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Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Act 2024: Single Building Assessments, Cladding Assurance Register and Responsible Developers Scheme—implementation challenges, professional liability and market implications

Published on: 09 July 2024

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H(CR)(S)A 2024 sits at the heart of the Scottish Government’s reply to concerns about external wall cladding raised after the Grenfell Tower tragedy in June 2017. Its purpose is to quicken the appraisal and repair of buildings with potentially unsafe cladding, while bringing developers into that work. To that end, H(CR)(S)A 2024 puts in place three linked measures, one of which is Single Building Assessments.

Single Building Assessments

Single Building Assessments (SBAs) form a central pillar of H(CR)(S)A 2024, intended to compile a register of Scottish buildings that may have cladding risks. SBAs are confined to residential properties that feature an external cladding system; there is no power to roll them out to non‑residential premises. The Scottish Government may vary the other qualifying tests:

  • the building is flatted;
  • it exceeds 11m in height; and
  • it was constructed or refurbished between 1 June 1992 and 1 June 2022.

SBAs must be carried out by an authorised individual, following standards set by the Scottish Ministers. Current indications suggest alignment with the PAS 9980 methodology created by the British Standards Institute and applied in England and Wales, though there is still no clarity on who will be authorised to undertake them...

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