Willmott Dixon boss fires broadside at government over ‘popularist’ Building Safety Act

By Daniel Gayne2022-07-04T10:35:00

Contractor’s chief says politicians should look at their role in building safety ‘mess’

The boss of Willmott Dixon has slammed the government’s flagship building safety reform as a “poorly conceived travesty of justice” which scapegoats the construction industry.

Rick Willmott, group chief executive for the contractor, accused the government of throwing developers and contractors “under the bus” rather than accepting their own responsibility.

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