RIBA responds to Grenfell Tower
Inquiry terms of reference
Responding to the Grenfell
Tower Inquiry terms of reference,
RIBA President Jane Duncan
said:
“The RIBA is supportive of
the aims of Sir Martin Moore-
Bick’s inquiry. It is right that the
terms of reference includes an
examination of the adequacy
of building and fire regulations,
as well as other areas relating
to the construction of Grenfell
Tower and other high rise
residential buildings.
“It is disappointing however that
the terms of the Inquiry do not
explicitly mention the overall
regulatory and procurement
context for the construction
of buildings in the UK. We
consider this examination
crucial to understanding the
often complicated division of
design responsibilities and the
limited level of independent
oversight of construction.
These pervade many current
building procurement
approaches prevalent in the
public and housing association
sectors. Such regulatory and
procurement concerns should
not be dismissed as they would
have helped set the full context
for the decisions that were made
at Grenfell Tower and at other
residential buildings. This is
the missing piece of the puzzle
and we will continue to make
this case over the course of the
inquiry, and to UK Government
and others.”
De Montfort University Building Named
Best In The East Mids
DE MONTFORT University’s (DMU) newest
addition to its Leicester campus – the Vijay
Patel building – has been hailed as the best
educational building in the East Midlands at
the LABC Awards (Local Authority Building
Control).
The £42 million centrepiece to the
university’s campus, which is home to
Leicester’s art and design courses, beat off
stiff competition from across the region and
will now be judged at a national level to be
in with the chance of being named the best
educational building in the UK.
“This is a huge honour and we’re delighted
to have been recognised at such a high level
for the fantastic work the teams have put
into creating such a spectacular building,”
said Nick Gregory, director at CPMG
Architects – which designed the Vijay Patel
building.
A new six storey building engages with the
redeveloped 11-storey tower and CLASP
(Consortium of Local Authorities Special
Programme) buildings, creating a stunning
new home for the art and design faculty.
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