Ensuring building safety
In 1968, a gas explosion in an 18th-floor flat at Ronan Point in east London led to the building’s partial collapse and the death of four people.
In 1968, a gas explosion in an 18th-floor flat at Ronan Point in east London led to the building’s partial collapse and the death of four people.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is working closely with local authority building control and fire and rescue services to deliver the new building safety regime in England.
More than 35 of the UK’s biggest house builders have pledged to fix all of the unsafe buildings above 11 metres in height that they have built.
Leaseholders will have more protection from costly remediation bills.