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The duties and competence requirements for building regulations that clients, designers and contractors must meet.
What documents clients need to submit to manage building control approval for higher-risk building work under transitional arrangements.
Find out the classes of building inspectors, the competencies needed and how to register as a building inspector in England and Wales.
The Building Safety Fund (BSF) provides funding to fix life safety fire risks associated with cladding in buildings over 18 metres high. This guide explains the process.
The information clients, principal designers, principal contractors and accountable persons need to keep.
How clients can submit and manage a building control application to the Building Safety Regulator for higher-risk building work or building work to an existing higher-risk building.
This guidance relates to the legal criteria for determining whether a building is considered a higher-risk building under the Building Safety Act 2022 and the Higher-Risk Buildings (Descriptions and Supplementary Provisions) Regulations 2023. It relates to the definition of higher-risk...
How to apply for a completion or partial completion certificate after contractors have completed the building work for higher-risk building work or building work to an existing higher-risk building.
Tools to help schools assess their behaviour culture, recognise good practice and identify areas that need attention.
This guidance relates to the legal criteria for determining whether a proposed new building is considered a higher-risk building under the Building Act 1984 (as amended by the Building Safety Act 2022) and the Higher-Risk Buildings (Descriptions and Supplementary Provisions)...
A guide for principal designers, principal contractors and accountable persons to report incidents or risks of structural failure, or the spread of fire to the Building Safety Regulator.
Self-build and custom housebuilding registers.
How to run exercises and training for emergency planning and preparedness, with an introduction to the Central Government Emergency Response Training (CGERT) Course.
Details on the new capacity and capability programme, to support local planning authorities to attract, retain and develop skilled planners.
When and how to tell neighbours about building works on party walls, what to do if you've been notified of works, how to come to an agreement
Understand the roles of accountable persons and the principal accountable person for a high-rise residential building, and what they must do.
Guidance on plan-making.
Responsibilities of accountable persons for a building’s safety case.
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