20.04.2021
The Government is paying for unsafe cladding on high-rise residential buildings to be removed. Andrew Morrison writes for 'The News On the Block' magazine to explain more.
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Back in March 2020 the Government announced the new £1 billion Building Safety fund to remove dangerous combustible cladding from high rise (over 18 meters) buildings.
Building owners or managing agents could register for the Building Safety Fund from 1 June to 31 July 2020. Subsequently this deadline has been extended to 30 June 2021 to submit full applications based on tender prices and all projects must now start on site by 30 September 2021.
So if you have registered and your building is eligible how can you access this funding for the removal and replacement of dangerous cladding?
How do you go about ensuring dangerous cladding is identified on a high-rise property, removed and replaced efficiently with a sympathetic design that compliments the building, within budget and with minimum disruption to Leaseholders?
Read Andrew's article in full for News On the Block magazine issue 112 here.
What is the latest FRAEW Process?
Following an RICS led cross-industry working group investigation into best practices when reporting and valuing tall buildings within the secured lending arena, a revised standard process has been published together with a revised EWS1 form which was updated to reflect the Government Building Safety announcement, notably the immediate withdrawal of the Consolidated Advice Note (CAN) and the publication of BSI PAS9980:2022 – Assessing the external wall fire risk in multi-occupied residential buildings.
There is a requirement for a fire safety risk assessment of the external wall system to be conducted by a suitably qualified, and competent professional for buildings with a residential floor height above 18 metres (six storeys) and some 4/5 story buildings that have a significant element of external cladding.
The requirements are as set out in the RICS guidance note 'Cladding for Surveyors' - https://www.rics.org/globalassets/rics-website/media/news/news--opinion/fire-safety/cladding-for-surveyors-supplementary-info-paper-1.pdf
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