Building Regulations & Fire Safety: The Role & Scope of the New Regulator

Creating a new environment, system and culture of building and fire safety across the UK remains a top priority. Whilst a lot of work has been already achieved in this area, there is still much to do. As we look to 2021, there is a lot to anticipate and prepare for.

With the joint Building Safety and Fire Safety bills at different stages of parliamentary procedure, and a new regulator to be assigned as part of the Health & Safety Executive, it is imperative for stakeholders to stay on top of the latest developments and ensure their practice is up-to-speed.

This next event in our Building Regulations and Fire Safety series is designed to provide a more detailed look at what the new building safety regulator will mean in practical terms for your organisation.

Join this event to examine the role and scope of the regulator, hear from early adopters and their experiences with successfully implementing change, review best practice at each stage of a building’s lifecycle, as well as review how you can personally drive culture change in your organisation.

Confirmed Speakers include: 

• Sir Ken Knight, Chair, Independent Expert Advisory Panel, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (Confirmed)
• Senior representative, Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (Confirmed)
• Senior representative, Health & Safety Executive (Confirmed)
• Further speakers to be announced

Learning Objectives

• Receive an up-to-date brief on the Role & Scope of the Building Safety Regulator
• Understand what the change in regulations mean for you and your organisation's practice
• Develop a more forensic overview of what the building safety regulator's responsibilities will look like at each stage of a building's lifecycle
• Review how you can drive organisational cutlure change effectively and increase responsibility for building safety
• Ensure your organisation's strategies, policies and procedures are safety compliant and implemented across all departments

About the Event

Due to current uncertainty surrounding live events and restrictions around social distancing, this event will now take place online. As a delegate you can expect:

• High quality and timely content as you would expect in a face-to-face event
• Facilitated Q&A and panel discussions to put your questions to expert speakers
• Access to recordings from all conference sessions post-event
• Scheduled breaks throughout the day to minimise screen fatigue
• CPD accreditation on request for all registrants
• Delivered via Glisser, an accessible and user-friendly platform

10:00

Chair’s Introduction – Sir Ken Knight, Chair, Independent Expert Advisory Panel, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government 

10:10

Keynote: An Update from the Health and Safety Executive

• Receive an up-to-date brief from the HSE on work to date and further expected reforms
• Review the role and scope of the new building safety regulator in the Health & Safety Executive
• Addressing the importance of the Golden Thread of Information
• An outline of the key elements of the new, more stringent regulatory regime for buildings in scope, competence and oversight of the built environment
• Understand Safety Case Regimes in the wider context of the HSEs work

Senior Representative, Health & Safety Executive (Confirmed)

10:40

Question & Answer Session: Extended HSE Question and Answer Session

• Your opportunity to pose questions to the Health & Safety Executive
• Receive specific clarification about issues specific to your organization

11:00

Morning Break

11:30

An up-to-date brief on the Building Safety Programme’s work

• Receive an up-to-date brief of the BSP’s work to date and next steps
• The Pathway to Legislation: Where we are now and what comes next

Senior Representative, Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (Confirmed)

12:00

Lunch

13:00

Regulatory Change in Focus: Planning, Design & Construction

• Receive a thorough outline of responsibilities at these stages of a building’s lifecycle
• Review best practice from Early Adopter’s already implementing said change
• Best practice in integrating building safety at the earliest possible stage
• Review circumstances at which a safety case in mandatory

13:40

Regulatory Change in Focus: Pre and During Occupation

• Receive an in-depth look at regulations at this stage of a building’s lifecycle
• Understanding the importance of the Golden Thread of Information
• Review good practice in resident engagement

14:20

Driving Culture Change: Embedding Safety throughout Your Organisation’s Agenda & Operations

• Driving culture change to increase responsibility for building safety
• Winning senior leadership buy-in to allocating sufficient resource to enable this to be done effectively
• Getting support from senior executives and financial directors to apply forthcoming requirements as part of specification for all future contracts
• Ensuring strategies, policies and procedures are compliant and implemented across all departments

15:00

Chair's Summary of Day & Event Close