We were delighted to be joined by industry-leading experts, commentators and the Building Safety Regulator for this year's Trowers & Hamlins virtual mini-conference on building safety.
Dame Judith Hackitt, author of the Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety and chair of the Industry Safety Steering Group and Peter Apps, Deputy Editor of Inside Housing and award-winning author of "Show me the Bodies" were once again our keynote speakers across both days.
We hosted eight virtual bitesize sessions over two days, focusing on the following areas
Day 1
- Keynote: Grenfell Inquiry Phase 2 findings – Peter Apps, Contributing Editor, Inside Housing
- Competency in building safety – what does it mean? – Rebecca Rees, Partner, Trowers & Hamlins, Hanna Clarke, Digital and Policy Manager, CPA and Chair of the Industry Competence Steering Group and Richard Harral, Chief Executive, Chartered Association of Building Engineers
- Alliancing to ensure building safety and gateway approvals – Assad Maqbool, Partner, Trowers & Hamlins and Professor David Mosey CBE, King's College London
- Q&A – a view from the Building Safety Regulator – Tim Galloway, Deputy Director Building Safety Division, Health and Safety Executive and Douglas Rhodes, Partner, Trowers & Hamlins LLP
Day 2
- Defects remediation legal update – Oliver Williams, Partner, Trowers & Hamlins and Douglas Rhodes, Partner, Trowers & Hamlins
- Insurance market update – Helen Stuart, Partner, Trowers & Hamlins, James Bainbridge, Head of Construction PI, Marsh Specialty and Paul Chetwynd-Talbot, Deputy Chairman for Real Estate, Marsh Specialty
- Safety case reports – making residential buildings safer? – Amanda Stubbs, Partner, Trowers & Hamlins, Ismail Alsayed, Head of Building Safety Legislation, Compliance and Delivery, Clarion Housing Group and Dr Bola Abisogun OBE, Chief Excitement Officer, Digital Twin Skills Academy
- Keynote: Building Safety regulatory landscape – where are we now? – Dame Judith Hackitt
The slide pack from both days can be downloaded below:
The recordings of our mini-conference can be viewed below:
