.716377425&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",{"path":307,"title":308,"description":309,"date":310,"category":135,"image":311,"imageAlt":111,"readingTime":288,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fconstruction-products-reform-and-what-goes-into-your-buildings","Construction products reform, and what goes into your buildings","The Construction Products Reform White Paper proposes a General Safety Requirement covering every construction product, not just the third of the market a designated standard reaches today. Most of the attention has gone to manufacturers and testing. The part that lands on whoever manages a finished building is quieter, and it is a records problem.","2026-08-13","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=-15499,6762844,-12999,6764251&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",{"path":313,"title":314,"description":315,"date":316,"category":135,"image":317,"imageAlt":111,"readingTime":288,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fepc-reform-and-the-four-metrics-arriving-in-october","EPC reform, and the four metrics arriving in October","The single letter on an Energy Performance Certificate is being replaced by four separate metrics, with the government targeting October 2026 for the new-style certificate. For rented homes it matters more than a format change, because the EPC C standard landlords have to meet by 1 October 2030 is measured on two of those metrics rather than the headline grade.","2026-08-11","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=-286444.97985681135,6703262.704824898,-283956.0909679225,6704662.704824898&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",{"path":319,"title":320,"description":321,"date":322,"category":135,"image":323,"imageAlt":111,"readingTime":288,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fthe-new-decent-homes-standard-and-the-damp-and-mould-criterion","The new Decent Homes Standard, and the damp and mould criterion","The government confirmed the reformed Decent Homes Standard on 28 January 2026. It adds a fifth criterion for damp and mould, and for the first time it applies to privately rented homes as well as social ones. Compliance is required from 1 April 2035, which sounds distant until you look at what has to be evidenced by then.","2026-08-10","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=-170060.45223244381,7133083.065835862,-167571.56334355494,7134483.065835862&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",{"path":325,"title":326,"description":327,"date":328,"category":168,"image":329,"imageAlt":111,"readingTime":288,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Ffire-door-checks-and-the-doors-nobody-has-looked-at","Fire door checks, and the doors nobody has looked at","Regulation 10 of the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 has required quarterly checks of communal fire doors and annual checks of flat entrance doors since January 2023. The first national picture of how that is going landed in March 2026, and it is not flattering: 46% of flat entrance doors in social housing had been checked even once, and most of the doors that were checked failed.","2026-08-07","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=-254942.39748104356,7073142.733915211,-253342.39748104356,7074042.733915211&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",{"path":331,"title":332,"description":333,"date":334,"category":168,"image":335,"imageAlt":111,"readingTime":238,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fmonthly-checks-and-the-24-hour-clock-on-a-fault","Monthly checks, and the 24 hour clock that starts with a fault","Regulation 7 of the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 puts a monthly check on firefighters' lifts, evacuation lifts and essential fire-fighting equipment in every high-rise residential building. The part that catches people out is what happens next: a fault you cannot rectify within 24 hours has to be reported to the fire and rescue authority, and the record of the checks has to be available to residents.","2026-08-04","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=-12087.12955145502,6687460.880665158,-9776.01844034391,6688760.880665158&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",{"path":337,"title":338,"description":339,"date":340,"category":262,"image":341,"imageAlt":111,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fsurface-water-flooding-and-the-drainage-you-can-prove","Surface water flooding, and the drainage you can prove","The national assessment now places 4.6 million properties in England and Wales inside surface water flood risk areas, 43% more than the previous one. For most sites the exposure is not a river. It is a gully, an outfall and an attenuation basin with no dated inspection record behind them.","2026-08-03","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=-164349.5,7061040,-162038.5,7062340&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",{"path":343,"title":344,"description":345,"date":346,"category":224,"image":347,"imageAlt":111,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fcladding-funding-for-buildings-under-11-metres","Cladding funding for buildings under 11 metres, and the window that opens in August","New Cladding Safety Scheme funding opens to residential buildings under 11 metres in England on 17 August 2026, and closes eight weeks later. The assessment that qualifies a building has to exist before you apply, and within the highest risk group the queue is ordered by the date and time the application arrives.","2026-07-31","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=-21304.38338913807,6640656.507775221,-18993.27227802696,6641956.507775221&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",{"path":349,"title":350,"description":351,"date":352,"category":224,"image":353,"imageAlt":111,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fbuilding-assessment-certificates-and-the-duties-that-do-not-pause","Building assessment certificates, and the duties that do not pause","The Building Safety Regulator has stopped calling in new building assessment certificate applications while it rebuilds the process. Sixty-six percent of applications were refused this year, and assessments took twice as long as expected. The certificate has paused. The safety case report, the occurrence reporting system and the resident engagement strategy have not.","2026-07-28","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=5992.155975846988,6707928.026408534,9369.933753624766,6709828.026408534&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",{"path":355,"title":356,"description":357,"date":352,"category":224,"image":358,"imageAlt":111,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Felectrical-safety-in-social-housing-and-the-november-deadline","Electrical safety in social housing, and the November deadline","Social landlords in England have until 1 November 2026 to complete the first round of electrical installation inspections and equipment checks on tenancies granted before December 2025. The testing is the straightforward part. The 28 day supply and remedial clocks that follow each report are where the duty is actually won or lost.","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=14162.50648883608,6717470.062293214,17006.950933280525,6719070.062293214&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",{"path":360,"title":361,"description":362,"date":363,"category":224,"image":364,"imageAlt":111,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fthe-building-safety-levy-and-the-brownfield-discount","The building safety levy, and the brownfield discount","From 1 October 2026 the building safety levy is charged on building control applications for new homes in England. The rate halves on previously developed land, but only if at least 75% of the site inside the planning redline qualifies. That is a question about the land, not the building, and the evidence for it is usually the part nobody has to hand.","2026-07-26","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=-16572.471511695298,6705832.794341229,-13372.471511695298,6707632.794341229&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",{"path":366,"title":367,"description":368,"date":369,"category":370,"image":371,"imageAlt":111,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fraac-and-the-buildings-that-still-contain-it","RAAC, and the buildings that still contain it","Reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete was used in roofs, floors and walls from the mid 1950s to the mid 1990s, with a design life of around 30 years. Most of it is now well past that. The schools and hospitals made the headlines, but the material sits in far more of the estate than that, and the duty to find it, record it and keep it under review falls on whoever manages the building today.","2026-07-17","Building safety","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=-169870,6866600,-166314,6868600&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",{"path":373,"title":374,"description":375,"date":376,"category":224,"image":377,"imageAlt":111,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fcladding-remediation-and-the-deadlines-now-in-law","Cladding remediation, and the deadlines now going into law","For years the pace of fixing unsafe cladding was the complaint. Now there are dates attached. The Remediation Acceleration Plan, and the Remediation Bill behind it, set legal deadlines of end 2029 for buildings over 18 metres and end 2031 for those between 11 and 18 metres, with real penalties for missing them. Here is where the national numbers stand in mid 2026, and what a building owner is now expected to be able to show.","2026-07-16","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=-251423,7065800,-247867,7067800&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",{"path":379,"title":380,"description":381,"date":382,"category":224,"image":383,"imageAlt":111,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fgateway-2-and-the-backlog-that-is-clearing","Gateway 2, and the backlog that is finally clearing","Gateway 2 is the pre-construction hard stop for higher-risk buildings under the Building Safety Act 2022. Through 2025 its decisions ran to nearly a year in places. By spring 2026 the Building Safety Regulator has driven average times down to about 13 to 14 weeks and all but cleared the legacy backlog. Here is what changed, and what a good application still has to prove.","2026-07-14","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=-17363,6721700,-13807,6723700&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",{"path":385,"title":386,"description":387,"date":388,"category":224,"image":389,"imageAlt":111,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fawaabs-law-phase-2-and-the-hazards-added-from-october","Awaab's Law Phase 2, and the hazards it adds from October","The first phase of Awaab's Law took effect for social landlords on 27 October 2025, putting statutory deadlines on damp, mould and emergency repairs. From October 2026 the duty widens to cold, heat, falls, fire, electrical and hygiene hazards. Here is what changes, and why the record matters more than ever.","2026-07-13","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=-165427.78,7075000,-161872.22,7077000&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",{"path":391,"title":392,"description":393,"date":394,"category":224,"image":395,"imageAlt":111,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fmartyns-law-what-it-asks-of-the-premises-you-manage","Martyn's Law, and what it asks of the premises you manage","The Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025 received Royal Assent on 3 April 2025 and comes into force after a two-year implementation period, so most qualifying premises have to comply from around April 2027 (Home Office, 2025). Here is what the two tiers actually require, and where the work meets a building