The new roles and responsibilities for procurement, design and construction
Building Control is Becoming a Regulated Profession
From April 2024 building control professionals will have to demonstrate their competence and register with the Building Safety Regulator (BSR) to perform Building Control work in England.
The building control profession is not just a job; it’s a vital role in ensuring the safety, integrity, and quality of our built environment. The BSR has set rigorous standards that all inspectors must meet. This means that every individual practicing in this field will be held to the same high bar, guaranteeing a consistent level of competence and code of conduct across the board applying to both Private and Public Sector
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What is the Higher Risk Building (HRB) Classification for Building Regulations?
- Hospital or Care Home with 7 or more storeys or over 18 high or
- 7 or more storeys or 18m with TWO or more dwellings
Legislation Framework
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Every Project now needs duty holders
Client Responsibilities
- Client defined as ANY person for whom the project is being carried for.
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To ensure suitable arrangements are made for planning, managing and monitoring building work to ensure compliance with the Building Regulations.
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Ensure that these arrangements are maintained through out the life of the scheme.
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Must take all reasonable steps to ensure the designer and contractor they appoint are competent to carry out their role & responsibilities they are being appointed to fulfil.
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Give a minimum of 2 days notice to the Building Control Approver for the works starting.
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Undertake periodic reviews, ensuring co-operation between all parties and provide all relevant information.
Designer Responsibilities
- A Designer is any person (including a client, contractor or other person) which in the course of a business
- Carries out any design work, or
- Arranges for or instructs any person under their control to do so
Principal Designer Responsibilities
- The Principal Designer is the Designer appointed under regulation 11D (Principal Designer and Principal Contractor) to carry out the responsibilities of a Principal Designer according to these Regulations.
Contractor Responsibilities
- A contractor is anyone (excluding domestic clients) who, in their business, performs, manages, or oversees building work.
Principal Contractor Responsibilities
- The Principal Contractor is the contractor chosen to carry out the responsibilities of a Principal Contractor under these Regulations when multiple contractors are involved.