HSE produces toolkit for high-rise building safety cases

The law relating to building safety in England is expected to change. Proposed reforms currently making their way through parliament will introduce a safety case regime. This will mean new roles and responsibilities for high-rise residential building owners and management, including accountable persons (AP) and building safety managers (BSM).

The toolkit builds on the safety case principles published by the HSE last year.

The first part of the toolkit is a short summary of the key things building owners and managers can do to prepare. You can find it here: https://www.hse.gov.uk/building-safety/how-to-prepare.htm

In the coming months, the HSE say this will be followed by further information that builds on the safety case principles from last year. This will include new material based on the suggestions and comments received from early adopters, private landlords, social housing providers, and other industry collaborators.

Tim Galloway, Deputy Director of the Building Safety Programme at HSE, said: "I am really pleased that we've published this information in a digestible form. I want to thank all our partners for their invaluable contribution. We all want safe buildings and I would encourage building owners to start their preparations for the new regime now rather than wait for all the details to be developed. I think the existing principles, this headline document and the further information to come will really help."

Read more about safety cases and safety case reports here: https://www.hse.gov.uk/building-safety/safety-cases-reports.htm