The Block Safety Podcast: Recent Episodes

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The Block Safety Podcast has been created to inform and educate those within the Leasehold Residential Property management sector and aims to answer some of your impending questions regarding Building Safety Reform and other hot topics in safety.

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Welcome to the fifth episode of The Block Safety Podcast.

This episode features an interview with Roy Emmerson, owner of Emmerson Barnett Chartered Building Surveyors, and looks in detail at building projects for residential blocks, CDM Regulations and dealing with unexpected risk.  

We also discuss the different safety considerations for new build blocks vs. conversions and non-purpose built blocks.

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Welcome to the fourth episode of The Block Safety Podcast.

This week, we spoke with Sinead Campbell - Head of Business Development at Residentsline Flat Insurance; specialist provider of policies for blocks of flats and apartments for Residents’ Management Companies and Property Managing Agent.

Sinead discusses important topics in risk and insurance for the leasehold industry, including whether block insurance usually covers for major safety defects, how known issues such as unsafe cladding impact insurance, and the extent in which high profile disasters effect the industry and her clients.

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Welcome to the third episode of The Block Safety Podcast.

This week we’re joined by three guest speakers, Daniel Walker, Aneel Kilaire and Scott Whitlock, to discuss Projects and Safety with topics ranging from Asbestos to CDM regulations to cladding removal and façade surveys.

Daniel is an Asbestos Surveyor at 4site Consulting, Aneel is an Associate Facade Engineer at Wintech and Scott is a Health and Safety Advisor and CDM Project Manager.

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Welcome to the second episode of The Block Safety Podcast.

This week's topic is Building Safety Management in practice and our host Arran Simmons speaks with three Trainee Building Safety Managers. With varying backgrounds across Fire Safety, Risk Management, Facilities Management, Surveying and Engineering, we discuss their experiences training as a #BuildingSafetyManager, their professional backgrounds and how they lend them self to the role, and the biggest challenges faced in Building Safety Management.

In the second part of this podcast, we speak with Roger Gillespie who is the Managing Director of Housing LMS who provide various training course, include the level 6 Diploma in Building Safety Management. 

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Welcome to the first full episode of the Block Safety Podcast.

This week our host, Arran Simmons, speaks with both Alex

Mazurkiewicz and David Flack to discuss their role and experiences in Block Management and how their companies have adapted to recent and upcoming industry changes.

With over 10 years in the industry, Alex Mazurkiewicz is currently a Block Manager at Jones Robinson who are a smaller Managing Agent. David is Head of Health and Safety at HML Group; a larger Property Management Company.

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Introducing The Block Safety Podcast created and hosted by 4site Consulting.

This first introductory episode is a taster of what’s to come as our host, Arran Simmons, sits down with 4site Consulting’s Managing Director, Gregg Masters to discuss what to expect from the series as well as to get his thoughts on how he has seen the leasehold industry change over the last 15 years.