Building Safety Act 2022 Flashcards
What year was the Building saftey act?
2022
What was the building safety act designed to do?
- Enhance the safety of buildings
- in particular high rise and multiple occupancy buildings - High Risk Buildings (HRB)
How’d it come about?
In response to the Idependent review of the building safety regulations and fire safety, known as the Hakitt Review, after Grenfell 2017
When was the BSA2022 effective from?
1st October 2023- HRBs
6th April 2024- fully implemented
BSA 2022 purpose…
Support Building regs, provide transparency and accountability of building saftey, define role of Responsible Person. To record building fire safety info’ and process through its life(Golden Thread)
Ensure all buildings, in particular, high rise, are designed, constructed and managed to be safe for occupants.
Principle Designers role under BSA 2022?
HSE defines the PD as: ‘an individual or an organisation. They are a designer in control of the design work’…
- PD must prioritise safety, plan, manage and monitor design work, ensure built work complies with building regulations, and are expected to know enough about the building reg’s to assess buildigs compliance with relevent reg’s
Principle contractor role under
The PC must plan, manage, and monitor the building work. Esure building work complies with Building regs, be responsible for the site, manage flow of information.
What is Building Regulation principal designer (BRPD)
BRPD is required to plan, manage and monitor all design work during the design stage of a project to ensure that the design is compliant with the regulations
BRPD covers Building Regulations as a whole) Principal Designers are only required on higher-risk buildings (HRBs)
What is a higher risk building HRB?
7+ storeys or 18+ meters
Fire saftey history of a building is known as ?
The golden tread.
What is a Duty Holder
In construction, a duty holder is any person who is appointed to be responsible for a specific aspect of a building or project. Their responsibility is usually to maintain an overall standard and quality that is conducive to good health and safety and quality of work. The duty holder therefore has a duty to their employers, their colleagues and ultimately the building users and passers-by.
Under CDM what are the 6 defined duty holders?
Clients
PD
Designers
PC
Contractors
Workers
An accountable person is…?
‘The duty-holder during a building’s occupation.’ and is responsible for: fire and structural risks of their building and the building can be safely occupied.
