Glossary for building safety
A
- Accountable Person
- Act of Parliament
- Approved Document
- Approved Inspectors
- The Architects (Fees, Electronic Communications and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2022
- The Architects Act 1997 (Amendment) Regulations 2023
- Architects Registration Board
- Arms-Length Bodies
- As low as reasonable practicable
B
- British Standard
- BS 9997: 2019 Fire Risk Management Systems
- BSI Flex 8670
- The Building (Approved Inspectors etc. and Review of Decisions) (England) Regulations 2023
- The Building (Higher-Risk Buildings Procedures) (England) Regulations 2023
- The Building (Public Bodies and Higher-Risk Building Work) (England) Regulations 2023
- The Building (Restricted Activities and Functions) (England) Regulations 2023
- Building a Safer Future
- Building Advisory Committee
- Building Assessment Certificate
- Building Completion Certificate
- Building Control Professionals
- Building Regulations
- Building Regulations Advisory Committee
- Building Regulations Compliance Statement
- The Building Safety (Leaseholder Protections etc.) (England) (Amendments) Regulations 2023
- The Building Safety (Leaseholder Protections) (England) Regulations 2022
- The Building Safety (Registration of Higher-Risk Buildings and Review of Decisions) (England) Regulations 2023
- The Building Safety (Regulator’s Charge) Regulations 2023
- The Building Safety (Responsible Actors Scheme and Prohibitions) Regulations 2023
- Building Safety Act
- The Building Safety Act 2022 (Consequential Amendments and Prescribed Functions) and Architects Act 1997 (Amendment) Regulations 2023
- The Building Safety Act 2022 (Consequential Amendments etc.) Regulations 2023
- Building Safety Case
- Building Safety Manager
- Building Safety Register
- Building Safety Regulator
- Building Safety Regulator (BSR) Residents' panel
- Building Safety Risk
- Built environment – Core criteria for building safety in competence frameworks – Code of practice
C
- CDM Coordinator
- Change Control Plan
- Client (under BSA)
- Code of Conduct Building inspector competence framework
- Commencement
- Competence
- Competence Declaration
- Construction (Design and Management)
- Construction Control Plan
- The Construction Products (Amendment) Regulations 2022
- Contravention Notice
D
- Dame Judith Hackitt
- Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
- Design and Build
- Designers
- Dutyholders
E
F
- Fire and Emergency File
- The Fire Safety Act 2021 Chapter 24
- The Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022
- Fire Safety Order
- Fire Safety Plan
G
- Gateway 1 – Planning Gateway One
- Gateway 2 – Pre-Start on Site (Also known as the Pre-Construction Stage)
- Gateway 3 - Completion Certificates
- Golden Thread
- Golden Thread Report - BRAC
- Guidance
H
- Hackitt Review
- Hard Stops
- Health and Safety Executive
- Health and Safety File
- Higher-Risk Buildings
- The Higher-Risk Buildings (Description and Supplementary Provisions) Regulations 2023
- The Higher-Risk Buildings (Key Building Information etc.) (England) Regulations 2023
- The Higher-Risk Buildings (Management of Safety Risks etc) (England) Regulations 2023
- Home Office
I
L
M
- Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999
- Mandatory Occurrence Reporting
- Means of Escape
N
O
P
- Partial Completion Strategy
- PAS 8671:2022 Built environment – Framework for competence of individual Principal Designers – Specification
- PAS 8672:2022 Built environment – Framework for competence of individual Principal Contractors – Specification
- PAS 8673:2022 Built environment – Competence requirements for the management of safety in residential buildings - Specification
- PAS 91:2013 Construction pre-qualification questionnaires
- Plan of Work
- Planning Statement
- Principal Accountable Person
- Principal Contractor
- Principal Designer
- Privy Council
- Professional Indemnity Insurance
- Publicly Available Specification
R
- Reducing Risks, Protecting People
- Register (Higher Risk Building - HRB)
- Registered Building Control Approvers
- The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005
- Risk Assessment
- Risk Identification Tool
- Risk Register
- Royal Institute of British Architects
- Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors
S
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
[edit] Other pages
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