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041 _aeng
110 _aRoyal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
245 _aRICS Practice Alert - transfer slabs
_h[Email update]
260 _aLondon,
_bRoyal Institution of Chartered Surveyors,
_c9 January 2026
300 _aemail
490 _aRICS Practice Alert
520 _aThe purpose is to raise awareness of an important emerging building safety issue in the UK. The UK government wrote to principal accountable persons and building owners about potential risks from transfer slabs in buildings on 19 December 2025. RICS members who are chartered building surveyors may be instructed to carry out condition surveys of such tall buildings to identify buildings with transfer slabs. If a building is identified, then a suitable expert structural engineer will be required to carry out more in-depth analysis. RICS recommends that IStructE are contacted for suitable competent engineers. RICS has developed an information hub with FAQs: Transfer slabs in buildings: Advice and FAQs. This will be updated as more information becomes available. Please check regularly for the most recent updates
650 _aBUILDING SAFETY
650 _aCONCRETE
650 _aTRANSFER SLABS
651 _aUnited Kingdom
690 _aBuilding control
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710 _aRoyal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
856 _uhttps://www.rics.org/content/dam/ricsglobal/documents/regulation/Practice-Alert-Jan26-Transfer-slabs.pdf
_zView the online Practice Update
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