Issue 141 Online Now

February 5, 2026
by News on the Block Editorial Team
News On the Block

Issue 141 of News on the Block is now live and available for subscribers to read online.

This issue includes a dedicated Building Safety Feature, sponsored and collated by RiskBase, exploring how the sector is navigating the practical realities of the Building Safety Act and fire safety reform.

The feature covers key topics such as the shift towards proportionate, risk-based fire safety, changing insurer attitudes to fire-challenged buildings, coordinating fire risk assessments in low-rise blocks, the realities of RPEEPs, common failures around fire doors, the importance of clear fire safety strategies, Safety Case Reports, and why structural safety risks deserve equal attention alongside fire safety.

This issue also includes articles on some of the following topics:

  • Freeholders’ £35m victory in court battle over defects

  • Why PI cover matters

  • From compliance to confidence

  • Importance of asbestos management

  • Throwing light on LUX surveys

  • Building Safety & Leasehold reform in 2026

  • THE DIRECTOR’S CUT - The first of our new regular column written by Jonathan Channing

  • Upcoming industry events - Check out dates for your diary for our events

To read Issue 141 now, please click here.

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