APS Accredited | Building Safety Act and PD Building Regulations 2023 | 2 Days
- Understand the scope and purpose of the Building Safety Act 2022
- Identify the legal duties of the Principal Designer under Building Regulations 2023
- Distinguish between CDM 2015 and Building Safety Act responsibilities
- Apply statutory duties and Gateway requirements to construction projects
- Demonstrate knowledge of competence standards and recordkeeping expectations
- Recognise how the Building Safety Regulator oversees compliance
- Manage the golden thread of information throughout a project lifecycle
- Confidently contribute to safety planning and compliance in higher-risk buildings
Overview
This Building Safety Act Training course provides a comprehensive overview of the Building Safety Act, the role and duties of the Principal Designer (PD), and the Building Regulations 2023. Accredited by the Association for Project Safety (APS), the course is delivered live online and is designed to help duty holders understand and meet their responsibilities under the new safety regime.
Who should attend
This Building Safety Act Training course is ideal for Principal Designers, architects, building control professionals, client representatives, construction managers, and anyone responsible for building safety compliance under the Building Safety Act and Building Regulations 2023.
Accreditations
Course Content
Our Building Safety Act Traininghelps construction and design professionals master the new legal duties from the Building Safety Act 2022and the Building Regulations 2023. This APS-accredited course gives delegates the skills they need to manage Principal Designer duties, comply with regulations, and follow the Gateway process confidently.
We deliver this training live online. Delegates learn how to maintain the golden thread of information, demonstrate competence, and work effectively with the Building Safety Regulator. This course suits anyone working on higher-risk buildings or responsible for safety and compliance in construction.
You can read our blog on the Building Safety Act here.
Purpose and Reason Why
Client’s appointed Principal Designers and Designers are required to demonstrate they have relevant Skills, Knowledge, Experience and Behaviours (SKEB) and take all reasonable steps to comply with their duties.
It is not only legal & moral duty but reduces the risk of Fire and / or Structural issues that can delay projects and incur additional costs during their project and the asset lifecycle, including PI insurance.
Who Should Attend
Location
Course Syllabus
Day 1
- Introductions, Aim, Objective & Reason Why – The Pre-Course Assessment
- References – Current Legislation, Secondary Legislation Consultation, Factsheets and BSI Competency Flex 8671 / 8672 / 8673
- Previous Building Events & Ongoing Issues
- Relevant Legislation – BS-Fire & H&S etc / Overview of the BSA & Secondary Legislation etc.
- Relevant Key BS Guidance.
Break
- Part 2 of – New Building Safety Regulator Including Roadmap & Building Control, Compliance with BSA and Building Regulations.
- New Building Control & Regulation Regime with Registered Building Inspectors
- Traditional Arrangements for All Buildings and separately on HRBs.
Lunch
- BSA – Part 3 – Building Act 1984 – Changes by the BSA 2022.
- Building Regulations changes by the BA 1984 and the BSA 2022. Building Regulations – Meaning of “Building Work”.
- Existing Building Information & Surveys
- Client/Developer, Principal Accountable Person & AP, Designer, Principal Designer, Principal Contractor & Contractor Competency and Duties
Break
- Principal Designer, Principal Contractor & Contractor Competency and Duties Cont’d
- BSA Part 4 – Major and Notifiable Changes. Outline of the Construction Control Plan, Mandatory Occurrence Reporting, Golden Thread Information and Fire Emergency File. Safety Case and Tenant Engagement Strategies.
- Summary with Q&A
Day 2
- Review of Day One – Agenda & Syllabus
- BSA Part 4 – Golden Thread Information and Fire Emergency File. Safety Case and Tenant Engagement Strategies – Cont’d.
- Fire Safety Legislation – Fire Safety Order, Fire Safety Act and Fire Safety Regulations
Break
- Procurement and duty holder appointments
- The requirements and responsibilities for providing the Building Information, pr.
- Design Risk Management (DRM) – Using ERIC’ / ‘IERCI’ – ‘ALARP’– ‘‘RAG’ lists
- Design Change Control requirements
Lunch
- Embracing and enhancing H&S/BS via Digital Engineering – IM & IRs – ISO 19650 & BIM incl. Fire Safety
- DRM – Project Syndicate Exercise – development of the BI & using DRM tools to help identify hazards & their significant building risks to assist the PC developing the CCP & require delegate project case studies and their input and participation.
- Case Studies – Syndicate Exercises
Break
- The content, purpose and development of the Fire & Emergency file for future use.
- Summary – Q&A
- Course open book assessment
- Q&A Summary with Q&A
Additional Information
Due to the amount of critical content and basic detail we need to cover in two days to understand who is responsible to do what and when to comply with the above legislation, we unfortunately do not have enough time to cover all the content in various documentation and detail within all the Building Regulations from part A to T and various building works categories and scenarios.
We strongly suggest attending the optional one-day non-accredited course, which can cover in detail the above and on the OPSS and their code of conduct to Building surveying observations of building specifications related to cladding and externals, incl. case studies such as building works are under the Competent Person Scheme to MTCs to Exempt Works, and Scheme Works to Emergency Repairs. What is Category A and Category B works to what are the contents of the Construction Control Plan, Control log and Mandatory Reporting System for HRBs.
