About this Wiki
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The Building Safety Wiki brings you all the information you might need to understand and comply with the Building Safety Act 2022 and secondary legislation in England and related fire safety legislation, and similar essential rules in all other parts of the UK.
It contains regular news updates, guidance, factual articles and expert insights on fire and building safety from a wide range of authoritative sources, all brought together in one place.
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In the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017 and subsequent reviews and Public Inquiry, we all need to ensure such a tragedy can never happen again. But the lessons extend well beyond housing. The Building Safety Act and related legislation create an entirely new building safety regime that impacts everyone involved in the planning, commissioning, design, construction, surveying, maintenance and management of all buildings and the built environment. New rules are now in full force and aim to restore confidence in the safety standards of all buildings.
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This wiki is sponsored by LMC and enframe consulting. Our vision is to bring together a broad community of expertise that, through this hub, boosts knowledge and understanding of fire and building safety and achieves systemic and cultural change.
LMC is a communications consultancy that works with UK and international innovators, change-makers and thought leaders in property, construction and the built environment. Enframe is a change consultancy that provides expert technical guidance and a comprehensive professional development programme on the Building Safety Act.
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Features and news
Twas the site before Christmas...
A rhyme for the industry and a thankyou to all our supporters.
Construction Management, 16 Dec
How to manage delays in the building safety Gateways process.
EBSSA support for the new industry competence structure
The Engineering and Building Services Skills Authority, in working group 2.
Principal Designer: A New Opportunity for Architects
ACA has launches a Principal Designer Register for architects.
Fundamental Review of Building Regulations Guidance
Announced during commons debate on the Grenfell Inquiry Phase 2 report.
Strategic restructure to transform industry competence
EBSSA becomes part of a new industry competence structure.
Industry Competence Steering Group restructure
ICSG transitions to the Industry Competence Committee (ICC) under the Building Safety Regulator (BSR).
Principal Contractor Competency Certification Scheme
CIOB PCCCS competence framework for Principal Contractors.
The CIAT Principal Designer register
Issues explained via a series of FAQs.
Addressing Building Failures in Flat Developments.
RIBA Principal Designer Practice Note published
With key descriptions, best practice examples and FAQs, with supporting template resources.
Accelerating the remediation of buildings with unsafe cladding in England
The government publishes its Remediation Acceleration Plan.
When should a Principal Contractor become a Principal Designer in design and build projects?
Construction Management, 3 December
Building safety: what happened in 2024 and what to expect in 2025.
New guidance for preparing structural submissions for Gateways 2 and 3
Published by the The Institution of Structural Engineers.
New Code of Practice for fire and escape door hardware
Published by GAI and DHF.
Construction Management, 2 Dec
Persimmon and Clarion are ‘exemplars’ on building safety.
Grenfell exposed the fatal flaws of design and build contracts.
Planning Gateway One: Three Years On – Transforming Fire Safety in High-Rise Buildings.
Adopted terminologies from fit-out to higher-risk buildings.
House of Lords Library, 14 Nov
Grenfell Tower Inquiry: House of Lords debate.
Definition, principles and placing of the golden thread
As initially envisioned and set out in policy.
Waking Watch Relief and Replacement Funds WWRF
From stay put to waking watch and the goal of remediation.
Cladding remediation programmes, transparency and target date
National Audit Office issue report on cladding remediation.
The Cladding Safety Scheme and the Building Safety Fund
Brief notes on available schemes and further information.
Grenfell Phase 2 final report for construction, at a glance
Twenty-three key issues raised and their recommendations.
University of Queensland, September
Cladding materials library.
Quick links
[edit] Legislation and standards
Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022
Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005
Secondary legislation linked to the Building Safety Act
Building safety in Northern Ireland
[edit] Dutyholders and competencies
BSI Built Environment Competence Standards
Competence standards (PAS 8671, 8672, 8673)
Industry Competence Steering Group
[edit] Regulators
National Regulator of Construction Products
[edit] Fire safety
Independent Grenfell Tower Inquiry
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