As the need for greater understanding of the Building Safety Act persists, Nicola John, Managing Director of FDM Training & Development, clarifies its crucial responsibilities and implications. Eight years on from Dame Judith Hackitt’s Building a Safer Future report, and four years after the introduction of the Building Safety Act (BSA), a recent FDM survey found 85% of people on the Constructionline register believe the Building Safety Act doesn’t apply to them. They are wro

BURY (August 2026) – As the call for demonstrable competency continues, Nicola John, Managing Director of Fire Door Maintenance (FDM) Training and Development, discusses what this means for the fire door industry, how we must stop working in silos and how, with Section 35 of the Building Safety Act, the government is offering us all an opportunity to rise to excellence. The Building Safety Act (BSA) has raised the bar on competency and operational and professional standards;