Building Safety Act

Seminar duration: approximately 45 minutes plus 15 minute Q&A

The CPD aims to give a broad and as detailed as possible explanation of the essentials of the Building Safety Act 2022, and its impact on roles and responsibilities of stakeholders and specifically the architect in fulfilling the duties required under the legislation. This includes the impact of the act on information accuracy and completeness, changes to Approved Document B and new planning gateways of the process.

Attendees will leave with a greater understanding of:

• Building safety issues and catastrophes and how learning from them and knowledge evolves.
• BSA essentials – and what it means for architects/specifiers in particular BS EN 771-1.
• Roles and responsibilities under the BSA, how it defines them and the changes to ARB competency.
• How the act changes Approved Document B and the defined relevant buildings.
• How the act has created new roles including Principal Designer and Construction Products Regulator and what they include.

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