manager.","2026-07-10","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=-251723.43045591493,7071170.977594379,-248167.87490035937,7073170.977594379&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",{"path":397,"title":398,"description":399,"date":400,"category":224,"image":401,"imageAlt":111,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fthe-building-safety-levy-from-october-2026","The Building Safety Levy, and what it changes from October","From 1 October 2026 the Building Safety Levy applies to major residential developments in England, and no completion certificate is issued until it is paid (Building Safety Levy guidance, GOV.UK, 2026). Here is what it means for the buildings you will go on to manage.","2026-07-09","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=-17108,6707670,-15108,6708795&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",{"path":403,"title":404,"description":405,"date":406,"category":168,"image":407,"imageAlt":111,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fhot-works-and-the-permit-that-prevents-a-fire","Hot works, and the permit that prevents a summer fire","There were 182 hot work fires in England in 2024\u002F25, and 155 were started by welding or cutting (fire statistics for England, analysed by CE Safety, 2025). Summer is when torch-on roofing and site works pick up, and a permit is what keeps the risk, and the record, under control.","2026-07-07","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=-173367.67,7141966,-171234.33,7143166&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",{"path":409,"title":410,"description":411,"date":412,"category":262,"image":413,"imageAlt":111,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fjapanese-knotweed-and-the-land-you-manage","Japanese knotweed, and the land you are responsible for","Japanese knotweed is wiping an estimated £21.4 billion off UK property values, with more than 1.5 million homes affected (Environet, 2026). For a manager the risk is rarely the plant itself. It is the boundary it crosses and the record you can show.","2026-07-06","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=-253761.91076739767,7072244.409364719,-251628.57743406435,7073444.409364719&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",{"path":415,"title":416,"description":417,"date":418,"category":262,"image":419,"imageAlt":111,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fsubsidence-season-clay-soils-and-the-trees-nearby","Subsidence season: clay soils, dry summers and the trees nearby","A hot, dry summer is when clay soils shrink and subsidence claims climb. UK domestic subsidence payouts hit a record £307 million in 2025. Much of what a building manager can do about it comes down to knowing the land, the trees on it, and keeping a dated record.","2026-07-03","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=-10601,6711307,-8101,6712713&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",{"path":421,"title":422,"description":423,"date":424,"category":370,"image":425,"imageAlt":111,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fthe-second-staircase-rule-from-september","The second staircase rule, and what it means from September","From 30 September 2026, new residential buildings in England with a top storey at or above 18 metres must be designed with a second staircase. It changes what gets built, and it puts fresh weight on the evacuation strategy and the plans that record it.","2026-07-02","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=-251876,7069781,-249376,7071187&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",{"path":427,"title":428,"description":429,"date":430,"category":168,"image":431,"imageAlt":111,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fresidential-peeps-the-evacuation-duty-now-in-force","Residential PEEPs: the evacuation duty now in force","Since 6 April 2026 responsible persons for taller residential blocks have new duties around residents who cannot self-evacuate. Person-centred assessments, mitigating measures and an emergency evacuation statement for each one. It is a records duty as much as a fire one.","2026-06-30","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=-12182,6672097,-9682,6673503&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",{"path":433,"title":434,"description":435,"date":436,"category":370,"image":437,"imageAlt":111,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Foverheating-in-homes-and-the-october-duty","Overheating in homes, and the duty arriving in October","Overheating has stopped being a comfort problem and become a safety one. Part O already governs new homes, and from October 2026 excess heat comes inside Awaab's Law timescales. Both are a records problem before they are a building one.","2026-06-29","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=-12365,6736688,-9833,6738112&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",{"path":439,"title":440,"description":441,"date":442,"category":370,"image":443,"imageAlt":111,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fbalcony-fire-safety-as-the-weather-warms","Balcony fire safety as the weather warms","Balcony fires climb sharply through the warmer months, and since December 2022 the rules on what a balcony can be built from reach down to 11 metres. Both are a management problem before they are a building one.","2026-06-26","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=-821,6780488,1711,6781912&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",{"path":445,"title":446,"description":447,"date":448,"category":370,"image":449,"imageAlt":111,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Flegionella-control-and-why-summer-raises-the-stakes","Legionella control, and why summer raises the stakes","Reported Legionnaires' disease cases fell in 2024, but warm weather and quiet buildings are exactly when water systems drift out of safe temperature. The control duty does not take a holiday.","2026-06-25","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=-333555,7058254,-331023,7059678&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",{"path":451,"title":452,"description":453,"date":454,"category":370,"image":455,"imageAlt":111,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fthe-duty-to-manage-asbestos-in-older-buildings","The duty to manage asbestos in older buildings","Asbestos is still the single biggest cause of work-related death in Great Britain. For any building put up before 2000, managing it is a legal duty, not a choice.","2026-06-22","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=-213000,6891395,-210600,6892745&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",{"path":457,"title":458,"description":459,"date":460,"category":155,"image":461,"imageAlt":462,"readingTime":238,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fwho-is-the-responsible-person-and-do-they-know-it","Who is the responsible person, and do they know it","Fire safety law assigns duties to a responsible person, and building safety law to an Accountable Person. The risk is when nobody is sure that role is theirs.","2026-06-19","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1581094481644-f2ab64522498?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop","An engineer beside a colleague reviewing work",{"path":464,"title":465,"description":466,"date":460,"category":467,"image":468,"imageAlt":469,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fwriting-a-fire-safety-log-people-will-actually-maintain","Writing a fire safety log people will actually maintain","A fire safety log only protects you if it is kept up. Here is how to design one that staff will actually maintain, week after week.","Documentation and records","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1762427907123-c7ab022a5de7?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop","A desk with papers, glasses and a calculator",{"path":471,"title":472,"description":473,"date":474,"category":155,"image":475,"imageAlt":476,"readingTime":238,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fplanned-maintenance-beats-reactive-every-time","Planned maintenance beats reactive every time","Reactive maintenance feels cheaper because the cost arrives later. In our view, a planned programme wins on money, safety and evidence.","2026-06-12","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1579632652768-6cb9dcf85912?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop","A brown concrete residential block",{"path":478,"title":479,"description":480,"date":481,"category":168,"image":482,"imageAlt":483,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fthe-fire-risk-assessment-beyond-a-tick-box","The fire risk assessment, beyond a tick-box","A fire risk assessment is a working document, not a certificate. What separates an FRA that actually protects people from one that just satisfies a form.","2026-06-05","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1574064565163-af7a987a1490?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop","Two red hard hats near an emergency alarm button",{"path":485,"title":486,"description":487,"date":488,"category":135,"image":489,"imageAlt":490,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fa-year-of-building-safety-change-in-one-place","A year of building-safety change, in one place","From Awaab's Law to Martyn's Law and a standalone regulator, the past year reshaped building-safety duties. A single, calm round-up of what landed and what is coming.","2026-05-29","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1561888416-4dba58c7170f?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop","A worm-view of a concrete tower",{"path":492,"title":493,"description":494,"date":495,"category":496,"image":497,"imageAlt":498,"readingTime":499,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fkeeping-an-audit-trail-that-holds-up","Keeping an audit trail that holds up","A practical note on what makes a compliance record defensible, and the habits that keep yours ready for scrutiny.","2026-05-22","Compliance insight","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1780394799229-ee29ad4b0900?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop","Old binders and records on a shelf",4,{"path":501,"title":502,"description":503,"date":504,"category":467,"image":505,"imageAlt":506,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fthe-handover-pack-what-the-next-manager-needs","The handover pack: what the next manager needs","A practical guide to the handover pack that lets a new building manager take over safely, with nothing lost in the gap between people.","2026-05-15","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1768158989131-64cbff67f292?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop","Shelves of colourful binders and folders",{"path":508,"title":509,"description":510,"date":511,"category":262,"image":512,"imageAlt":111,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fbiodiversity-net-gain-the-10-you-now-have-to-plan-for","Biodiversity net gain: the 10% you now have to plan for","Mandatory net gain is now a development condition, not an aspiration. What the 10% rule means for sites in and around Cardiff, and how to hold the evidence.","2026-05-08","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=-353548.20220325096,6702855.342463163,-350881.5355365843,6704355.342463163&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",{"path":514,"title":515,"description":516,"date":517,"category":518,"image":519,"imageAlt":520,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fan-audit-trail-a-regulator-can-follow-without-you","An audit trail a regulator can follow without you","The test of a compliance record is whether a stranger can read it in order and understand it without you in the room. How to build a trail that passes.","2026-05-01","Audits and health checks","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1774600166834-175d06febcd4?