Emma

From PAS 9980 to Statute: What the Remediation Bill Adds to External Wall Assessment

Most coverage of the Remediation Bill has focused on a few key elements: hard deadlines, unlimited fines, and manufacturer liability. The provision that will most reshape how engineers assess external wall fire risk in England is the one that has barely been reported. The Bill, as announced, will mandate a nationally consistent methodology for the assessment…

The Remediation Bill: What It Really Changes, and What It Doesn’t

The King’s Speech 2026 gave it one sentence. One hundred and twenty-four characters. “My Government will bring forward a Bill to speed up remediation for people living in homes with unsafe cladding.” That brevity is misleading. Behind it sits a substantial new addition to the building safety legislative programme that has run since Grenfell. In places it goes…