EWS | DIGEST Building safety levy on developers proposed A consultation on the design of a proposed levy on developers who seek permission to build certain high-rise residential buildings has been published by the government. The Building Safety Levy consultation which closes on 15 October seeks views on the design and calculation of the proposed levy, through which developers will make a contribution to remedy historical building safety defects. Subject to the passage of the Building Safety Bill through parliament, this levy will apply to developments in England seeking approval from the Building Safety Regulator to start construction of certain buildings: Gateway 2 stage of the new building safety regime. The proposed levy will sit alongside a new residential developer tax, set to raise at least 2bn over a decade towards the costs of making buildings safer. Access the consultation at bit.ly/CJAug21Levy Safety Bill will deliver biggest reform in living memory Bill introduces new system of safety cases for existing high-rise homes CIBSE has welcomed the introduction into parliament of the long-awaited Building Safety Bill, which it said would deliver the biggest reform of regulation across the construction and residential property sectors in living memory. The more robust safety regime will take a proportionate, risk-based approach to building work, including remediation. It will introduce new requirements for the competence of those who design and build as well as operators of higher risk residential buildings, the Institution said. The Building Safety Bill has been drafted to reshape how the industry designs, builds and renovates all buildings in future. It introduces changes to the Building Act, Architects Act and Building Regulations and will reform the building control system. It will also attempt to dramatically increase digitalisation through the whole life-cycle of buildings and includes stronger regulatory powers for construction products, with a new market surveillance and enforcement This is the most fundamental reform of building-related legislation in decades, said committed to working with our members, the with BSI as the National Standards Body and with all interested parties to deliver a system of building legislation that delivers safe and sustainable buildings. Technical director Hywel Davies added that the trigger for this legislation was the tragic lives and blighted many more. Safety golden thread to become law in 2023 REGISTER NOW FOR OUR FREE CPD WEBINAR Legislation to make the collection of golden thread building performance information mandatory will come into effect as early Building Safety Bill. Building up to a digital evolution golden thread by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Thursday 2 September 2021, 13:00 (BST) would be used to enable building safety information to be stored throughout the life of a building (see bit.ly/CJAug21Brac Register here : bit.ly/cibsegeberit summarised as the information that allows you to understand a building and the steps needed to keep both the building and people safe, now and in the future. BRAC outlined the principles underpinning the golden thread, which include being: accurate and trusted; accountable; understandable/consistent, proportionate, durable and accessible. Brought to you by: The bills supporting material includes an outline of the requirement for duty holders to create, hold and maintain the golden thread as part of the secondary legislation that will accompany the bill. Last month, the Building Regulations Advisory Committee SCAN ME 8 August 2021 www.cibsejournal.com CIBSE Aug 21 pp08-09 News.indd 8 23/07/2021 14:36