Building safety and remediation

The Building Safety Act 2022 changed who is responsible for keeping residents safe, and how they must prove it. The Government's Remediation Acceleration Plan sets a 2029 deadline for every building at 18 metres or above to be remediated, with 11-metre-plus buildings facing severe financial penalties if the work is not resolved.

This is a considerable task, with over 4,000 buildings identified as having unsafe cladding, with government estimates putting the total cost of remediating affected residential buildings in England at tens of billions of pounds.

Accountable persons, principal accountable persons and duty holders now carry legal obligations that did not exist a few years ago, covering everything from fire risk assessment to the “golden thread” of building information that the Building Safety Regulator expects to see maintained.

For owners, developers, managing agents and registered providers, the practical problem is the same whether the issue is external wall cladding, fire compartmentation or a stalled remediation programme: you need someone who understands the regulation, can diagnose the defect, secure the right funding, and then project-manage the fix from application through to sign-off.

BTG Eddisons’ Building Safety and Remediation team provides that support across the full lifecycle, for buildings above and below the 18-metre higher-risk threshold. Complete our contact form further down the page to discuss your building.

Investigation and assessment – Fire Risk Appraisal of External Walls (FRAEW) and EWS1 investigations, cladding material identification, and external wall surveys to establish funding eligibility.

Funding applications – preparing and submitting Cladding Safety Scheme and Building Safety Fund applications on behalf of responsible entities.

Building Safety Case creation and management – including Higher-Risk Building registration support, Principal Designer services, and Building Safety Manager advisory.

Fire risk assessment and fire strategy – identifying fire safety defects and setting a clear, evidenced strategy in line with the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 and the Building Safety Act 2022.

Cost consultancy and quantity surveying – tender documentation, cost planning, procurement management and financial reporting for remediation contracts.

Project management – from Gateway 2/3 submissions through contract delivery, resident liaison and handover to the accountable person.

Employer’s agent services for remediation contracts, so cost, contract and programme are managed by one team rather than coordinated across several advisers.

Clerk of works – on-site inspection and quality monitoring throughout remediation works, checking specification compliance and contractor performance at every stage.

Fire engineering, delivered through our established partnerships with specialist fire engineering and façade consultants, giving clients a single point of contact across the full multidisciplinary team.

Regulator and stakeholder liaison – direct engagement with the Health and Safety Executive and Fire and Rescue Services to keep buildings safely occupied while works are planned and delivered.

You are likely to need this service if:

• Your building meets the higher-risk building threshold (at least 18 metres or seven storeys, with two or more residential units) and you are the accountable person or principal accountable person.
• You are a developer, registered provider or managing agent responsible for a building with known or suspected external wall or cladding defects.
• You are a right to manage company or resident management company that has become an accountable person under the Act without in-house technical expertise to manage the obligation.
• You are a funder or lender requiring independent oversight of a remediation programme you are financing.
• You own or manage a school, healthcare setting or other specialist building where fire and structural risk sit alongside separate estate compliance obligations.
• You have acquired, or are managing the disposal of, a building mid-remediation and need continuity of the safety case and golden thread.

BTG Eddisons structures building safety and remediation instructions across four stages.

1. Assessment and diagnosis
   We review the building's fire and structural risk position, including existing fire risk assessments, EWS1 history and any prior surveys, and identify the defects that need to be addressed. This stage establishes what “good” looks like for your specific building and what evidence already exists.
2. Strategy and funding route
   We advise on the appropriate remediation and funding route for your building, whether that is the Cladding Safety Scheme, a Developer Pledge commitment, the Building Safety Fund, or direct funding, and set out a realistic programme.
3. Delivery
   We project-manage the remediation works, acting as employer's agent and cost manager where required, coordinating the multidisciplinary design team, and carrying out clerk of works inspections throughout construction.
4. Sign-off and building safety case
   We support certification and practical completion, and hand over a building safety case and golden thread record that reflects the works actually carried out, so the accountable person can demonstrate ongoing compliance.

• Registered providers and housing associations managing mid and high-rise residential portfolios, including through Fusion21 and other framework routes.
• Local authorities with retained housing stock facing Higher-Risk Building compliance and Gateway submission requirements.
• Private freeholders and right to manage companies seeking Cladding Safety Scheme eligibility assessment, application support and end-to-end delivery.
• Developers and housebuilders managing remediation liability under the Developer Pledge, and build-to-rent operators seeking proactive compliance on new higher-risk buildings.
• Education and healthcare estate owners managing fire safety alongside separate condition and compliance obligations.
• Funders and lenders requiring independent oversight of a remediation scheme they are financing.
• Asset owners, administrators and receivers taking on responsibility for a building mid-remediation, including through insolvency or a change of ownership.

• Led by director Christopher Morvan, who built and led the cladding remediation sector at his previous firm from inception, delivering project management, cost management, employer's agent, compliance inspection and client advisory services on remediation works to buildings above and below 18 metres under PAS 9980, across both Cladding Safety Scheme and Developer Pledge instructions.
• Direct Building Safety Act 2022 experience, including preparing Building Safety Cases and supporting documentation for developers, right to manage companies and managing agents, and liaising directly with the Health and Safety Executive and Fire and Rescue Services.
• Rigorous project and risk management discipline, backed by NEC registration and PRINCE2, MoR and AgilePM qualifications, applied to every remediation instruction.
• National coverage – we operate from 35 offices across the UK, with teams close to your building wherever it is located.
• Group-wide expertise on distressed and transitioning assets – as part of BTG, we understand the practical realities of building safety obligations surviving a change of ownership, receivership or insolvency process.
• Broad sector experience, spanning residential, education, healthcare and public sector buildings.