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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)...
How to use a quasi-experimental study to evaluate your digital health product.
What clients, principal designers and principal contractors must do to follow the Building Safety Act 2022 and the Building Safety Regulator (BSR).
The UK government's design principles and examples of how they've been used.
The duties and competence requirements for building regulations that clients, designers and contractors must meet.
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...
A list of 10 criteria that represent good practice in creating, applying and enforcing design codes.
Guides councils in preparing planning policies on housing for older and disabled people.
The shape and the configuration of objects are automatically protected by design right in the UK and Europe.
How we work with buyers and suppliers to improve the way technology is bought across government and the public sector.
Guidance documents and tools to help with the design and construction of school and further education college buildings and grounds.
Guidance for businesses who have unregistered Community designs.
Information on the large programme uplift, which applies to high quality, larger study programmes that provide students with additional stretch and challenge.
Register a design - what designs are protected, search the registers, prepare your illustrations, how to apply, disclaimers and limitations.
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.
Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer delivers keynote speech at the GREAT Futures event in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Guidance for businesses holding registered Community designs and international trade marks and designs.
Guidance on choosing evaluation study types and methods.
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