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop","Two surveyors in hard hats discussing blueprints",{"path":522,"title":523,"description":524,"date":525,"category":105,"image":526,"imageAlt":111,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fliverpools-waterfront-blocks-and-their-upkeep","Liverpool's waterfront blocks and their upkeep","Liverpool's waterfront high-rise faces the river and the weather. Exposure, mixed use and a heritage setting shape how these blocks have to be kept.","2026-04-24","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=-334445.61087937944,7058101.066506081,-331601.16643493494,7059701.066506081&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",{"path":528,"title":529,"description":530,"date":531,"category":518,"image":532,"imageAlt":533,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fthe-annual-building-health-check-and-what-it-should-cover","The annual building health check, and what it should cover","A yearly health check is the one moment to look at a building whole. Here is a practical scope, from fire and structure to land and records.","2026-04-17","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1716037991590-c975184b37df?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop","A surveyor in a hard hat holding paperwork",{"path":535,"title":536,"description":537,"date":538,"category":467,"image":539,"imageAlt":540,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Ffrom-filing-cabinet-to-searchable-record","From filing cabinet to searchable record","Moving a building's compliance history from paper and folders to a searchable record, without losing what made the old system trustworthy.","2026-04-10","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1544377193-33dcf4d68fb5?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop","Printed paperwork on a desk",{"path":542,"title":543,"description":544,"date":545,"category":467,"image":546,"imageAlt":547,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fthe-document-a-regulator-asks-for-first","The document a regulator asks for first","When a regulator or inspector arrives, the first document they ask for tells you a lot. Here is what it usually is, and why being ready for it matters.","2026-04-03","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1774352724311-ba2694681e83?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop","A stack of papers and files",{"path":549,"title":550,"description":551,"date":552,"category":370,"image":553,"imageAlt":111,"readingTime":499,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fhigh-rise-safety-across-manchesters-towers","High-rise safety across Manchester's towers","Manchester's city centre has gained a dense cluster of residential towers in a decade. Managing them safely is a question of records as much as bricks.","2026-03-27","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=-251378.840145693,7071339.683260859,-248356.61792347074,7073039.683260859&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",{"path":555,"title":556,"description":557,"date":558,"category":135,"image":559,"imageAlt":560,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fwhat-a-standalone-building-safety-regulator-means","What a standalone Building Safety Regulator means","The Building Safety Regulator is moving out from inside the HSE to stand on its own. What the change signals, and why it should not alter what a building keeps on file.","2026-03-20","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1592276040264-e10344a6a10e?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop","A residential block behind a tree",{"path":562,"title":563,"description":564,"date":565,"category":370,"image":566,"imageAlt":567,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fthe-three-gateways-in-plain-terms","The three gateways, in plain terms","Planning, building control approval and completion: the three gateways that govern a higher-risk building through design and construction, explained plainly.","2026-03-13","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1545324418-cc1a3fa10c00?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop","A high-rise apartment building from below",{"path":569,"title":570,"description":571,"date":572,"category":573,"image":574,"imageAlt":575,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fkeeping-plans-in-step-with-the-building-as-it-changes","Keeping plans in step with the building as it changes","Buildings change quietly through small works, and plans drift out of date one alteration at a time. Here is how to keep drawings honest.","2026-03-06","Floor plans and 3D","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1503387762-592deb58ef4e?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop","An architect working on a draft with a pencil and ruler",{"path":577,"title":578,"description":579,"date":580,"category":135,"image":581,"imageAlt":582,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fthe-fire-safety-england-regulations-2022-two-years-on","The Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022, two years on","Two years after the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 came into force, here is what they ask of responsible persons and where the duties tend to slip in practice.","2026-02-27","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1533305018385-9b7ac6e6615f?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop","A red fire extinguisher mounted in a corner",{"path":584,"title":585,"description":586,"date":587,"category":262,"image":588,"imageAlt":111,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fsite-boundaries-and-the-disputes-they-prevent","Site boundaries, and the disputes they prevent","Boundary arguments are slow, bitter and expensive. A defined, dated, agreed boundary is the cheapest insurance a site holds. How to draw one that lasts.","2026-02-20","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=-129350.74774559794,6973558.919982713,-126684.08107893128,6975058.919982713&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",{"path":590,"title":591,"description":592,"date":593,"category":467,"image":594,"imageAlt":595,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fthe-golden-thread-for-buildings-that-were-never-digital","The golden thread for buildings that were never digital","Most buildings predate the golden thread and have no clean record to inherit. A practical route to a usable digital history when you start from a drawer.","2026-02-13","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1569235186275-626cb53b83ce?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop","A document filing cabinet",{"path":597,"title":598,"description":599,"date":600,"category":370,"image":601,"imageAlt":111,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fcanary-wharf-and-the-weight-of-a-safety-case","Canary Wharf and the weight of a safety case","Canary Wharf packs commercial and residential towers onto a tight estate. The taller and busier the building, the heavier the safety case it has to carry.","2026-02-06","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=-3526.3273019608223,6710345.359533545,-859.660635294156,6711845.359533545&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",{"path":603,"title":604,"description":605,"date":606,"category":467,"image":607,"imageAlt":608,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fversion-control-for-building-documents-that-actually-holds","Version control for building documents that actually holds","How to keep building documents versioned so the current copy is obvious, the history is intact, and an auditor can trust what they are reading.","2026-01-30","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1771173479042-810085465e49?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop","A stack of papers with colourful index tabs",{"path":610,"title":611,"description":612,"date":613,"category":370,"image":614,"imageAlt":615,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fbuilding-a-safety-case-the-regulator-will-accept","Building a safety case the regulator will accept","A safety case report stands or falls on whether its claims reach the evidence beneath them. Here is what makes one the Building Safety Regulator will accept.","2026-01-23","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1624204386084-dd8c05e32226?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop","A white concrete apartment building",{"path":617,"title":618,"description":619,"date":620,"category":518,"image":621,"imageAlt":622,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fa-practical-audit-cadence-for-a-mixed-portfolio","A practical audit cadence for a mixed portfolio","Running buildings of different heights, ages and uses means no single audit schedule fits all. A workable cadence that bends to each building's risk.","2026-01-16","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1772442198624-4fc4d7281e89?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop","A person reviewing blueprints on site",{"path":624,"title":625,"description":626,"date":627,"category":262,"image":628,"imageAlt":111,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fmanaging-the-land-a-building-sits-on","Managing the land a building sits on","The building gets the compliance attention. The ground around it carries risk too. A case for managing the site as one thing, not a structure in a void.","2026-01-09","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=-164984.11674852483,7053054.587870546,-162317.45008185814,7054554.587870546&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",{"path":630,"title":631,"description":632,"date":633,"category":155,"image":634,"imageAlt":635,"readingTime":238,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fa-maintenance-calendar-that-chains-its-own-deadlines","A maintenance calendar that chains its own deadlines","A good compliance calendar does not just list dates. It generates the next deadline from the last completed task, so nothing quietly falls off the end.","2026-01-02","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1771758249853-415175dc29b9?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop","A close-up of a stack of papers",{"path":637,"title":638,"description":639,"date":640,"category":518,"image":641,"imageAlt":642,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fkeeping-audits-current-when-the-building-keeps-changing","Keeping audits current when the building keeps changing","A building is never static, so an audit that captures a single moment ages quickly. Our view on keeping the record honest as the fabric shifts.","2025-12-26","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1748027869634-fc2e545cfb0c?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop","An inspector examining a fire door",{"path":644,"title":645,"description":646,"date":647,"category":648,"image":649,"imageAlt":650,"readingTime":97,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Frecurring-audits-and-sign-off","Recurring audits with manager sign-off","Audits can now be scheduled to recur on their own, and each one freezes the assessment the moment it is approved.","2025-12-19","Product update","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1759922378275-32d7ca8bbcca?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop","Workers in hard hats and high-vis reviewing work at a site",{"path":652,"title":653,"description":654,"date":655,"category":518,"image":656,"imageAlt":657,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fpoint-in-time-records-freezing-an-audit-when-it-is-approved","Point-in-time records: freezing an audit when it is approved","An editable audit is a weak audit. Why freezing a record at sign-off, and superseding rather than overwriting, makes compliance defensible.","2025-12-12","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1544396821-4dd40b938ad3?