AXREM Statement Building Control Regulation Changes
06 September 2023
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AXREM is the UK trade association representing the interests of suppliers of diagnostic medical imaging, radiotherapy, healthcare IT and care equipment including patient monitoring in the UK. Our group is comprised of most of the industry supply companies, AXREM members supply the majority of diagnostic medical imaging and radiotherapy equipment installed in UK hospitals.
AXREM is aware of the Building Safety Bill and the evidence that suggests that whilst only a small proportion of fires in high-rise buildings escape the room of origin, the experience of Grenfell shows that there cannot be complacency.
The new regime introduced by the Building Safety Bill is a strengthened regulatory regime for high-rise and other in-scope buildings (higher-risk buildings), improving accountability, risk-management and assurance. Higher-risk buildings in the Bill are defined by their height and use. These internationally used factors are an industry-accepted way of identifying buildings where the consequences from a fire or a structural failure can be significant.
The new regime applies to buildings that are at least 18 metres in height or have at least 7 storeys and have at least two residential units. It also applies to care homes and hospitals meeting the same height threshold during design and construction.
AXREM wishes to highlight these new regulations to NHS Trust/ hospital management and the estates teams, as they as well as industry will be required to comply with these new more stringent regulatory regime.
More information about the regulations can be found here: