Five themes on control, capability and cost, drawn from a closed-door roundtable with fire, compliance and building safety leaders from local authorities, housing associations and contractors across the Midlands.

Inside, you'll find the practical starting points they're using, plus the real numbers behind the decisions they're making.

What's inside:

• Why bringing fire risk assessments and fire door inspections in-house is saving one authority £250,000 to £300,000 a year, and where the pay gap stops it working.
• How one organisation built an AI tool to check fire risk assessments against legislation, and used it to show three contractors weren't up to the job.
• Why several landlords say Awaab's Law is pushing ordinary repairs to the back of the queue, and what a scripted triage process could change.
• The Gateway Two approach attendees rated most highly for keeping urgent fire door work on the right side of the regulator.
• What happened when the highest-scoring contractor on a £1.5m contract was questioned over a £100,000 price gap.

Who was in the room? Birmingham City Council, Citizen, Dudley Council, Tamworth Council, Elhance, Wrekin, RE:GEN, CHIC, Housing Executive and St Basils.

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