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop","Assorted document files",{"path":659,"title":660,"description":661,"date":662,"category":467,"image":663,"imageAlt":664,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fwhat-to-keep-and-what-to-let-go-in-a-compliance-archive","What to keep, and what to let go, in a compliance archive","An archive that keeps everything is as hard to use as one that keeps nothing. Our view on what earns its place and what should be let go.","2025-12-05","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1750935578389-6e1445f5fd8d?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop","Red file folders arranged on a shelf",{"path":666,"title":667,"description":668,"date":669,"category":262,"image":670,"imageAlt":111,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fdrainage-and-suds-proving-it-was-inspected","Drainage and SuDS: proving it was inspected","Sustainable drainage only works if it is maintained, and only counts if you can show it. A practical inspection and evidence routine for site drainage.","2025-11-28","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=-180557.71351050382,7355295.900338063,-177891.04684383713,7356795.900338063&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",{"path":672,"title":673,"description":674,"date":675,"category":105,"image":676,"imageAlt":111,"readingTime":238,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fla-d-fense-managing-a-purpose-built-tower-cluster","La Défense: managing a purpose-built tower cluster","La Défense was planned as a tower district from the start. Its deliberate design offers a clean view of what managing a high-rise cluster involves.","2025-11-21","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=247799.6870620129,6255805.882417589,250466.3537286796,6257305.882417589&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",{"path":678,"title":679,"description":680,"date":681,"category":518,"image":682,"imageAlt":683,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fhow-often-should-you-really-re-audit-a-building","How often should you really re-audit a building","Annual is the default, but our view is that intervals should follow risk and change, not the calendar. How we think about re-audit frequency.","2025-11-14","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1659353586512-bcc4c7182d01?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop","A person in a hard hat looking at a tablet",{"path":685,"title":686,"description":687,"date":688,"category":105,"image":689,"imageAlt":111,"readingTime":238,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fsingapores-vertical-city-and-its-discipline","Singapore's vertical city and its discipline","Singapore built upward by necessity and made management a habit. Its central towers show what disciplined high-rise upkeep looks like in practice.","2025-11-07","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=11559018.007770348,141984.84407031198,11562040.229992572,143684.84407031198&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",{"path":691,"title":692,"description":693,"date":694,"category":105,"image":695,"imageAlt":111,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fleeds-a-city-of-converted-and-new-towers","Leeds: a city of converted and new towers","Leeds built its high-rise quarter from two sources: brand-new residential towers and converted mills and offices. Each raises different compliance questions.","2025-10-31","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=-173811.41896093995,7130859.647174236,-170789.1967387177,7132559.647174236&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",{"path":697,"title":698,"description":699,"date":700,"category":168,"image":701,"imageAlt":702,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fews1-cladding-and-the-external-wall-review","EWS1, cladding and the external wall review","What EWS1 is for, where the external wall review fits under PAS 9980, and how building managers keep cladding evidence ready for scrutiny.","2025-10-24","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1542309175-9b88d743f89f?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop","A beige residential building near trees",{"path":704,"title":705,"description":706,"date":707,"category":105,"image":708,"imageAlt":111,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Flower-manhattan-lessons-from-dense-high-rise","Lower Manhattan: lessons from dense high-rise","Lower Manhattan packs some of the world's densest tall buildings onto a small island tip. Its skyline holds lessons any high-rise manager can use.","2025-10-17","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=-8240377.944212082,4968663.52065194,-8237355.72198986,4970363.52065194&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",{"path":118,"title":5,"description":107,"date":106,"category":105,"image":110,"imageAlt":111,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},{"path":711,"title":712,"description":713,"date":714,"category":105,"image":715,"imageAlt":111,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fbirminghams-high-rise-estate-from-above","Birmingham's high-rise estate, from above","Birmingham mixes post-war council towers with a wave of new city-centre high-rise. That span of ages makes its compliance picture unusually varied.","2025-10-03","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=-212483.9767662689,6886768.091424007,-209639.53232182446,6888368.091424007&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",{"path":717,"title":718,"description":719,"date":720,"category":105,"image":721,"imageAlt":111,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fstratfords-towers-and-the-management-they-demand","Stratford's towers and the management they demand","Stratford went from rail land to one of London's densest new residential quarters in a decade. Its towers carry a heavy, modern compliance load.","2025-09-26","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=-1978.8196761885902,6717291.065178023,865.6247682558543,6718891.065178023&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",{"path":723,"title":724,"description":725,"date":726,"category":573,"image":727,"imageAlt":728,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Ffrom-2d-plans-to-a-3d-model-of-your-estate","From 2D plans to a 3D model of your estate","Moving from flat floor plans to a 3D model of an estate changes what managers can see and check. Here is what it adds, and what it does not replace.","2025-09-19","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1779089614071-93c495af0c89?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop","A white architectural model of a building",{"path":730,"title":731,"description":732,"date":733,"category":518,"image":734,"imageAlt":735,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fwhy-an-audit-is-only-as-good-as-its-sign-off","Why an audit is only as good as its sign-off","An audit without a clear sign-off is a draft. The moment of approval is what turns a set of findings into a record you can stand behind.","2025-09-12","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1581092446327-9b52bd1570c2?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop","Two engineers reviewing work on site",{"path":737,"title":738,"description":739,"date":740,"category":370,"image":741,"imageAlt":742,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fhigher-risk-buildings-who-counts-and-what-changes-at-18-metres","Higher-risk buildings: who counts, and what changes at 18 metres","The 18 metre and seven storey threshold decides which buildings fall into the higher-risk regime. Here is who counts, and what changes once they do.","2025-09-05","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1633537066070-94bccfa10f05?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop","A very tall building against the sky",{"path":744,"title":745,"description":746,"date":747,"category":262,"image":748,"imageAlt":749,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fthe-site-shell-every-building-should-start-with","The site shell every building should start with","A building record with nowhere to put the land leaves half the risk homeless. The case for starting every building inside a site, not the other way round.","2025-08-29","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1615469309529-733e81176c42?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop","A glass building under construction",{"path":751,"title":752,"description":753,"date":754,"category":155,"image":755,"imageAlt":756,"readingTime":238,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fmanaging-damp-and-mould-before-it-manages-you","Managing damp and mould before it manages you","Awaab's Law has put hard timescales around damp and mould in social housing. Getting ahead of it is a records and response problem as much as a building one.","2025-08-22","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1643906652169-a750f3f70848?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop","A tall red residential building with many windows",{"path":758,"title":759,"description":760,"date":761,"category":135,"image":762,"imageAlt":111,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fremediation-enforcement-and-the-buildings-still-waiting","Remediation enforcement, and the buildings still waiting","Across towns like Croydon, tall residential blocks still wait for cladding and fire-safety remediation. What that limbo asks of the people managing them in the meantime.","2025-08-15","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=-12153.754542185256,6687375.213089818,-9664.865653296369,6688775.213089818&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",{"path":764,"title":765,"description":766,"date":767,"category":573,"image":768,"imageAlt":769,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fwhat-bim-gives-a-building-manager-after-handover","What BIM gives a building manager after handover","BIM is treated as a design tool, but its real value to a building manager starts on the day the contractors leave. Here is what to keep and use.","2025-08-08","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1640433832655-b33af96d8c60?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop","An aerial view of a building model with a circular roof",{"path":771,"title":772,"description":773,"date":774,"category":573,"image":775,"imageAlt":776,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fmarking-up-a-floor-plan-for-a-fire-risk-assessment","Marking up a floor plan for a fire risk assessment","A fire risk assessment written in prose alone is hard to act on. Marking findings onto a plan turns words into locations someone can find.","2025-08-01","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1698846296220-e44d9d4b9100?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop","A person drawing a floor plan on paper",{"path":778,"title":779,"description":780,"date":781,"category":573,"image":782,"imageAlt":783,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fplans-photographs-and-the-secure-information-box","Plans, photographs and the secure information box","The secure information box is a small legal duty with a big purpose: giving firefighters what they need before they enter. Here is what goes in it.","2025-07-25","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1721244653606-0d719a36fef5?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop","Two architectural floor plans of an oval building",{"path":785,"title":786,"description":787,"date":788,"category":168,"image":789,"imageAlt":790,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Ffire-doors-the-quiet-failure-point","Fire doors: the quiet failure point","A fire door only works if every part of it does. Why these unremarkable assemblies fail in service, and how to keep them doing the job they were fitted for.","2025-07-18","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1643252819983-7cfa20188914?