birketts – Building Safety update

With the advent of the Building Safety Regulator (BSR) under the Building Safety Act 2022 (BSA), and the phased adoption of the BSA’s provisions in April and October 2023, the groundwork and foundations for the new building safety regime have been established. The mandate under the BSA is to ensure duty holders are competent and take all reasonable steps to reduce the risk of fire spread or structural failure. The Government has also cited 2024 as a further year of ‘transformative step change,’ as the BSR continues to educate the industry on how it must comply.