What is the collective noun is for a group of engineers?   A solution, a tolerance, an  alternative load path? I’m supporting the Institution of Structural Engineers on guidance for assessing risk in existing buildings and also contributing to the Institution of Mechanical Engineers’ ALARP working group. I haven’t been surrounded by this many engineers since my days flying helicopters and most conversations back then were one sided discussions about which part of the ageing Lynx was being...

There’s been a lot of commentary lately about the Building Safety Regulator (BSR) becoming a standalone organisation under the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG), but for those of us trying to deliver compliant, safe buildings the more interesting question is: what changes in practice ? The short answer is probably not a huge amount; but not nothing either. From HSE to MHCLG The BSR’s move out of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is significant symbolically. The...

The Building Safety Act 2022 has introduced new compliance requirements for higher-risk buildings (HRBs), including the need for a...