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop","A red fire extinguisher mounted to a wall",{"path":792,"title":793,"description":794,"date":795,"category":573,"image":796,"imageAlt":797,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fthe-single-page-orientation-plan-and-why-it-matters","The single-page orientation plan, and why it matters","The single-page orientation plan is the first thing a fire crew reads. Small, simple and easy to overlook, it does more than its size suggests.","2025-07-11","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1762146828422-50a8bd416d3c?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop","Architectural blueprints spread on a surface",{"path":799,"title":800,"description":801,"date":802,"category":135,"image":803,"imageAlt":804,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fraac-what-we-learned-and-what-to-check","RAAC: what we learned, and what to check","Reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete reached the end of its design life across public buildings. Here is what the episode taught estate managers, and where to look.","2025-07-04","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1570529472190-ebccc37d5e65?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop","A high-rise residential building",{"path":806,"title":807,"description":808,"date":809,"category":168,"image":810,"imageAlt":811,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fevacuation-planning-and-the-people-who-need-it-most","Evacuation planning, and the people who need it most","Why evacuation planning in residential blocks has to account for the people least able to self-evacuate, and how to keep that information current and usable.","2025-06-27","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1738563132920-03f83e6fadf4?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop","A fire extinguisher sign on a concrete wall",{"path":813,"title":814,"description":815,"date":816,"category":168,"image":817,"imageAlt":818,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fmonthly-checks-that-keep-a-high-rise-compliant","Monthly checks that keep a high-rise compliant","The monthly checks the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 require in high-rise residential buildings, and how to run them so the evidence holds up.","2025-06-20","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1743698205310-cd814a95afab?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop","A fire alarm call point ready to be triggered",{"path":820,"title":821,"description":822,"date":823,"category":155,"image":824,"imageAlt":825,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fbudgeting-for-the-compliance-work-you-can-predict","Budgeting for the compliance work you can predict","Most compliance spend is foreseeable years ahead. A method for turning statutory cadences into a budget that survives the financial year.","2025-06-13","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1768875820800-1c2a6f2e8280?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop","A person holding colourful files",{"path":827,"title":828,"description":829,"date":830,"category":105,"image":831,"imageAlt":111,"readingTime":238,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fhong-kong-and-the-worlds-tallest-residential-challenge","Hong Kong and the world's tallest residential challenge","Hong Kong stacks more people higher than almost anywhere. Its residential towers show what management looks like when there is nowhere to go but up.","2025-06-06","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=12706899.735626778,2544425.9432663256,12709566.402293446,2545925.9432663256&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",{"path":833,"title":834,"description":835,"date":836,"category":135,"image":837,"imageAlt":838,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fmartyns-law-and-the-premises-it-will-touch","Martyn's Law, and the premises it will touch","Martyn's Law received Royal Assent in 2025 and will reach a wide range of venues. Here is how the tiers work and what the duties are likely to ask of premises operators.","2025-05-30","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1650965093730-3d9700615c1d?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop","A tall building with many windows",{"path":840,"title":841,"description":842,"date":843,"category":135,"image":844,"imageAlt":845,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fgrenfell-phase-2-the-single-regulator-on-the-horizon","Grenfell Phase 2: the single regulator on the horizon","The Grenfell Phase 2 report called for a single construction regulator. Our reading of what that consolidation could mean for the people who run buildings day to day.","2025-05-23","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1688242688252-8b661aef897d?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop","A tall building with windows and trees in front",{"path":847,"title":848,"description":849,"date":850,"category":262,"image":851,"imageAlt":111,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fknow-what-is-buried-before-you-dig","Know what is buried before you dig","Under a Glasgow site sits a century of services nobody mapped. The records and surveys that turn a blind excavation into a controlled one.","2025-05-16","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=-474530.05809363496,7529994.303701484,-471685.61364919046,7531594.303701484&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",{"path":853,"title":854,"description":855,"date":856,"category":370,"image":857,"imageAlt":858,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fwhat-the-building-safety-act-2022-asks-of-an-accountable-person","What the Building Safety Act 2022 asks of an Accountable Person","The duties that land on an Accountable Person for an occupied higher-risk building, and the practical work of meeting them day to day.","2025-05-09","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1510227898976-842d7a4d9524?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop","A black high-rise residential building",{"path":67,"title":860,"description":861,"date":862,"category":467,"image":863,"imageAlt":864,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"Records that survive a change of managing agent","When a managing agent changes, the building's records often go with them. Here is how to keep a compliance history that belongs to the building, not the agent.","2025-05-02","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1649954174454-767fd0a40fb6?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop","A glass cabinet of archived folders",{"path":866,"title":867,"description":868,"date":869,"category":135,"image":870,"imageAlt":871,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fawaabs-law-arrives-what-social-landlords-must-do-now","Awaab's Law arrives: what social landlords must do now","Awaab's Law sets hard clocks for damp, mould and emergency hazards in social housing. Here is what the timescales ask of landlords, and how to be ready for them.","2025-04-25","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1571236673892-13d222da2019?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop","A brown apartment building",{"path":873,"title":874,"description":875,"date":876,"category":573,"image":877,"imageAlt":878,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fdrawing-a-building-plan-that-firefighters-can-use","Drawing a building plan that firefighters can use","A building plan for firefighters is read under pressure, in the dark, by someone who has never been inside. Here is how to draw one that works.","2025-04-18","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1721244654394-36a7bc2da288?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop","An architectural blueprint of a multi-storey building",{"path":880,"title":881,"description":882,"date":883,"category":155,"image":884,"imageAlt":885,"readingTime":238,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fthe-lift-inspection-you-cannot-skip","The lift inspection you cannot skip","Passenger lifts carry a statutory examination interval under LOLER. Here is what the rule asks, and how to keep the evidence that you met it.","2025-04-11","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1581094487600-9d2381d4eeef?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop","An engineer holding a smartphone on site",{"path":887,"title":888,"description":889,"date":890,"category":105,"image":891,"imageAlt":111,"readingTime":238,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fdubai-marina-and-managing-tall-at-scale","Dubai Marina and managing tall at scale","Dubai Marina packs dozens of supertall residential towers into a tight waterfront. The management lessons travel further than the geography suggests.","2025-04-04","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=6136556.722341105,2884674.0252452907,6139756.722341105,2886474.0252452907&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",{"path":893,"title":894,"description":895,"date":896,"category":262,"image":897,"imageAlt":111,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fdraw-the-boundary-once-and-let-everything-hang-off-it","Draw the boundary once, and let everything hang off it","From above, a Bristol estate is one outline. On the ground it is dozens of duties. Define the boundary first and the rest of the record finds its place.","2025-03-28","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=-289739.7033768008,6700304.244344266,-286895.2589323563,6701904.244344266&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",{"path":899,"title":900,"description":901,"date":902,"category":370,"image":903,"imageAlt":904,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fthe-golden-thread-is-a-habit-not-a-document","The golden thread is a habit, not a document","The golden thread is often treated as a file to produce. It is really a way of working that keeps a building's safety record accurate and current.","2025-03-21","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1583521214690-73421a1829a9?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop","Stacks of paper documents and file folders",{"path":906,"title":907,"description":908,"date":909,"category":262,"image":910,"imageAlt":111,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Ftree-preservation-orders-and-the-survey-behind-them","Tree preservation orders, and the survey behind them","A protected tree on an Edinburgh site changes what you can do and when. The survey that finds the duty, and the record that keeps you on the right side of it.","2025-03-14","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=-356553.8284546693,7547440.166981198,-353887.16178800265,7548940.166981198&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",{"path":912,"title":913,"description":914,"date":915,"category":155,"image":916,"imageAlt":111,"readingTime":238,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fthe-first-90-days-managing-a-new-building","The first 90 days managing a new building","Taking on an unfamiliar building is mostly a problem of knowledge. A structured first 90 days turns a stranger's building into one you can stand behind.","2025-03-07","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=-157625.89840708944,6603226.930761408,-154959.23174042275,6604726.930761408&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",{"path":918,"title":919,"description":920,"date":921,"category":370,"image":922,"imageAlt":923,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fregistering-a-higher-risk-building-and-getting-it-right-first-time","Registering a higher-risk building, and getting it right first time","Registration looks like a form, but a thin or rushed submission stores up trouble. Our view on getting a higher-risk building registration right the first time.","2025-02-28","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1619994121345-b61cd610c5a6?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop","A white concrete residential building",{"path":925,"title":926,"description":927,"date":928,"category":518,"image":929,"imageAlt":930,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fself-audits-and-independent-audits-where-each-one-fits","Self-audits and independent audits: where each one fits","Internal checks and external audits do different jobs. How to use both, and why the routine self-audit is what keeps a building honest between visits.","2025-02-21","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1760963301666-582b92218a19?