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The information clients, principal designers, principal contractors and accountable persons need to keep.
What a principal accountable person must include in a safety case report for a high-rise residential building.
Guidance providing practical information for placing construction products on the market in Great Britain.
Government wrote to developers on 30 January 2023 asking them to sign a contract committing them to remediate unsafe buildings which they developed.
What you must do before changing a project that has been approved by the Building Safety Regulator.
Building regulation for England setting out the standards of the building materials and skills used.
How principal accountable persons, or someone authorised to act for them, can register a high-rise residential building in England.
This guidance provides leaseholders with a plain English explanation of the implications of the leaseholder protections in the Building Safety Act 2022.
A collection of historical documents relating to Approved Document B. This includes previous versions of Approved Documents B that are no longer in use, associated FAQs and archived amendment booklets.
Answers to frequently asked questions on Approved Document O, which sets standards for reducing overheating risk in new residential buildings.
Understand the roles of accountable persons and the principal accountable person for a high-rise residential building, and what they must do.
Answers to frequently asked questions on Approved Document S, which sets standards for installation of electric vehicle charge points or cable routes.
Answers to frequently asked questions on Approved Document F, which sets standards for ventilation in new dwellings.
Information on inspecting garden and boundary walls.
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.
Use this guide if you work in a self-certification scheme (previously known as competent person scheme). This guide sets out the mandatory requirements for individuals and organisations.
Building regulation in England covering the prevention of toxic substances in buildings.
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 Bu…
How principal designers, principal contractors and principal accountable persons must set up and maintain a system to report building safety incidents and risks.
Use this service to apply to become a registered building inspector in England and Wales with the Building Safety Regulator (BSR), and pay your annual maintenance charge.
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