Our experts joined the panel at UKREiiF 2026 for an unfiltered conversation about waking watches, gateway applications, the golden thread, and the real cost of non-compliance. Watch the full session.
Panel Guests: Cowan Architects and Pod Management
At UKREiiF 2026, Bellrock Consulting's Sarah Duffy and Mark Tyson joined Simon Spitteri (Cowan Architects) and Alex Sousa (Pod Management) for a frank, no-nonsense panel discussion on one of the sector's most pressing challenges.
The conversation covered:
- Why organisations are still scrambling with compliance four years on from the Act coming into force
- The real cost of waking watches - and what organisations could have done earlier to prevent them
- Gateway application processes: what getting it wrong means legally and financially
- Competency, trust, and how to know if the consultant in front of you is actually qualified
- The golden thread: why most organisations believe they're compliant - and why they're not
- How to build a credible, risk-based plan when budgets are limited and the list of issues is long
This isn't a polished corporate presentation. It's an honest conversation with people who manage thousands of high-rise buildings every day.
