In September’s HEJ we ran the first half of an article on an interesting and forthright discussion at a roundtable event held in mid-June at the Leeds offices of solicitors, Clarion. This covered some of the key elements in, and far-reaching ramifications of, the Building Safety Act 2022, which came into force in October 2023 – both for the healthcare construction chain, and healthcare engineering and estate management personnel. Here HEJ editor, Jonathan Baillie, reports on the event’s second half.
Participants
Taking part in the roundtable were:
In the first half of the roundtable, topics covered included how much knowledge, or lack of it, there appears to be both within the construction supply chain and among NHS EFM teams of the Building Safety Act and its provisions; the way the current healthcare estate is managed from a health and safety, legal, and longevity and sustainability standpoint; what kinds of buildings are covered by the Act, the various Gateways through the design, construction, and planning process — and what each entails — and some of the dangers if the various parties involved in new-build and refurbishment healthcare projects fail to take the correct steps to ensure safety and compliance at the right time. The discussion's second half began with a focus on the pressures imposed by short project lifecycles, and the potential issues where building data is incomplete.
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