About this episode

The episode discusses recent developments in building safety and construction regulations in the UK and Wales.

In this episode, Michelle Rousell and Yassir Mahmood from Practical Law Construction discuss the latest building safety developments, including the UK and Welsh governments' annual progress reports (starts at 00.35), Wales' deviated approach for gateway two applications (starts at 01.49), the Senedd's passage of the Building Safety (Wales) Bill (starts at 03.21) and the Building Safety Regulator's (BSR) new remediation improvement plan (starts at 11.33). The episode also covers the UK government's construction products consultations (starts at 13.16), the judgment in GS Woodland Court GP 1 Ltd v RGCM Ltd [2026] EWHC 351 (TCC) (starts at 23.58), the British Standards Institution's building information modelling (BIM) standards consultation (starts at 32.34) and NISTA's updated infrastructure pipeline and Whole Life Carbon Management Handbook (starts at 40.45).

People in this episode

Host: Michelle Rousell

Guest: Yassir Mahmood

Topics covered

• building safety
• construction products reform
• BIM standards
• Wales building safety
• UK government consultations
• remediation improvement plan

Keywords

• building safety
• construction products
• BIM standards
• Wales
• UK government
• remediation plan
• infrastructure pipeline

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Practical Law Construction, UK government, Welsh government, British Standards Institution, NISTA

Books & works: GS Woodland Court GP 1 Ltd v RGCM Ltd [2026] EWHC 351 (TCC)

Places: Wales

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