In the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire on 14th June 2017, which claimed 72 lives and underscored critical flaws in building safety regulations, the UK undertook a comprehensive overhaul of its building safety framework. This tragic event set off a chain of...
It could be argued that the built environment plays a fundamental role in the function of everyday society; operating as an economic engine providing the country’s infrastructure, it is therefore no surprise that the year-on-year growth in the total number...
Are you an accountable person for a high-risk residential building (HRB)? Or a property management professional delegated the task of creating the safety case as part of complying with the Building Safety Act 2022 (BSA)? If so, you understand the immense...
Introduction: The Grenfell Tower tragedy in 2017 sparked a crucial shift in building safety regulations, culminating in the Building Safety Act 2022. This blog delves into one of the key requirements of the Act, focusing on safety case reporting for...
In the previous articles, we briefly covered the need to build the safety case of information, then analyse it before filling all necessary gaps. Only when this has been done can you write your safety case report. As we know, the report itself is a...
Once the work to gather all safety case information (step 1) and analyse that information (step 2) has been completed, you can undertake the task of filling the gaps. With Part 4 Section 84 of the Building Safety Act making it very clear that an accountable...
The first step in creating a safety case report is to compile your digital safety case information. However, once you have done this, it presents you with an opportunity to both validate that you have everything you need and review the documents to ensure...
Building the safety case is probably the most important step in writing a safety case report. It's highly likely that the majority of the information you need to build your safety case already exists. It's essential to pull together all the key elements of...
During the development of BB-SCR, our Ai tool for writing safety case reports, we have been fortunate enough to work with many building managers and their safety cases. And what has struck me, is just how challenging it is to ensure every building risk is...
