Assent — together with registered constructing management approvers Oculus Constructing Consultancy and LB Constructing Management — ceased buying and selling this week amid mounting losses. It’s also understood to be going through damages claims from builders and contractors over challenge delays.
Assent Constructing Compliance had been a key participant in supporting builders navigating the Gateway approval course of for residential towers and different higher-risk buildings.
Its sudden collapse despatched shockwaves by means of the trade elevating fears that disruption would impression the BSR’s pledge to clear an estimated 60-plus challenge Gateway 2 backlog by early January.
A BSR spokesperson stated: “We’re working to substantiate the precise quantity, however we’re at the moment conscious of ten HRB initiatives nonetheless held by LB or Oculus below the pre-HRB transition mannequin. We’ve got requested the RBIs concerned in these initiatives to get in contact with us immediately.
“We respect the significance of continuity and intend to safe assets to restrict any delays. We’ve got additionally requested RBIs who had been working with us on the framework to contact us immediately. Whereas the circumstances they had been engaged on will must be reallocated, we don’t envisage a knock-on impression on our general GW2 work.”
