Ex-BRE head urges Building Regs reform

05/07/2017

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Ex-BRE head urges Building Regs reform
David Strong, former managing director of BRE, has called for complete reform of the Building Regulations in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire as a retired court of appeal judge has been named to head up the public inquiry into the disaster.

In a letter published in The Times, Strong said it was not austerity that caused the fire, but a “fundamental market failure resulting from Building Control bodies competing with each other to deliver enforcement with the lightest possible touch”. http://www.constructionmanagermagazine.com/news/grenfell-tower-former-bre-head-calls-building-regs/

Source: Construction Manager