Don't wait for the Building Safety Bill to become law

摘要

Some wait to be regulated before they change-well, now radical reform is coming to this industry and it had better prepare Last week was an important landmark in the journey to "Building a Safer Future". Although there has never been any doubt in my mind that this fundamental reform of the system would take place, it is now clear to everyone that the ambitions and recommendations I set out in my review in 2018 are going to happen in full. The publication of the draft Building Safety Bill makes clear to residents that their need to feel safe and be safe in their homes is at the heart of the system. The whole of the industry is now on notice that the race to the bottom, the fragmentation, the passing on of responsibility to others has to stop and a new culture must take over now, not wait for the new rules to come into effect. One thing I've learned in the last two years is that this industry is capable of massive change. Innovation and new ways of working are needed now to improve productivity and deliver safe buildings. I have every confidence in the industry's ability to do that.