RIBA building and fire safety work
2025
2024
- Grenfell Tower Memorial Competition Registration September 2024
- Secure Foundations: Mastering the Building Safety Act for a safer future event September 2024
- Building Safety Act: what do architects need to know about the important differences between Principal Designer and Lead Designer roles? August 2024
- Building Safety Act: how one client is adapting to the new Building Regulations regime August 2024
- Building Safety Act: how architects can use RIBA’s Principal Designer Register to demonstrate competence August 2024
- Grenfell Tower memorial design team selection process launched July 2024
- How can architects make the transition to structural timber? June 2024
- What do architects need to know about RIBA’s new Building Regulations Principal Designer Professional Services Contract 2024? June 2024
- Building Safety Act: how RIBA’s new work templates for the Principal Designer role can help architects May 2024
- Building Safety Act: how does RIBA’s new Principal Designer Register help architects working with domestic clients? May 2024
- What architects need to know about RIBA's new health and safety test May 2024
- What can architects learn from the updates to Approved Document B? April 2024
- RIBA responds to updated second staircase guidance April 2024
- Building Safety Act - what are the differences for architects between the CDM Principal Designer role and the Building Regulations equivalent? March 2024
- Building Safety Act - how one small architecture practice is adapting to the new regime March 2024
- Building Safety Act - how has one medium-sized practice adapted to the new regulations? February 2024
- Building Safety Act - how has a large architecture practice adapted to the new regime? February 2024
- Building Safety Act - why should architects be championed as Principle Designers? February 2024
2023
- Building Safety Act - architects' key questions answered November 2023
- Building Safety Act - resources available to architects November 2023
- Building Safety Act - how does the new regime affect sole and small architecture practices in England? November 2023
- Building Safety Act - how can architects join the Principle Designer Register? October 2023
- RIBA has opened applications to its Principle Designer Register, allowing architects to take the lead on building safety October 2023
- Building Safety Act - where can architects find new client care templates to use under the new regime? October 2023
- Building Safety Act - how does the new regime affect Design and Build contracts for architects in England? September 2023
- Building Safety Act - what are architects doing to transition to a new regime? September 2023
- Building Safety Act - what do architects need to know about changes within the new building control regime? September 2023
- Building Safety Act - how does the new regime affect architects who specialise in domestic projects? September 2023
- RAAC - RIBA's response September 2023
- RAAC concrete schools crisis: nine questions architects need answers to September 2023
- RIBA responds to issues with Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) September 2023
- RIBA urges action on the condition of public buildings following warnings about the dangerous condition of England’s school estate September 2023
- RIBA responds to schools closing over shocking building safety fears August 2023
- Building Safety Act: what architects need to know about new secondary legislation August 2023
- Resourcing, upskilling and reforming - A look at the latest Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities announcements July 2023
- Government approves staircase all in huge win for fire safety standards July 2023
- RIBA responds to National Audit Office report on the condition of school buildings June 2023
- RIBAJ: Building Safety Act: What we know and don't yet know June 2023
- Five years after Grenfell – Jane Duncan, Chair of RIBA Expert Advisory Group on Fire Safety reflects June 2023
- RIBA responds to funding for school repairs May 2023
- RIBA President Simon Allford responds to the announcement of government funding to improve school buildings May 2023
- RIBA forms coalition to urge government fire safety action May 2023
- Why we must regulate 18 metres as the trigger point for second staircases April 2023
- How architects can prepare for the Principle Designer April 2023
- What needs to happen to end building failures March 2023
- RIBA and CIOB publish guide to help manage high-risk elements of buildings March 2023
- Coalition calls on government to take bolder action to make new residential buildings safer March 2023
- A Guide to Managing Safety-Critical Elements in Building Construction March 2023
- Consultation response to DLUHC consultation on sprinklers in care homes, removal of national classes, and staircases in residential building March 2023
- What can architects learn from the latest court judgements on fire safety January 2023
- Building Safety Guide January 2023
2022
- ARB: Consultation on draft guidance for a Continuing Professional Development (CPD) December 2022
- DLUHC: Consultation on implementing the new building control regime for higher-risk buildings and wider changes to the build regulations for all buildings. October 2022
- DLUHC: Consultation on the Higher Risk Buildings (Descriptions and Supplementary Provisions) Regulations July 2022
- Five years after Grenfell - Jane Duncan, Chair of RIBA Expert Advisory Group on Fire Safety reflects 14 June 2022
- Architects Registration Board: Consultation on draft guidance for Professional Indemnity Insurance May 2022
- New best practice guidance published to support Building Safety Bill April 2022
- Learn about the fire and structural safety risk of balconies March 2022
- RIBA Professional Indemnity (PI) insurance update March 2022
- RIBA regulation of architects policy note March 2022
- RIBA fire safety practice note March 2022
- Fire safety policy note: Our position and asks on the Building Safety Bill, current Building Regulations and the problems around remediation work. February 2022.
