Endeavour Group

26/05/2026

It’s 25 degrees where we are today, with temperatures expected to stay high across the week.☀️

Which means somewhere across the UK right now there’s a facilities manager fielding overheating complaints, somebody opening fire doors for airflow, an air conditioning system under pressure and operational teams trying to keep buildings comfortable without creating bigger issues elsewhere.

Hot weather has a habit of exposing how closely linked fire safety, facilities management and building operations become within occupied and higher-risk environments.

It also tends to remind people how much sits behind the day-to-day management of live buildings once responsibility is active and buildings are occupied.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c1w24llvj48t

It's also the hottest May day recorded in Wales, while Scotland and Northern Ireland have had their hottest days of the year so far.

19/05/2026

Passive fire protection is one of the most overlooked parts of building safety, despite the fact that 75% of UK fire doors inspected fail to meet required safety standards.

Fire doors, cavity barriers and pe*******on seals are there to slow the spread of fire and smoke, protect escape routes and buy people valuable time to evacuate safely. When they are poorly installed, damaged or left unchecked, the risk is significant.

At Endeavour Group, our compartmentation inspection team assesses the full passive fire protection picture, including fire stopping, structural protection, ducting, glazing and fire-rated partitions.

We provide detailed inspections, reporting and practical recommendations to help responsible persons, building owners and duty holders understand what needs attention and what happens next.

To find out more about our compartmentation inspection services, get in touch with the team.

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18/05/2026

The start of a new week and another story showing just how much the Building Safety Act is changing the landscape for the construction industry.

This time, the High Court refused Ardmore permission to appeal a £14.9m ruling linked to historic fire safety defects at a Portsmouth development, with associated companies within the wider group also held liable.

That point matters.

We are now seeing responsibility stretch far beyond a single project or entity, with liability capable of following businesses years after completion and across wider company structures.

For the sector, this is no longer theoretical. The financial and reputational implications attached to building safety failures are becoming very real and very public.

It is also why we are seeing growing demand for higher-level competence around fire safety design, building risk management and higher-risk buildings as organisations try to understand what good looks like in practice and what accountability now means long term.

Read more on the ruling here: https://www.constructionenquirer.com/2026/05/11/ardmore-loses-high-court-appeal-bid-to-halt-14-9m-crest-payout/

Find out more about our Level 6 Diploma in Advanced Fire Safety Design and Building Risk Management here: https://endeavourgroup.co.uk/level-6-diploma-in-advanced-fire-safety-design-and-building-risk-management/

15/05/2026

Kingston upon Thames has approved an additional £2.9 million to address outstanding fire safety actions across its housing stock.

Of the 4,138 actions identified through post-Grenfell inspections, 935 remain. The work covers fire doors in homes and communal areas, fire alarm installation, and compartmentalisation throughout building fabric.

The council was clear that none of the outstanding items involves flammable cladding or hazardous materials - these are preventative works. But nearly 1,000 open actions remain a significant number, and the fact that a new specialist contract was needed to close them out speaks to the resourcing challenge underlying compliance at scale.

For asset owners and those managing large housing portfolios, this is a familiar position. Getting to zero actions required isn't just a compliance target - it's the point where you truly know the buildings are doing what they're supposed to do, safely.

Read the full story from the Fire Protection Association - https://www.thefpa.co.uk/fire-and-risk-management-journal/news/london-borough-increases-fire-safety-work-budget-

14/05/2026

Our Level 3 Award in the Inspection and Testing of Fire-Resisting Door Installations certifies the competence of individuals responsible for inspecting and testing passive fire protection systems, with a particular emphasis on fire doors, fire stopping, and cavity barriers.

It equips candidates with both non-intrusive and intrusive inspection techniques, enabling compliance assessments across new-build and existing environments.

Learners gain the knowledge to verify installations against current regulations, performance standards and third-party certification schemes. Where certification is absent, candidates are trained to evaluate nominal fire door assemblies and evidence compliance.

