Building Safety & Existing Stock

As the housing sector seems to lurch from crisis to crisis in the sector, a multitude of requirements have become a particular challenge for asset managers: fire safety, quality of workmanship, damp and mould, net-zero carbon and various component programmes.

The final Housing Asset Strategy Forum of the year, sponsored by Baily Garner, explored Baily Garner's Damp & Mould toolkit, with an explanation of how the toolkit works and a successful case study at the West Kent Housing Association.

The Forum focused on collective responses to the significant changes heralded by the Building Safety Act in terms of regulation, construction, maintenance, safety and protection.

The issue of remediation for damp and mould is becoming a priority concern for public sector landlords – side by side with building safety, cladding and retrofit.
This CEO Forum featured a guest expert presenter Professor Mike Parrett.

The Housing Forum’s first event in 2023 opened with a review of plans and prospects for 2023 and then moved on to the implications for clients of compliance and record keeping in the wake of the Building Safety Act and what is in store in disrepair and safety issues. A Contract Management Toolkit and the importance of feedback and continuous improvement in delivering better outcomes and the skills required to enable housing providers to meet net zero and the findings of the recent Skidmore Review followed.

The final Housing Asset Strategy Forum for 2022 was held in partnership with the National Housing Maintenance Forum (NHMF).
Discussion in the first session centred on the NHMF’s Best Practice Guide, and also featured building safety and BIM modelling for tower blocks.