Insights: the Building Safety Act,
procurement and ownership.
On the regulatory landscape reshaping the sector, the Building Safety Act, social value in public procurement, and what buyers are actually buying. Written by the people running the group, not a content agency.
The insights are written by the directors who run the companies, not by an agency. They cover the three forces reshaping how buildings are bought, maintained and evidenced: the Building Safety Act 2022 and the golden thread of information it requires for higher-risk buildings; public procurement and how social value is scored; and employee ownership, which now sits behind the flagship, Gemini AMPM.
Every piece carries a named author, a publication date and an updated date, and links to the case study that shows the point in practice. Where a piece relies on law, guidance or a statistic, it links to the primary source. New pieces are added as the regulation moves, and all of them are available by RSS. Each piece is reviewed when the rules it describes change, and its updated date says when that last happened. If a piece raises a question about your own building, the quickest route is a call on 0330 043 0080.
Articles
Building Safety Act compliance is a structural tailwind, not a cyclical wave →
Compliance spend used to move with the construction cycle. The BSA broke that, and shifted what buyers are actually buying. Jamie Dawson, Chair.
The golden thread, and what buyers are actually buying →
Compliance moved from cost line to risk register. The regulatory shape, and what an audit-ready posture means in practice. Dan Small, Managing Director.
Social value after PPN 06/20: the employee-owned advantage →
Procurement weights social value heavily. Most contractors' evidence falls apart on inspection. Why EOTs walk that test. Jamie Dawson, Chair.
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