1st Edition

Grenfell and Construction Industry Reform A Guide for the Construction Professional

By Steve Phillips, Jim Martin Copyright 2022
118 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

118 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

118 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book sets out the urgent changes to practices and behaviours required to build a new building safety regime in the UK and prevent a similar tragedy to the fire at Grenfell Tower from reoccurring. The inquiry into the fire and the independent Hackitt Review revealed deep-rooted and unpalatable truths about the current state of the UK construction industry. Dame Judith Hackitt was scathing... Read more

1. The Grenfell Tower Fire  2. The Hackitt Review  3. The Government Response and the Draft Building Safety Bill  4. Competency Frameworks  5. The Golden Thread and Traceability  6. Three Years On

Biography

Steve Phillips is a Chartered Building Surveyor and Chartered Building Engineer who is a Senior Lecturer in Building Surveying at Northumbria University.

Jim Martin is Executive Chairman of the Martin Arnold Group, UK. He is Chair of the Housing Forum’s Working Group: Smarter Supply: Smarter Homes and Conference Panel Member: Implementing the Hackitt Review: Next Steps (2019).