Since the Grenfell tragedy and the Building Safety Act that followed in 2022, there has been greater scrutiny of fire compliance and building safety. This has caused new legislation and changes to existing legislation to improve construction safety. We always embrace change for the better and do our best to help educate customers on new legislation, as keeping up in a rapidly changing industry can be challenging.
In this blog, we summarise what’s coming in 2026 and what you need to do.
PAS 2000
PAS 2000 is a construction products code of practice focusing on bringing safe products to the market. PAS 2000 covers all construction products, not just fire compliance, and is scheduled for publication in Q1 2026.
Requirements for manufacturers:
- Pre-market risk assessment for potential risks and foreseeable misuse
- Factory production control processes
- Product information and collection
- Use of market feedback
- Product specific installation training
- Testing and documentation
- Product recall process
We already have most of these requirements in place and will be embracing any new change to bring safe products to the market as well as fire compliance.
Awaab’s Law
If you are working in social housing, then you need to be aware of the upcoming changes.
Awaab’s Law was introduced in December 2020 after two-year-old Awaab Ishak tragically died from a severe respiratory condition caused by prolonged exposure to mould in his social housing home.
The first phase of Awaab’s Law came into force for the social rented sector on 27 October 2025. Phase two is expected in 2026 and phase three in 2027. The first phase requires all social landlords to fix emergency health and safety hazards within 24 hours of reporting. In addition, social landlords must investigate significant damp and mould within 10 days of reporting.
The second phase comes into force in 2026 and will require social landlords to fix hazards for excess cold, heat, fire, electrical risks and hygiene within 15 days.
This means all fire doors that are reported as a hazard will be required to be replaced within 15 days to ensure fire compliance.
The Removal of BS 476-22
All national standards have been removed from building regulations with regard to fire protection performance, so all of the parts of BS476 for both reaction and resistance to fire in Approved Document B have been removed.
Only the EN standards can be used to define performance from the end of the 5-year coexistence period which is 2 September 2029.
After 2 September 2029 only EN standards can be used to define fire protection performance, which includes fire-rated doors. All doors must be tested to EN standards from this date. We manufacture the full door range and test to the EN standards and have experts in-house to help advise on compliant door solutions.
This is a major change in fire compliance.
Code of Construction Product Information (CCPI)
Although not mandatory, the CCPI is now in demand from architects, developers and contractors looking for third-party verification for clear, accurate and accessible data. The purpose of CCPI is to raise standards in construction product information through an independent review of data and processes. The CCPI promotes accountability and collaboration throughout the industry, which will greatly benefit architects when looking for accurate data to specify compliant products and systems.
Wienerberger’s Cost of Compliance review discovered that 85% of architects didn’t trust manufacturers data and the CCPI was one of the solutions to solving this problem.
Conclusion
The new changes that are due in 2026 do not just relate to fire compliance but construction safety as a whole. If you have any questions, please contact us 020 3880 0339 | sales@selo.global