Thread by @BldgSafetyReg

Latest thoughts on the incompetence of Govt response post #Grenfell from our Founder @MattHodgesLong - special mention for @team_greenhalgh linkedin.com/posts/matthodg…

Matt discusses 7 key issues where @team_greenhalgh @luhc @ukhomeoffice have failed to adequately address the key learnings from the #Grenfell tragedy.

1. Cladding Remediation - 57 months post #Grenfell there are still 70 high rise blocks with ACM cladding on their walls. Thousands of blocks with other types of combustible cladding remain stuck in the Government Building Safety Fund (for numerous Govt policy inflicted reasons)

2. Data Collection - @DLUHC have semi reliable data wrt High Rise, some data on Mid Rise and next to no data on Low Rise blocks. Despite pestering Govt from late 2018 onwards to call in FRAs and use these as the base for building a robust dataset

3. Legislative Response - FSA achieved Royal assent in Apr 21 and has not commenced. Not a #PEEP from the Home Office when this will happen. The Building Safety Bill is being frantically and continuously amended by Government at the final throes of its passage through Parliament.

4. #Grenfell Inquiry Recommendations - Phase 1 recommendations including FED checks, Premises Information Boxes, PEEPs etc remain unimplemented 29 months after they were published.

5. Risk Assessment - there is still no agreed or benchmarkable measure of holistic risk for a residential building. Even buildings applying for the finite Building Safety Fund pot cannot be reliably ranked in terms of risk. Govt just apply the overly simplistic Height = Risk.

6. Enforcement - FRS enforcement of the FSO in terms of Notices, Prohibitions & Prosecutions remains minuscule in relation to the size of the Building Safety problem. We only have to compare the 1k+ Waking Watch impositions in London with the lack of Notices on the LFB register..

7. Building Regulations - ongoing tolerance of combustible below 18m and acceptance of single stair high rises are a few of the seemingly obvious issues with Building Regulations that remain unaddressed.

8. Leadership - the entire legislative and policy response to Building Safety is being led by an unpaid Minister of State that has no demonstrable Fire, Construction or Crisis Management experience. @team_greenhalgh appears well intentioned but is clearly floundering.