Building safety: cross sector forum
Overview
This forum first met in May 2025 and provides an opportunity for stakeholders to discuss the latest information on matters relating to building maintenance and safety.
Members are drawn from across the public sector, representative organisations and professional bodies. It includes representation from relevant sectors with the responsibility for the management of issues of maintenance and safety in the buildings they own or operate.
It reports to the Ministerial Working Group on Building and Fire Safety. Minutes of the group are published.
Related groups
- Building and Fire Safety: Ministerial Working Group
- Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC): Cross Sector Working Group
Members
- Association of the University Directors of Estates (AUDE)
- Association of Local Authority Chief Housing Officers (ALACHO)
- Building Safety Regulator (BSR)
- Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA)
- Historic Environment Scotland (HES)
- Institution of Fire Engineers (IFE)
- Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE)
- Local Authority Building Standards Scotland (LABSS)
- NHS Scotland
- Royal Incorporation of Architects Scotland (RIAS)
- Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)
- Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS)
- Scottish Funding Council (SFC)
- Scottish Futures Trust (SFT)
- Scottish Government
- Scottish Heads of Property Services (SHoPS)
- Scottish Property Federation (SPF)
- Society of Local Authority Chief Executives (SOLACE)
- officials from across the Scottish Government
Other organisations may be invited to participate in meetings, depending on the topics being discussed.