New engineering standard launched for higher risk buildings
1 May 2025
The Engineering Council held an event at the House of Lords to launch the new UK Standard for Professional Engineering Competence and Commitment contextualised for Higher-Risk Buildings (UK-SPEC HRB).
We developed the new standard in response to recommendations made in Dame Judith Hackitt’s independent review of building regulations and fire safety, ‘Building a Safer Future’, commissioned by the Government in the aftermath of the tragic Grenfell Tower Fire in 2017.
