Neville Grunwald of Wates Group, Darren Burford of ALUK and Graham Hackley of Century Facades join Dan Brown and Martin Sadler of GQA Qualifications to discuss the necessary culture change for high-rise, high-risk envelope contracting in the shadow of the Grenfell Tragedy and The Building Safety Act.

Using sector statistics and experience in façade-contracting, this animated discussion explores the role of accredited training and appropriate qualifications for individuals, the responsibilities of construction product manufacturers, considers the additional demands of specialist envelope subcontractors on their supply chain, and how the demands and penalties enabled through the Building Safety Act will bring a new dawn to the awarding of HRB contracts by principal contractors.

In Part 2, the panel reflect on whether the Grenfell Tragedy in itself was enough to steer the construction industry on the path to reform and referring to Dame Judith Hackett, thoughts turn to whom should be driving the culture change in construction and why the construction industry may still be dragging their heels with a sense of waiting to be told what to do despite the ascension of the Building Safety Bill into law. 

The panel turn to retrospective soul searching and delves to the very heart of the topic of Raising The Bar; determining individual competency through appropriate levels of academia and product application, spotting those who masquerade with experience, and the self-reflecting, honest behaviours which uphold our social responsibility for life safety.