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The Higher-Risk Buildings (Key Building Information etc.) Regulations 2023 were introduced in Dec 2022 to improve safety and mitigate risks in high-risk buildings. Read more
One of the commissioning and test certificates we are likely to ask you for is evidence of drain testing, and failure to provide it will hold up the issuing of the final certificate. Read more
We talk about health and safety within the construction industry on a daily basis - safety risk assessments, heavy manual handling, harmful chemicals, working at heights - but what about the MENTAL health within the construction industry? Read more
Whilst we have seen some technologies gain ground in recent years, such as factory automation, BIM and LiDAR scanning, Building Control itself has remained virtually unchanged. Read more
Changes to Parts B, F, L, O, J, S and R have taken place since that date. The Government allow applications submitted prior to June 2022 to be designed to the previous guidance subject to work starting on site before a prescribed date or the new regulations will apply. Read more
The Building Safety Act is the most dramatic transformation of Building Regulations in decades, and the Golden Thread is at the very heart of it. By now, most people in the construction industry will have all heard the term ‘the Golden Thread’ being used, but what does it REALLY mean? Read more

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Wilkinson Construction Consultants © 2020 – 2022  | Wilkinson Construction Consultants, ® All Rights Reserved.
Registered Address: 111 Buckingham Palace Road Westminster, London, SW1W 0SR | Company details: Co Reg No 06808615 Vat Reg No 977 3745 63
D&B D-U-N-S® No 211518835 Approved Inspector Building Control CIC Licence No 153

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