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop","Three people in hard hats and vests in discussion",{"path":932,"title":933,"description":934,"date":935,"category":573,"image":936,"imageAlt":937,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fwhy-floor-plans-belong-in-your-compliance-system-not-a-drawer","Why floor plans belong in your compliance system, not a drawer","Floor plans kept apart from the compliance record drift out of date and out of reach. Here is why they belong inside the system, with everything else.","2025-02-14","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1721244654392-9c912a6eb236?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop","A blueprint of a building with many windows",{"path":939,"title":940,"description":941,"date":942,"category":518,"image":943,"imageAlt":944,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fturning-a-failed-audit-into-a-plan-not-a-panic","Turning a failed audit into a plan, not a panic","A failed audit is information, not a verdict. A calm method for triaging findings, fixing what matters first, and proving you acted.","2025-02-07","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1575282366139-d605e098a825?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop","A person holding a floor plan beside a building",{"path":946,"title":947,"description":948,"date":949,"category":370,"image":950,"imageAlt":951,"readingTime":499,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fwhat-the-building-safety-regulator-looks-for-in-occupation","What the Building Safety Regulator looks for in occupation","Once a higher-risk building is occupied, the Building Safety Regulator's attention turns to whether it is managed safely day to day. Here is what that means.","2025-01-31","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1694631138402-8569b02d1451?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop","A tall residential tower",{"path":953,"title":954,"description":955,"date":956,"category":155,"image":957,"imageAlt":958,"readingTime":238,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fcontractor-permits-and-keeping-work-accountable","Contractor permits and keeping work accountable","Permits to work turn third-party tasks into a record you can defend. How to run them so the building, and the audit trail, stay intact.","2025-01-24","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1518280651110-3e80e7c84a84?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop","A high-rise building under construction against a blue sky",{"path":960,"title":961,"description":962,"date":963,"category":370,"image":964,"imageAlt":965,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fwhat-an-accountable-person-actually-signs-up-to","What an Accountable Person actually signs up to","The Accountable Person role under the Building Safety Act 2022 is a standing set of duties, not a title. Here is what it commits you to in practice.","2025-01-17","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1595751100377-9954f1f99bad?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop","A brown and white concrete residential building",{"path":967,"title":968,"description":969,"date":970,"category":518,"image":971,"imageAlt":972,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fbuilding-a-year-round-audit-programme","Building a year-round audit programme","Audits done in an annual rush tell you little for eleven months. A programme spread across the year keeps a building honest and the evidence current.","2025-01-10","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1622374634302-b15fb01fcfde?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop","A concrete block under a blue sky",{"path":974,"title":975,"description":976,"date":977,"category":467,"image":978,"imageAlt":979,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fthe-information-a-new-building-owner-inherits","The information a new building owner inherits","Buying or taking over a building means inheriting its records, or its gaps. What you receive at handover decides how hard the next year will be.","2025-01-03","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1576378839886-48817ce9c383?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop","A dark modern apartment building",{"path":981,"title":982,"description":983,"date":984,"category":573,"image":985,"imageAlt":986,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Ffloor-plans-for-evacuation-not-decoration","Floor plans for evacuation, not decoration","A floor plan that hangs on a wall is decoration. A floor plan a firefighter can read in the dark is a safety document with rules behind it.","2024-12-27","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1735947584978-aae24665c56f?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop","A tall building in black and white",{"path":988,"title":989,"description":990,"date":991,"category":105,"image":992,"imageAlt":111,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Faberdeens-granite-towers-from-above","Aberdeen’s granite towers, from above","From the air, Aberdeen mixes granite terraces with post-war residential towers. The taller blocks carry the heavier management burden, and the records to match.","2024-12-20","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=-234525.23594333706,7789834.154073914,-231680.79149889262,7791434.154073914&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",{"path":994,"title":995,"description":996,"date":997,"category":155,"image":998,"imageAlt":999,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Freactive-versus-planned-with-the-numbers","Reactive versus planned, with the numbers","Reactive maintenance feels cheaper because the cost is hidden until it lands. Planned maintenance puts the same money where it does more, and proves it was spent.","2024-12-13","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1621502923906-de1dd42cde3e?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop","A brown concrete building under blue sky",{"path":1001,"title":1002,"description":1003,"date":1004,"category":262,"image":1005,"imageAlt":111,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fthe-boundary-you-think-you-own","The boundary you think you own","Most boundary disputes start with a confident assumption and a vague line. From the air, Swansea shows why the boundary has to be proven, not presumed.","2024-12-06","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=-440266.08553121105,6731135.37029762,-437599.4188645444,6732635.37029762&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",{"path":1007,"title":1008,"description":1009,"date":1010,"category":135,"image":1011,"imageAlt":1012,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Freading-a-regulators-enforcement-notice","Reading a regulator’s enforcement notice","An enforcement notice is a structured document with deadlines and consequences. Reading it correctly, and fast, decides how much trouble it becomes.","2024-11-29","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1669553347465-eab80a560c21?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop","A row of residential buildings",{"path":1014,"title":1015,"description":1016,"date":1017,"category":168,"image":1018,"imageAlt":1019,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fthe-fire-door-inspection-nobody-enjoys","The fire door inspection nobody enjoys","Fire door inspection is repetitive, unglamorous and easy to fudge. It is also where compartmentation quietly fails, which is why it has to be done properly.","2024-11-22","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1659944798878-1418f843ba2b?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop","A city view from a window",{"path":1021,"title":1022,"description":1023,"date":1024,"category":370,"image":1025,"imageAlt":1026,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fthe-resident-voice-in-building-safety","The resident voice in building safety","Building safety law gives residents more than information. It gives them a voice the Accountable Person has to hear, and a record that they were heard.","2024-11-15","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1696927287800-ec19dd6b6d69?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop","A street lined with cars beneath tall buildings",{"path":1028,"title":1029,"description":1030,"date":1031,"category":518,"image":1032,"imageAlt":1033,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fthe-pre-audit-walk-round-that-saves-a-day","The pre-audit walk-round that saves a day","A short, deliberate walk-round before a formal audit catches the obvious gaps and lets the real inspection spend its time on what matters.","2024-11-08","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1665955470022-3f3a67646a6f?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop","A building facade with rows of windows",{"path":1035,"title":1036,"description":1037,"date":1038,"category":467,"image":1039,"imageAlt":1040,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fretention-how-long-to-keep-what","Retention: how long to keep what","Compliance records have different lifespans. Knowing which to keep for the life of the building and which to retire keeps the archive useful rather than vast.","2024-11-01","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1682403299053-5dea162de9b5?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop","A red brick building with a clock",{"path":1042,"title":1043,"description":1044,"date":1045,"category":573,"image":1046,"imageAlt":1047,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fkeeping-plans-current-after-a-refit","Keeping plans current after a refit","A refit changes the building but rarely the drawings. The gap between the floor as built and the floor as drawn is where compliance quietly slips.","2024-10-25","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1673707378967-ad0c83a10f36?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop","A row of houses with cars parked outside",{"path":1049,"title":1050,"description":1051,"date":1052,"category":105,"image":1053,"imageAlt":111,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Foxfords-mixed-estate-and-its-constraints","Oxford’s mixed estate and its constraints","Oxford pairs medieval and listed fabric with new student blocks and labs. Managing that mix means meeting modern duties inside buildings that resist change.","2024-10-18","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=-141261.93326047822,6754657.491667746,-138595.26659381154,6756157.491667746&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",{"path":1055,"title":1056,"description":1057,"date":1058,"category":155,"image":1059,"imageAlt":1060,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fthe-handover-that-sets-maintenance-up-to-fail","The handover that sets maintenance up to fail","A weak handover leaves the next manager guessing at what to service and when. The damage shows up months later as missed maintenance nobody knew was due.","2024-10-11","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1764689908006-50f5bf640146?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop","A dark hallway leading to a bright exit",{"path":1062,"title":1063,"description":1064,"date":1065,"category":262,"image":1066,"imageAlt":111,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fdrainage-that-has-to-be-proven-not-assumed","Drainage that has to be proven, not assumed","Rotterdam shows what it means to take water seriously. For any site, drainage is a system that has to be inspected and recorded, not taken on trust.","2024-10-04","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=497266.6659297391,6785284.322707132,499933.3325964057,6786784.322707132&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",{"path":1068,"title":1069,"description":1070,"date":1071,"category":135,"image":1072,"imageAlt":1073,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fwhat-changes-when-guidance-becomes-law","What changes when guidance becomes law","When good practice becomes a legal duty, the change is less about what you do and more about having to prove you did it. The evidence burden is the real shift.","2024-09-27","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1766475553047-fa5ae86d1905?