The Guild of Architectural Ironmongers, the leading industry body, represents the architectural ironmongery industry through participation on a number of standards committees held by the construction industry and also provides responses to consultations on behalf of the industry.

This page provides some of these industry responses and updates:

• GAI response to the Raising the Bar Interim Report on Improving Competence,  from the Industry Response Group Steering Group on Competence for Building a Safer Future

• GAI response to the call for evidence of the Building a Safer Future Proposals for reform of the building safety regulatory system (in response to UK Government

• GAI response to the call for evidence of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety)  Order 2005

• GAI response to the Building a Safer Future / Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety Final Report entitled (also known as the Hackitt Report)

• GAI response to the Independent Review of the Building Regulations and Fire safety call for evidence (sent in advance of the publication of Hackitt Report)

This page also provides a home for wider industry-related documents which will be of use to members including:

• Raising the Bar Interim Report on Improving Competence

• Building a Safer Future / Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety Final Report (i.e. Hackitt Report)

• Construction Products Association Quarterly Construction Trade Survey – which will be updated on this page each quarter, and which is a member benefit of GAI members

• Passive Fire Protection Forum (PFPF) Guide to undertaking Technical Assessments 2019 – a publication which was endorsed by GAI who are an active member of PFPF

For further details relating to any of these publications please contact GAI Technical Manager Douglas Masterson on technical@gai.org.uk