- RIBA Practice Notes on fire safety (Members only) January 2022
- RIBA statement on new government plan to solve cladding crisis January 2022
- A further insight on what the Building Safety Bill will mean for architects January 2022
2021
- RIBA relaunches Health and Safety Test November 2021
- RIBA professional indemnity insurance Practice Note update - what's changed? August 2021
- RIBA Practice Note on fire safety August 2021
- Jane Duncan reacts to the Building Safety Bill July 2021
- RIBA launches Fire Safety Compliance Tracker July 2021
- Use the RIBA Fire Safety Compliance Tracker to record your project’s safety progress July 2021
- What does the Building Safety Bill mean for architects' responsibilities? July 2021
- RIBA responds to Building Safety Bill July 2021
- RIBA fire safety update - June 2021 June 2021
- Who should be responsible for the safety of a building? March 2021
- 2021: A year of significant change for building safety? February 2021
- RIBA responds to new measures to remove dangerous cladding February 2021
- Findings of Architects Act amendment survey published January 2021
2020
- RIBA responds to UK government’s £30m ‘Waking Watch’ fund December 2020
- RIBA responds to proposed fast track planning reforms December 2020
- New RIBA Health and Safety Guide explains key competencies for architects November 2020
- RIBA responds to Chancellor’s Spending Review November 2020
- RIBA responds to Parliamentary report on pre-legislative scrutiny of the draft Building Safety Bill November 2020
- RIBA responds to 'The Charter for Social Housing Residents' November 2020
- RIBA responds to proposed changes to the Architects Act November 2020
- RIBA responds to Home Office fire safety consultation (PDF) October 2020
- Built environment bodies call for sprinklers in all schools October 2020
- RIBA presents evidence to MPs on draft Building Safety Bill September 2020
- The RIBA’s written response to Parliamentary scrutiny on the draft Building Safety Bill September 2020
- RIBA responds to draft Building Safety Bill July 2020
- Will the Building Safety Bill make us safer? A cross-sector panel session hosted by the RIBA June 2020
- Grenfell Tower - three years on June 2020
- Grenfell Tower – three years on (Jane Duncan for Inside Housing) June 2020
- RIBA responds to ban of combustible materials consultation May 2020
- RIBA responds to the government's 'biggest changes to building safety in a generation' April 2020
- Government responds to first phase of Grenfell Tower inquiry - RIBA replies January 2020
2019
- RIBA responds to ban of combustible cladding on high rise building in Wales December 2019
- ‘Sprinklers must be mandatory, but cannot compensate for other essential fire safety measures' - says RIBA November 2019
- RIBA responds to Bolton fire November 2019
- RIBA responds to first phase report of the Grenfell Tower inquiry October 2019
- RIBA responds to the Worcester Park fire September 2019
- RIBA responds to sprinkler review for high-rise homes September 2019
- RIBA responds to ‘Raising the Bar’ report August 2019
- Further response to government's 'Building a safer future' consultation August 2019
- Grenfell Tower: two years since the tragedy, what’s changed? June 2019
- RIBA responds to government's 'Building a safer future' consultation June 2019
- RIBA Practice Note on fire safety (Members only) June 2019
- RIBA responds to government's call for evidence on Building Bulletin 100: Design for Fire Safety in Schools May 2019
- Organisations call on government to require sprinklers in homes to save lives March 2019
- RIBA responds to technical consultation on Approved Document B March 2019
2018
- RIBA responds to the government's building safety update December 2018
- RIBA welcomes ban on combustible cladding November 2018
- RIBA responds to the consultation on Approved Document B October 2018
- RIBA launches consultation on new fire safety guidance September 2018
- Combustible materials: RIBA’s position explained September 2018
- RIBA calls for a comprehensive ban on combustible materials August 2018
- RIBA calls for “no ambiguity” on fire safety regulations at the Government’s Select Committee June 2018
- Grenfell - one year on June 2018
- RIBA responds to the government's consultation on combustible cladding May 2018
- RIBA responds to Hackitt review May 2018
- Concerns raised that Hackitt review will not deliver the changes needed April 2018
- Built environment professions discuss fire safety and regulatory change March 2018
2017
- RIBA responds to Interim Report of the Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety December 2017
- Fire safety information November 2017
- RIBA submits evidence and recommendations to the Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety October 2017
- Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety: RIBA response to Terms of Reference September 2017
- RIBA responds to Grenfell Tower Inquiry terms of reference August 2017
- RIBA reaction to Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety August 2017
- Grenfell Tower Inquiry - consultation on terms of reference July 2017
- Statement on Design for Fire Safety - Follow-up information for members in Wales July 2017
- RIBA Statement on Design for Fire Safety June 2017, updated July 2017
- RIBA Statement on Grenfell Tower fire June 2017
- RIBA President responds to the Grenfell Tower fire June 2017
