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- Building Safety Act
- Dec 13, 2023
Navigating the Building Safety Act 2022: Demystifying principal designer and principal contractor roles part 2 – Principal designer competency requirements
In Part 1 we introduced the new Principal Designer and Principal Contractor roles in the Building Safety Act 2022 (BSA) in contrast to those roles under the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 (CDM Regulations). In this Part 2 we
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- Building Safety Act
- Dec 13, 2023
Navigating the Building Safety Act 2022: Demystifying principal designer and principal contractor roles part 4 – Client duties
The construction industry is undergoing a transformative shift with the implementation of the Building Safety Act 2022 (“BSA”). As part of these reforms, from 1 October 2023, a new dutyholder regime applies to all construction projects subject to limited exceptions.
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- Building Safety Act
- Dec 13, 2023
Part one: Occupied hrbs must be on the register – BSA occupational insights (england)
Under the Building Safety Act 2022 (“BSA“) and corresponding regulations all existing occupied higher risk buildings in England are to be registered with the national Building Safety Regulator (“Regulator”) by 1 October 2023. A failure to do so could lead
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- Building Safety Act
- Dec 12, 2023
Part two: Management of occupied buildings is not just for property managers – BSA occupational insights (england)
Once a higher risk building is occupied, there are two main areas of the BSA that property investors should consider: the management of “building safety risks” and who is responsible; and the recovery of the costs of carrying out safety
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- Building Safety Act
- Dec 11, 2023
Part four: Service charge recovery shortfalls in mixed use buildings – BSA occupational insights (england)
Once a higher risk building is occupied, there are two main areas of the BSA that property investors should consider: the management of “building safety risks” and who is responsible; and the recovery of the costs of carrying out safety
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- Building Safety Act
- Dec 11, 2023
Part three: Sanctions for breach of occupation requirements under the BSA – BSA occupational insights (england)
In this latest of a series of articles of the BSA, we explore the enforcement of the occupational obligations of the BSA. WHO IS THE ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY? The Building Safety Regulator (“BSR“), part of the Health & Safety Executive, is
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- Building Safety Act
- Dec 8, 2023
Part five: Service charge recovery and certificates – BSA occupational insights (england)
In the previous article in our series on the obligations of a landlord of an occupied building, we explained some of the restrictions on service charge recoverability under the BSA. In this article, we explore a few further traps for
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- Building Safety Act
- Oct 3, 2023
Building Safety Act 2022 (BSA) – Transitional arrangements for Higher Risk Buildings
The new building control measures under the BSA came into effect on 1 October 2023 and transitional arrangements may apply from that date to developments already underway and which meet the transitional criteria set out in the transitional regulations. This
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- Building Safety Act
- Jun 22, 2023
Will the Building Safety Act (“BSA”) change the risk profile in construction contracts?
Unamended standard form contracts such as JCT are regarded as providing a balance of risk as between the parties to them, whether employer and main contractor or main contractor and subcontractor. However, the standard forms are often amended along with
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- Building Safety Act
- Jun 22, 2023
Building Safety Act 2022, a landlord’s guide to leaseholder protections
On 12 June 2023 the government published draft regulations which will amend the two sets of regulations already in place. As at the date of this article (16 June 2023), those amending regulations are not yet in force and so
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Wedlake Bell Insights

Navigating the Building Safety Act 2022: Demystifying principal designer and principal contractor roles part 2 – Principal designer competency requirements

Navigating the Building Safety Act 2022: Demystifying principal designer and principal contractor roles part 4 – Client duties

Part one: Occupied hrbs must be on the register – BSA occupational insights (england)

Part two: Management of occupied buildings is not just for property managers – BSA occupational insights (england)

Part four: Service charge recovery shortfalls in mixed use buildings – BSA occupational insights (england)

Part three: Sanctions for breach of occupation requirements under the BSA – BSA occupational insights (england)

Part five: Service charge recovery and certificates – BSA occupational insights (england)

Building Safety Act 2022 (BSA) – Transitional arrangements for Higher Risk Buildings

Will the Building Safety Act (“BSA”) change the risk profile in construction contracts?

Building Safety Act 2022, a landlord’s guide to leaseholder protections