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Fire safety lessons from late-stage design: what goes wrong when safety comes too late
- New regulations under the Building Safety Act 2022 require fire safety to be considered from the earliest planning stages.
- 42% of buildings audited in 2024/25 were rated ‘unsatisfactory’ for fire safety, highlighting the scale of the issue.
- Integrating fire safety from the concept stage protects both project budgets and architectural vision.
- Late-stage changes to meet fire regulations can force major design compromises, particularly in open-plan buildings
