Viewpoint: Is the Building Safety Act making fair and safe allotment of duty on structural engineers?
In this Viewpoint, Peter Gates raises the issue of structural engineers being forcefully imposed with the role of Principal Designer under the Building Safety Act on domestic alteration projects, and urges the profession to use a planned review of the act as an opportunity to seek reform.
Authors
- Peter Gates (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5334-0936)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Structural Engineer
- Published
- 2026-11-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.56330/yuxb2237
- Primary Topic
- Construction Engineering and Safety
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00