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:

Industry responses featured on this page are as follows:

• GAI letter to Fergus Harradence, Deputy Director of Construction, Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy.

• 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

• Guidance on CE Marking, Third Party Testing, Assessment and Certification - a publication created by GAI and DHF

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