Three years after the Building Safety Act received Royal Assent, one question still doesn’t have a good answer: why do hotels, student accommodation blocks and hospitals sit outside its protection, when their occupants often face equal or greater risk than residents in a qualifying residential building? Who the Building Safety Act Protects, and Who It…
A fire risk assessment that identifies serious findings is not a problem, it’s the system working. What you do with those findings determines whether you are legally protected or legally exposed. This article sets out what the findings mean, what the law requires, and what a clear path forward looks like. Understanding the Risk Rating…
The DALA Group is growing. This month, we’ve welcomed three new faces across our Projects, Surveys and Sales teams. Each brings experience that strengthens our ability to deliver for clients. As demand for our services continues to grow, investing in the right people remains a priority. Here’s a closer look at the latest additions to…
Most HMO landlords have had a fire risk assessment carried out. Fewer have asked what that assessment is actually measuring against. The answer, in most purpose-built HMOs, is nothing documented — and that gap has real consequences for compliance, liability, and the safety of the people living in the building. What a Fire Strategy Is…
We assess external walls for a living. We open up facades, inspect cavity barriers, test insulation, and report on whether a building’s external wall system is safe. And there is a pattern we see over and over again, even on buildings that are sometimes only a few years old. Missing cavity barriers. Compressed fire stopping.…
You already know something is wrong. Maybe a fire risk assessment flagged your external walls. Perhaps an EWS1 assessment came back as B2. Maybe lenders are refusing leaseholders mortgages, and they’re pointing the finger at you. Whatever the trigger, you are now facing the same question most freeholders and managing agents eventually face: what do…
The Building Safety Act 2022 is more than three years on from Royal Assent. The occupied higher-risk building regime has been live for over two years. Safety case reports are being called in and submitted as part of the Building Assessment Certificate (BAC) process, and Principal Accountable Persons are, to varying degrees of preparedness, getting…
Two instruments. Two drivers. One external wall. If you manage a residential building in England and Wales, understanding the difference between these could be the gap between legal compliance and legal exposure, or between a sale completing and collapsing. Start Here: The Legal Obligation Most People Miss Before the EWS1 form and before PAS 9980,…
The built environment has long been a male-dominated industry. But that’s changing, and the women in construction driving that change are worth listening to. In this episode of Beyond Four Walls, three members of The DALA Group team, Maddy Lawrence, Charlotte Howlings, and Davinia Potterton, have joined Jodie Fraser on Beyond Four Walls to speak…
For leaseholders in an affected building, the wait for cladding remediation to begin can feel endless. Years of uncertainty – unable to sell, unable to remortgage, living with a fire safety risk they didn’t create and can’t resolve themselves. By the time scaffolding finally goes up, most residents have been through more than most building…
The Remediation Bill gives the headlines two numbers: end of 2029 for buildings above 18m, and end of 2031 for buildings between 11m and 18m. The deadlines are new. The remediation programmes those deadlines apply to, for the most part, are not. Across England, residential buildings are already in active remediation under the Cladding Safety Scheme, the Building…
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 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…
We are excited to announce a new partnership between DALA Projects and Archway Façade Management. Delivering cladding remediation is rarely straightforward. Multiple consultants, separate contractors, and disconnected advice can often lead to fragmented responsibility – creating delays, duplication, and unnecessary risk.
The DALA Group is pleased to announce that it has been formally recognised as a TPI Partner by The Property Institute (TPI), further strengthening our commitment to supporting safe, compliant, and well-managed buildings across the UK.
The DALA Group is proud to announce its formal acceptance onto the Scottish Government’s Single Building Assessment (SBA) Panel of Assessors, reinforcing our commitment to improving building safety standards across Scotland and supporting the delivery of safer homes nationwide.
The DALA Group has been appointed to the Cladding Safety Scheme (CSS) panel as an Approved FRAEW Assessor. This appointment recognises the technical competence, governance and professional standards applied across the Group and reinforces our commitment to improving building safety across the UK.
Strengthening project delivery capability and expanding expertise across the built environment DALA Projects, part of The DALA Group, is delighted to announce the acquisition of DR7 Associates, a respected consultancy known for its delivery of high-quality project services across the built environment. This strategic acquisition represents a significant step forward in DALA Projects’ continued growth,…