{"id":21832,"date":"2018-11-02T08:45:41","date_gmt":"2018-11-02T08:45:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.buyassociation.co.uk\/?p=21832"},"modified":"2018-11-02T08:45:41","modified_gmt":"2018-11-02T08:45:41","slug":"100-percent-hackitt-initiative-to-push-government-on-better-building-standards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/2018\/11\/02\/100-percent-hackitt-initiative-to-push-government-on-better-building-standards\/","title":{"rendered":"‘100% Hackitt’ initiative to push government on better building standards"},"content":{"rendered":"

The recent launch in Westminster of the new initiative \u2018100% Hackitt\u2019 has been applauded by both the British Board of Agreement<\/em> (BBA) and Local Authority Building Control<\/em> (LABC).\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s an industry-led drive to encourage the government to commit to delivering all of the recommendations outlined in Dame Judith Hackitt\u2019s report,\u00a0 the Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety, which was commissioned after the Grenfell fire disaster<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Culture change urgently needed<\/h4>\n

Attending the launch, Dame Judith Hackitt gave a keynote speech to a large number of cross-party politicians, policy advisors and industry body representatives.<\/p>\n

She explained that: \u201cThere is a \u2018massive need\u2019 for culture change throughout the industry, with responsibilities clearly defined at every stage of a building\u2019s lifecycle.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The BBA and LABC\u2019s message behind the new initiative is resonant: \u201cWe have united to bring focus to industry calls for a full adoption of Dame Judith\u2019s Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety and we have launched a new website, producing \u2018pledge cards\u2019 for supporters to sign up to the initiative and pushing for an Early Day Motion debate in the House of Commons.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dame Judith added: \u201cMuch remains to be done to bring the construction industry up to the standards of other industries in terms of accountability, transparency and record keeping. Don\u2019t tinker, don\u2019t tweak, it has to be fundamental.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bad practices targeted<\/h4>\n

Claire Curtis-Thomas, BBA<\/em><\/a> Chief Executive commented: \u201cThe 100% Hackitt initiative is the best thing for the British construction industry in a generation. We are supporting this initiative as strongly as we possibly can because we want to see bad practices in the industry eliminated and protection for the public and companies that are fully committed to high standards of delivery.\u201d<\/p>\n

Paul Everall, LABC<\/em><\/a> Chief Executive said: \u201cThe LABC<\/em> and the BBA<\/em> share the same outlook and are determined to make a difference in our industry. But we’re not waiting, we’re getting on with building a safer future together \u2013 right now. The 100% Hackitt initiative is a space for everyone who wants to see systemic change in the construction industry and I hope the whole industry gets behind it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jonathan Shaw, Chief Executive of\u00a0Policy Connect<\/a><\/em>, said: “The Hackitt review represents a once in a generation opportunity to recast the building system and start to build safer, better designed homes. We will discuss how the review can bring about positive change in the construction industry, what still remains to be done so that we can encourage the industry to push for change.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The recent launch in Westminster of the new initiative \u2018100% Hackitt\u2019 has been applauded by both the British Board of Agreement (BBA) and Local Authority Building Control (LABC).\u00a0 It\u2019s an industry-led drive to encourage the government to commit to delivering all of the recommendations outlined in Dame Judith Hackitt\u2019s report,\u00a0 the Independent Review of Building… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":217,"featured_media":9389,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[171,341],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21832"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/217"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21832\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}