The Building Safety Act 2022 is principally concerned with the safety of buildings and the individuals in them. It is affectively the Government’s response to the tragic Grenfell fire in 2017. It incorporates the biggest changes to building safety legislation for nearly fourty years, with the aim to raise standards across the industry.
The Act sees major regulatory changes to the design, procurement, construction and management of buildings. It introduces a complex regime for assessing and managing risk throughout the life of a building, and amends a number of other laws, such as the Landlord & Tenant Act of 1985, the Defective Premises Act of 1972 and the Building Act of 1984.
One significant change is the implementation of new rules that will allow leaseholders to take on builders for historic faults in their homes for work done since 1992.
How will this new legislation impact the construction industry? Will the sector face challenges when implementing these new regulations?
Join an expert as we explore the:
- Main changes that the Building Safety Act 2022 has brought forward
- Criteria of organisations to whom the Building Safety Act applies
- Long-term impact for developers and building contractor
Speaker
David Savage is a leading UK and international construction lawyer. He is a partner in international law firm Charles Russell Speechlys, where he co-leads the firm’s Construction and Infrastructure sector. David is also the firm’s Social Mobility partner, and sits on the firm’s diversity, equity and inclusion board. He is dual qualified as both a barrister and a UK solicitor. He is ranked as a Band 1 partner and Leading Individual in both Chambers and Legal 500 guides to the UK legal profession.
David acts for international governments, designers, contractors, developers and funders across a wide range of construction and infrastructure projects, both on transactional and dispute resolution related work. In his UK work, he has particular experience in advising on fire safety and fire safety related defects claims. In his international work, David has particular experience in acting for international governments on major airport developments.
David regularly writes and speaks on construction law and the construction sector. He is often quoted in the trade and national press on such matters. He is an editor of "Partnering and Collaborative Working" (published by Informa Law / Routledge) which brought together leading construction industry and legal experts to discuss key elements of partnering and collaborative working processes and how they can be implemented legally, technically, and culturally in the construction sector.