More information - https://endeavourgroup.co.uk/level-3-award-in-the-inspection-and-testing-of-fire-resisting-door-installations/

13/05/2026

Here is another example of the impact the Building Safety Act is having across the sector.

Beyond remediation works themselves, businesses are now managing increased compliance demands around design responsibility, documentation, competence, communication and ongoing building management, particularly within higher risk residential buildings.

The financial impact is no longer theoretical. It is influencing procurement, programme delivery, insurance, staffing and long-term viability across parts of the industry.

For contractors, consultants and building owners alike, the conversation has shifted from reacting to regulation to understanding how to operate sustainably within it.

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Read more - https://lbndaily.co.uk/building-safety-act-drives-losses-at-downing/

Liverpool builder Downing Construction sees pre-tax losses widen to £8.7m as it sets aside a further £17.3m to deal with issues relating to the Building Safety Act

12/05/2026

A new two-year BAC approval category has appeared in the latest Building Safety Regulator data for Higher Risk Buildings.

That might not sound significant at first glance, but it potentially raises a much bigger question around how ongoing building risk, assurance and regulatory confidence are now being viewed.

The same dataset also shows:

▫️319 five-year BAC approvals
▫️668 BAC refusals
▫️951 applications currently in progress

For those working within HRBs, the message is becoming harder to ignore.

The Building Safety Act regime was never going to stop at paperwork submission.

Understanding fire safety design, safety case assurance, Gateway requirements and building-wide risk is rapidly becoming an operational requirement, not a specialist extra.

It’s one of the reasons we recently developed the ProQual Awarding Body Level 6 Diploma in Advanced Fire Safety Design and Building Risk Management for professionals operating within complex and regulated building environments.

To find out more information visit https://endeavourgroup.co.uk/level-6-diploma-in-advanced-fire-safety-design-and-building-risk-management

08/05/2026

This article tells of 36 sets of buyers who thought their homes had been properly signed off, but had actually been given fake Building Control Completion Certificates.

When West Suffolk Building Control inspected the flats, they found breaches of building regulations and major fire safety concerns serious enough to require a 24-hour waking watch.

The director behind it has since been jailed and ordered to pay back over £150,000, but the people who bought those flats had already moved in, assuming they were safe and trusting that the process had worked as it should.

This is what happens when the verification stage breaks down. Buyers rely on certificates, but when that trust is exploited, the consequences fall on the people least able to see it coming.

For those working in compliance, building control, and asset management, the question worth sitting with is how much visibility you have into what's been signed off on your watch, and whether the paperwork reflects reality.

Read the full story - https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/local-news/man-gave-fake-certificates-new-33823434

An inspection discovered 'serious fire safety concerns' which led to a 24‑hour waking watch being installed in the property

05/05/2026

Starting our week in Belgravia, London today.

We’re here to deliver our first High Risk Building Masterclass, something we’ve been building towards for a long time.

It has has been developed from the work we’ve been doing involving safety cases, design reviews and ongoing challenges in the built environment.

There’s been a big shift in what people are being asked to take on, and not much training that sits at that level.

That’s what this is aimed at.

Big day for Team Endeavour, and a big moment for our Managing Director James Doyle after everything that’s gone into getting this over the line, with thanks to ProQual Awarding Body for supporting our approved Training Centre.

More tomorrow once we’ve wrapped the session.

01/05/2026

Your team have had fire safety training. But would they know what to do in your building?

Most training will take you through the legislation and the principles behind it.

Where it can fall short is translating that into what it means for your building, your risks, and the decisions your team are making day to day.

That gap doesn’t always show itself straight away, but it becomes obvious when something goes wrong and people are expected to act.

At that point, it’s less about whether someone attended a course and more about whether they understood their role well enough to apply it.

At Endeavour, training is built around buildings, defined risks and responsibilities, so people leave with something that relates directly to what they do.

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