Successful consultancy: contracts and fees

IStructE Technical Director, Patrick Hayes, sets out the key changes that the Building Safety Act has brought for structural engineers working on small projects in the UK.

This month's report discusses how home improvement work, consisting of reroofing and a loft conversion, resulted in a 'near miss' with potentially dangerous conditions for neighbours.

Rachel Lee, of law firm Birketts, explains what a recent Supreme Court judgment on retrospective liability for defects under the Building Safety Act means for consultants working in the construction industry.