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Delays to gateway three approvals for higher-risk buildings (HRBs) may trigger financial “instability” among contractors, according to industry analysts. Their warnings came as a Freedom of Information (FOI) request showed 44 schemes are still awaiting a gateway three decision more than three months after those applications were submitted to the Building Safety Regulator. The statutory timeframe for a gateway three decision is eight weeks. Geoff Wilkinson, managing director of Wilkinson Construction Consultants, told Construction News: “For a lot of these projects, the profit margin is low. “It doesn’t take a lot of delay and additional bridging costs before you’ve wiped out any profitability. “That will undoubtedly lead to further instability for contractors.” He added: “I would be shocked if we didn’t see further contractor failures, particularly subcontractors.” Wilkinson’s comments echoed previous concerns expressed by Rudi Klein, a barrister and former chief...