Insights on building safety compliance, the Building Safety Act, and Golden Thread requirements.
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Monthly compliance updates for UK higher-risk building managers.
How managing agents handle building safety across a portfolio: ranking by risk and deadline, surfacing the building that needs action first, and evidencing every decision for clients and the BSR.
The Commonhold Reform Bill and Remediation Bill both reshape existing leaseholder-managed buildings: ground rent cap, forfeiture abolition, an 11-18m register. What RTM directors should do now.
The BSR Approved Document B consultation closes 1 July 2026. A managerial-frame companion for higher-risk building managers: which proposals carry operational impact, how to scope a response, and what evidence to cite.
What fair pricing for building safety management software looks like in practice. Brocade's published rate, where named competitors sit on the transparency spectrum, and the questions to take into any vendor demo.
Primary-source analysis of the first 1,012 BSR Building Assessment Certificate decisions, the three things the regulator doesn't track, and what it means for RTM, RMC, and managing-agent leads.
The BSR has refused 31 of 37 decided RTM Building Assessment Certificate applications, and 78 of 96 RMC applications. The regulator does not record refusal reasons. Primary-source data.
A decision tree for higher-risk building managers working out which legal entity is the Principal Accountable Person under the Building Safety Act 2022. Four tenure branches: landlord-managed, RTM, managing agent appointed, and mixed tenure.
The PEEPs deadline passed on 6 April 2026. Five weeks on, this post explains what 'reasonable steps' actually means in evidence terms for RTM and RMC directors, with the dated paper trail Fire and Rescue Authorities expect to see.
FRA notices, BSR refusals, prosecutions on multi-storey UK blocks: what three regulators actually check, and the four duties that drive most enforcement.
The BSR's 2026 consultation on Approved Document B closes 1 July. What the proposed fire-safety changes mean for building managers, and what to do now.
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