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GATEWAY CHALLENGES Peter Sutcliffe of AECOM told the group that the Gateway 2 approval stage would be “the big issue” for design teams, in terms of the detail required in the design
Environment (CDE); Ben Wallbank commenting that automation was not a panacea: “You can automate all of the processes, but you still have to tell it what you want to record and capture, how things cross the contract line.” Peter Sutcliffe said that avoiding the “noise,” and cutting through to the critical data needed was key: “What we really need is the information on the consumables, the things that can change, sustainability elements like PVs,” he said. Stephen Hamil from NBS strongly advocated using the RIBA Design Responsibility Matrix, with Lead Designer and Principal Designer following ISO 19650 and CPE standards, and “in there as early as possible, saying who is going to be responsible for each aspect.” He explained that “if something goes wrong four years later, and the Principal Designer/ Principal Contractor or client haven’t done their jobs properly, then major, notifiable changes will have been recorded and assessed properly.”
Chris Lees of Data Clan was sceptical about whether the Building Safety Regulator was the “right vehicle” to ensure safety in designs, and although he supported the Act itself, he said the imperative was to “get past the mass of information” and focus on the realities of end clients.
Gateways The critical threshold for design teams in the new process is
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‘Gateway 2’ – where a prescribed list of project information has to be submitted to the Building Safety Regulator, who then has 12 weeks to respond and approve the project. But how complete should this design be, for example; should it include prescriptive specifications by subcontractors? AECOM’s Peter Sutcliffe admitted that the design detail required
“wasn’t totally clear,” and that this gateway “is going to become the big issue.” Chris Hall, from round table sponsor Siderise interjected, saying that it was important to remember the Regulator “won’t be telling you what to do and how to do it – it’s back on the industry.” Sutcliffe said that various M&E elements needed to be fixed at this stage, and also gave the example of insulation, saying it “needed to be locked down so people can see there’s an integrated design around that.” Sutcliffe believed the Regulator “will be looking at those leading questions around how do the products, the materials and the design all impact on each other,” a marked change from the traditional approach of managed packages from each sub- contractor. On product test information needed at Gateway 2, Sutcliffe said “we are going to have to make sure those are robust enough.” He said that although “different suppliers have different test regimes, the industry needed to come together to make the information available.”
Lucy Craig said that adding in certain elements (such as ADF MAY 2024
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