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop","An arched corridor with windows and doors",{"path":1075,"title":1076,"description":1077,"date":1078,"category":168,"image":1079,"imageAlt":1080,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fcompartmentation-and-why-it-fails-quietly","Compartmentation and why it fails quietly","Compartmentation holds a fire in place long enough to escape. It fails without warning, breached by routine works, and only a record shows whether it is intact.","2024-09-20","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1750189953388-5ef155c12369?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop","An empty corridor stretching into the distance",{"path":1082,"title":1083,"description":1084,"date":1085,"category":370,"image":1086,"imageAlt":1087,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fbuilding-safety-beyond-the-higher-risk-threshold","Building safety beyond the higher-risk threshold","The 18-metre line gets the attention, but buildings below it carry real duties too. The threshold changes the regime, not the responsibility to manage risk.","2024-09-13","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1779682663979-df3179ce580d?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop","A long corridor with a wooden floor",{"path":1089,"title":1090,"description":1091,"date":1092,"category":518,"image":1093,"imageAlt":1094,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fscoring-and-ranking-audit-findings","Scoring and ranking audit findings","A list of audit findings is not a plan. Scoring by severity and likelihood turns a flat report into an ordered queue of what to fix first and what can wait.","2024-09-06","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1763401929299-b4606c23803d?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop","A hallway with sunlight on the wall",{"path":1096,"title":1097,"description":1098,"date":1099,"category":467,"image":1100,"imageAlt":1101,"readingTime":238,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fnaming-and-filing-that-survives-a-handover","Naming and filing that survives a handover","Most building records are lost not by deletion but by disorganisation. How a naming and filing discipline lets the next manager find what you knew.","2024-08-30","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1567954970774-58d6aa6c50dc?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop","A hard hat on the pavement",{"path":1103,"title":1104,"description":1105,"date":1106,"category":573,"image":1107,"imageAlt":1108,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fwhat-a-digital-twin-gives-a-manager","What a digital twin gives a manager","A digital twin is not a fancy floor plan. For the person running a building, it is a live record where the plan and the compliance data finally meet.","2024-08-23","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1632516160994-b4463d4e19d2?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop","A person holding a hard hat and a bag",{"path":1110,"title":1111,"description":1112,"date":1113,"category":105,"image":1114,"imageAlt":111,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fcambridge-colleges-labs-and-listed-risk","Cambridge: colleges, labs and listed risk","From medieval courts to glass research towers, Cambridge packs centuries of building types into a small city, and each carries its own compliance burden.","2024-08-16","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=11913.686071066222,6836527.297108474,14580.35273773289,6838027.297108474&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",{"path":1116,"title":1117,"description":1118,"date":1119,"category":155,"image":1120,"imageAlt":1121,"readingTime":238,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fservicing-the-systems-nobody-sees","Servicing the systems nobody sees","Risers, dampers, pumps and emergency lighting do their job invisibly until they don't. Why hidden systems need a servicing regime, not occasional attention.","2024-08-09","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1626885930974-4b69aa21bbf9?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop","Two workers in high-vis on site",{"path":1123,"title":1124,"description":1125,"date":1126,"category":262,"image":1127,"imageAlt":111,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Ftrees-roots-and-the-duty-of-care","Trees, roots and the duty of care","Trees on a site are an asset and a liability at once. From subsidence to falling limbs, what the duty of care over trees actually asks a manager to do.","2024-08-02","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=963806.6518443485,6464597.741613394,966473.3185110153,6466097.741613394&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",{"path":1129,"title":1130,"description":1131,"date":1132,"category":135,"image":1133,"imageAlt":1134,"readingTime":238,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fkeeping-pace-with-a-moving-rulebook","Keeping pace with a moving rulebook","The rules governing buildings have changed more in a few years than in decades. How to keep up without treating every announcement as an emergency.","2024-07-26","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1622612023350-b15f063eabe6?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop","A worker in high-vis and a helmet",{"path":1136,"title":1137,"description":1138,"date":1139,"category":168,"image":1140,"imageAlt":1141,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fevacuation-strategies-beyond-stay-put","Evacuation strategies beyond stay put","Stay put depends on a building performing as designed. When compartmentation is in doubt, the strategy has to change, and the management with it.","2024-07-19","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1545186070-de624ed19875?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop","A surveyor’s level on a tripod",{"path":1143,"title":1144,"description":1145,"date":1146,"category":370,"image":1147,"imageAlt":1148,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fmandatory-occurrence-reporting-in-plain-terms","Mandatory occurrence reporting, in plain terms","The Building Safety Act introduced a duty to report safety occurrences in higher-risk buildings. What it asks of an Accountable Person, explained plainly.","2024-07-12","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1628158088791-89567a8e84ec?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop","A worker holding a measuring staff",{"path":1150,"title":1151,"description":1152,"date":1153,"category":518,"image":1154,"imageAlt":1155,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fclosing-the-loop-on-corrective-actions","Closing the loop on corrective actions","An audit that finds problems but never confirms they were fixed is half a process. How to close the loop so findings become resolved actions, not open lists.","2024-07-05","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1672748341520-6a839e6c05bb?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop","A worker in a red hard hat",{"path":1157,"title":1158,"description":1159,"date":1160,"category":467,"image":1161,"imageAlt":1162,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fphotographs-as-part-of-the-record","Photographs as part of the record","A photograph can prove a condition no words capture, but only if it is tied to a place, a date and a finding. How to make images part of the golden thread.","2024-06-28","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1564483335100-3413b45dbd37?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop","A yellow safety helmet",{"path":1164,"title":1165,"description":1166,"date":1167,"category":573,"image":1168,"imageAlt":1169,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fmeasuring-up-an-older-building","Measuring up an older building","Surveying a building that predates its own drawings is slow, awkward work — but it is the foundation every plan, audit and safety case rests on.","2024-06-21","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1652303518379-c0ef1c9fb2b1?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop","Workers in high-vis at a construction site",{"path":1171,"title":1172,"description":1173,"date":1174,"category":105,"image":1175,"imageAlt":111,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fcoventrys-post-war-blocks-reassessed","Coventry’s post-war blocks, reassessed","Coventry rebuilt fast after the war, and many of its residential blocks now sit squarely inside the modern building-safety regime. What does managing them well involve?","2024-06-14","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=-169425.76443117645,6873485.966418136,-166759.09776450976,6874985.966418136&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",{"path":1177,"title":1178,"description":1179,"date":1180,"category":155,"image":1181,"imageAlt":1182,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fmanaging-contractors-you-do-not-employ","Managing contractors you do not employ","Most work on a building is done by people who do not work for you. Holding that work to account — permits, competence, records — is a discipline in itself.","2024-06-07","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1705579612181-faf45962cfcb?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop","A person in a hard hat and safety gear",{"path":1184,"title":1185,"description":1186,"date":1187,"category":262,"image":1188,"imageAlt":111,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fcontaminated-land-and-what-searches-reveal","Contaminated land and what searches reveal","A site's history is written in its soil. Land searches surface former uses, fill and contamination — and shape what you can safely build, manage or dig.","2024-05-31","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=16135785.121643096,-4554124.380876302,16138629.56608754,-4552524.380876302&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",{"path":1190,"title":1191,"description":1192,"date":1193,"category":135,"image":1194,"imageAlt":1195,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fthe-cost-of-getting-building-safety-wrong","The cost of getting building safety wrong","The expense of building-safety failure is not only enforcement and remediation. It is the slow, compounding cost of records that cannot answer the questions asked of them.","2024-05-24","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1526593646509-03c680561a15?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop","A person holding a survey device",{"path":1197,"title":1198,"description":1199,"date":1200,"category":168,"image":1201,"imageAlt":1202,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fwayfinding-and-signage-when-the-alarm-sounds","Wayfinding and signage when the alarm sounds","Escape signage only matters under conditions it is rarely tested in — low light, smoke, stress and unfamiliarity. Designing and maintaining it for that moment is the job.","2024-05-17","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1545909429-c3423747ff05?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop","Four wooden panels mounted on a wall",{"path":1204,"title":1205,"description":1206,"date":1207,"category":370,"image":1208,"imageAlt":1209,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fkeeping-a-safety-case-alive-between-reviews","Keeping a safety case alive between reviews","A safety case report is a snapshot. The harder discipline is keeping the case behind it current in the long stretches between formal reviews, as the building changes.","2024-05-10","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1542621334-a254cf47733d?