RICS announces new cladding guidance on fire risk assessments for high-rise blocks

By Joey Gardiner2021-01-12T06:00:00

Proposals aim to reduce number of buildings which have to undertake inspections

The professional institute for surveyors has proposed new guidance designed to vastly reduce the scope of buildings subject to EWS1 fire safety assessments for cladding.

The safety assessments, introduced by the RICS in 2019 in a bid to provide reassurance to lenders and insurers of high-rise blocks, have contributed to a major blockage in the housing market after a government rule change meant insurers and lenders started requiring them on flat blocks regardless of height.

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