INA Briefing
Up-date on the Building Safety Act 2022 Compliance Landscape

Presenter: Ralph Elliott-King, Chair of the IET's Engineering Safety Policy Panel

Briefing headlines to be covered:

• Grenfell roots [ Link ]
• Definition of higher-risk / high-rise buildings (HRBs) [ Link ]
• Matters deserving of being on a Building Safety Risk Register (?):
• Mental health and welfare
• RAAC and Asbestos
• Legionella
• Fire safety
• Safety Case Report Process (WG1):
• 1. Information gathering (Golden Thread); 2. Hazard Identification; 3. Prevention and mitigation analysis; 4. Root cause analysis; 5. Risk analysis; 6. Safety management systems; 7. Prepare the Safety Case Report.
• Professional liability for remediation (30 years/15 years)
• Insurance underwriters' withdrawing from writing built environment sector cover
• The role and responsibility of duty holders: [ Link ]
• Accountable person(s) as defined by the BSA
• Responsible person(s) as defined by the FSO
• Client, Principal Designer and Principal Contractor (BSA & CDM regs)
• Recent and pending changes: Legislation [ Link ]
• Registration of HRBs – Existing buildings’ application deadline 30th Sep 2023
• New Build Gateways
• Gateway Overview: [ Link ]
• Implications for Distribution Network Operators / Independent Distribution Network Operators
  • Meeting the BSR's demand for higher quality applications and submissions
  • Servicing the Golden Thread - Avoiding the information black hole
  • Info for PIBS [ Link ] and HRB Registrations [ Link ]
  • Managing compliance by your own contractors - Law of diminishing returns
  • Future insurance cover
• Competency
• Managing competency (actual and perceptual) at the:
• Individual operator level, and
• Organisational level (ERM: Boeing 737Max disaster [ Link ])
• The built environment sector are calling for competency qualifications that are:
• Regulated (e.g. by Ofqual)
• Renewable (Every year, or every five years?)
• Delivered by credible and independent training organisations
• Overcoming the inconvenience that such courses and qualifications probably do not exist yet.