Glossary for building safety

A

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• 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

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B

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• 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

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C

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• 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

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D

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• Dame Judith Hackitt
• Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
• Design and Build
• Designers
• Dutyholders

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E

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• Eliminate, Reduce, Inform and Control

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F

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• Fire and Emergency File
• The Fire Safety Act 2021 Chapter 24
• The Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022
• Fire Safety Order
• Fire Safety Plan

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G

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• 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

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H

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• 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

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I

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• Industry Safety Steering Group

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L

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• Local Authority Building Control

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M

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• Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999
• Mandatory Occurrence Reporting
• Means of Escape

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N

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• New Homes Ombudsman Service

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O

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• Occupation
• Occupied
• Office for Product Safety and Standards OPSS

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P

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• 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

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R

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• 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

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S

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• Safety Case
• Safety Occurrences
• Secretary of State
• Simultaneous Evacuation
• Single Staircases
• So Far As Is Reasonably Practical
• Statutory Instrument
• Stranded Assets