The Hackitt Report - Implications for Construction

This event will explore the Hackitt report’s implications for the Construction Industry. 

Your Host, Katten Muchin Rosenman UK LLP, is a full service law firm specialising in Real Estate and Financial Services. Katten has particular expertise in Construction & Engineering, offering a comprehensive service to clients of all sizes and in sectors such as residential property development, hospitality, pharmaceuticals, infrastructure, and energy.

Matthew Needham-Laing, Partner and Head of Construction & Engineering, will be inviting discussion on the implications of the Hackitt Report from our guests. Our guest speaker Geoff Wilkinson, of Wilkinson Construction Consultants Ltd (and also an Urbano Network Member), is an Approved Inspector and will explain how the report’s recommendations (if adopted) will impact on the way you currently work.

The event will be of great interest to architects, contractors, surveyors and housing associations but will also explain how the wider implications may affect the entire industry. This is one you won’t want to miss whatever your role in Construction.

Areas being covered include

• Findings from the Hackitt Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety
• Proposed reforms to fire safety standards and building regulations
• Qualifications and competency issues
• The practical impact of reforms as currently proposed on the construction industry and how you’ll need to adapt
• Potential roles for technology
• The latest guidance on the action required to check buildings and remedy any problems
• Legal ramifications for buildings with defective cladding and potential remedies 

AGENDA
08:30 Registration & Networking Breakfast
09.00 Introductions - Matthew Needham 
09.10 Presentation - Geoff Wilkinson
10:00 Q&A hosted by Matthew Needham 
10:30 Networking & Refreshments
11:30 Event closes

About our guest speaker

Geoff is qualified as a Chartered Surveyor and as a Fire Engineer and runs a firm of Approved Inspector’s.

He is highly respected and experienced within the construction industry with over 30 years experience in both public and private sector roles. He has appeared frequently in the national and international press, TV and radio and has a regular column on Building Regulations in Architects Journal.

View Geoff's Urbano Profile here: Geoff Wilkinson