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop","A pencil on white drawing paper",{"path":1211,"title":1212,"description":1213,"date":1214,"category":518,"image":1215,"imageAlt":1216,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fauditing-across-a-dispersed-portfolio","Auditing across a dispersed portfolio","Auditing one building well is hard enough. Doing it consistently across dozens of sites, in different places and conditions, is a problem of method as much as effort.","2024-05-03","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1599420186985-5c3d1a038e84?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop","White paper beside pens",{"path":1218,"title":1219,"description":1220,"date":1221,"category":467,"image":1222,"imageAlt":1223,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fone-source-of-truth-many-readers","One source of truth, many readers","A building's record is read by managers, contractors, assessors, residents and regulators — each needing a different view of the same facts. One source serves them all.","2024-04-26","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1603901622056-0a5bee231395?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop","A drive and pen beside drawings",{"path":1225,"title":1226,"description":1227,"date":1228,"category":573,"image":1229,"imageAlt":1230,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fsharing-plans-with-the-fire-service","Sharing plans with the fire service","For high-rise residential buildings, sharing plans with the fire and rescue service is a legal duty — and the plans only help if they are current, clear and findable.","2024-04-19","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1589233361468-0128345570e8?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop","A person holding a sheet of paper",{"path":1232,"title":1233,"description":1234,"date":1235,"category":105,"image":1236,"imageAlt":111,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fhulls-waterfront-and-flood-exposure","Hull’s waterfront and flood exposure","Kingston upon Hull sits low against the Humber, and its waterfront blocks carry a particular mix of high-rise duties and water-related risk for the people who manage them.","2024-04-12","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=-38291.40427670017,7121071.269722868,-35624.737610033495,7122571.269722868&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",{"path":1238,"title":1239,"description":1240,"date":1241,"category":155,"image":1242,"imageAlt":1243,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fa-maintenance-log-that-earns-its-keep","A maintenance log that earns its keep","A maintenance log is only worth keeping if it changes a decision later. Here is what separates a record people use from one that just gathers dust.","2024-04-05","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1764737734436-7eb904d3a4ab?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop","Hands measuring a part with callipers and a blueprint",{"path":1245,"title":1246,"description":1247,"date":1248,"category":262,"image":1249,"imageAlt":111,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fbiodiversity-net-gain-after-year-one","Biodiversity net gain after year one","A year on from mandatory biodiversity net gain in England, the early lessons are less about ecology and more about record-keeping and proving a commitment that lasts decades.","2024-03-29","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=11321016.936454332,350763.5948279724,11324039.158676555,352463.5948279724&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",{"path":1251,"title":1252,"description":1253,"date":1254,"category":370,"image":1255,"imageAlt":111,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fbrightons-seafront-blocks-and-their-duties","Brighton’s seafront blocks and their duties","Brighton’s seafront mixes Regency terraces with modern residential towers, and the taller blocks carry a defined set of duties under the Building Safety Act 2022.","2024-03-22","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=-16873.200840582864,6588841.565170668,-13850.978618360643,6590541.565170668&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",{"path":1257,"title":1258,"description":1259,"date":1260,"category":518,"image":1261,"imageAlt":1262,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fwho-should-carry-out-your-audit","Who should carry out your audit","The choice between a self-audit, an internal team and an independent auditor is not about cost alone. It is about what each one can credibly tell you.","2024-03-15","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1628900941064-ba8df8b51e4a?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop","A black pen on white paper",{"path":1264,"title":1265,"description":1266,"date":1267,"category":467,"image":1268,"imageAlt":1269,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fturning-paper-certificates-into-a-register","Turning paper certificates into a register","A drawer of certificates proves individual events. A register proves a programme. 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Tying assets to their location is what turns a plan into a tool.","2024-03-01","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1781330170780-76052428a258?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop","An intricate technical drawing with a grid",{"path":1278,"title":1279,"description":1280,"date":1281,"category":105,"image":1282,"imageAlt":111,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Freadings-commercial-towers-managed","Reading’s commercial towers, managed","Reading’s skyline is built on offices and mixed-use towers rather than pure residential, which gives its taller buildings a distinctive management profile.","2024-02-23","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=-109647.19787518852,6701247.405617002,-106980.53120852186,6702747.405617002&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",{"path":1284,"title":1285,"description":1286,"date":1287,"category":155,"image":1288,"imageAlt":1289,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fseasonal-checks-across-a-portfolio","Seasonal checks across a portfolio","Some building risks follow the calendar. 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Each age brings a different compliance starting point.","2024-02-02","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=-661635.6915152234,7283191.617824746,-658613.4692930011,7284891.617824746&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",{"path":1303,"title":1304,"description":1305,"date":1306,"category":518,"image":1307,"imageAlt":1308,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fevidence-that-stands-up-after-the-fact","Evidence that stands up after the fact","An audit is only worth what it can prove later. The difference between a record that holds up and one that does not is built in at the moment you capture it.","2024-01-26","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1633520833019-e34afd4b8fad?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop","A row of coloured binders on a shelf",{"path":1310,"title":1311,"description":1312,"date":1313,"category":105,"image":1314,"imageAlt":111,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fmilton-keynes-a-planned-town-mapped","Milton Keynes: a planned town, mapped","Milton Keynes was designed on a grid, which makes its estate unusually legible from above. The same logic helps when you map a building for compliance.","2024-01-19","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=-86269.27128987241,6806361.201294933,-82713.71573431685,6808361.201294933&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",{"path":1316,"title":1317,"description":1318,"date":1319,"category":155,"image":1320,"imageAlt":111,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fportsmouths-naval-era-estate-maintained","Portsmouth's naval-era estate, maintained","Portsmouth packs naval heritage, dense terraces and modern waterfront towers onto an island. Managing that mix is a study in maintaining buildings of every age.","2024-01-12","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=-122337.6198256217,6585241.998099624,-119670.95315895505,6586741.998099624&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",{"path":1322,"title":1323,"description":1324,"date":1325,"category":262,"image":1326,"imageAlt":1327,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fmanaging-the-gap-between-buildings","Managing the gap between buildings","The spaces between blocks are nobody's favourite responsibility, yet access roads, shared yards and gaps carry real duties. Someone has to own them.","2024-01-05","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1710892007211-ff7be02d473c?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop","A bookshelf full of files",{"path":1329,"title":1330,"description":1331,"date":1332,"category":105,"image":1333,"imageAlt":111,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Ftokyos-vertical-density-and-discipline","Tokyo's vertical density and discipline","Tokyo runs one of the densest vertical environments on earth, and it runs it through discipline. The management lessons hold wherever buildings stack up.","2023-12-29","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=15548708.557801273,4257199.262809719,15551730.780023497,4258899.262809719&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",{"path":1335,"title":1336,"description":1337,"date":1338,"category":105,"image":1339,"imageAlt":111,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fshanghais-pudong-skyline-read-for-risk","Shanghai's Pudong skyline, read for risk","Pudong rose from farmland to a supertall financial district in a generation. A skyline built that fast is a skyline with a lot to keep track of.","2023-12-22","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=13523718.131382741,3662406.1209720476,13526918.131382741,3664206.1209720476&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",{"path":1341,"title":1342,"description":1343,"date":1344,"category":105,"image":1345,"imageAlt":111,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Ftorontos-condo-boom-and-its-upkeep","Toronto's condo boom and its upkeep","Toronto built one of North America's largest forests of residential towers in two decades. The upkeep of all that glass is its next great challenge.","2023-12-15","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=-8838052.290281167,5409818.467464118,-8835030.068058943,5411518.467464118&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",{"path":1347,"title":1348,"description":1349,"date":1350,"category":105,"image":1351,"imageAlt":111,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fsydney-and-the-cladding-lessons-learned","Sydney and the cladding lessons learned","Sydney spent years confronting combustible cladding and serious defects in new towers. The lasting lesson is about evidence, not just the panels.","2023-12-08","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=16830641.38317471,-4011489.197034905,16833485.827619158,-4009889.197034905&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",{"path":1353,"title":1354,"description":1355,"date":1356,"category":105,"image":1357,"imageAlt":111,"readingTime":119,"draft":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fchicago-where-the-tall-building-began","Chicago: where the tall building began","Chicago invented the skyscraper, and it still runs towers from every era of the form. An estate that old is a study in managing buildings of every vintage.","2023-12-01","https:\u002F\u002Fserver.arcgisonline.com\u002FArcGIS\u002Frest\u002Fservices\u002FWorld_Imagery\u002FMapServer\u002Fexport?bbox=-9755658.852890123,5142469.972399021,-9752636.630667899,5144169.972399021&bboxSR=3857&imageSR=3857&size=1600,900&format=png&f=image",1793951315226]