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How can the RIBA view the new principal designer role as a money-spinner?
The RIBA’s new Principal Designer Register makes me seriously question the value the institute delivers to its members, writes Rob Charlton
Building safety
News stories and resources for architects on building safety
Hackitt-led group calls for RIBA to show more leadership over building safety
A group scrutinising the construction sector has called for the RIBA to do more to change the behaviour of its members regarding building safety
RAAC: 300 face evacuation from council homes built with collapse-risk concrete
Hundreds of people are under threat of evacuation from council houses in Aberdeen following the discovery of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC)
Spanish tower block fire: experts point to cladding to explain speed of fatal blaze
Experts have claimed flammable cladding helped enable the speed and ferocity of the fire which tore through an apartment block in Spain last week, killing at least 10 people
Back to BSF? What now for England’s decaying schools estate
The RAAC crisis has lifted the lid on deteriorating conditions across England’s entire school estate. Anna Highfield asks whether the Tories’ new rescue package goes far enough and what measures a new government might take
In nature’s embrace: Loader Monteith’s woodland school for vulnerable teenagers
With their Learning Hub for the Harmeny Education Trust, Loader Monteith and Studio SJM have created a supportive woodland environment for teenagers who struggle with mainstream education, writes Chloe Spiby Loh.
Government says it will remove RAAC from all affected schools
The government will permanently remove reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) from all affected school and college buildings, it announced yesterday (8 February)
Safety regulator to investigate towers built with large panel systems
The Building Safety Regulator (BSR) is to urgently look at large panel system (LPS) buildings as part of its new inspection regime, the AJ’s sister title Construction News has learned
Worried about the Building Safety Act? Maybe try my building safety bot
A new breed of custom-built chat bots is about to make the AI boom a whole lot more relevant to architects, says Keir Regan-Alexander
The Regs: Are you up to speed with the Building Safety Act? Part 3
Geoff Wilkinson delves deeper into the practical aspects of the new Building Safety Act