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A digital approach to life safety systems
The duty of the Accountable Person, outlined in the Building Safety Act, is to take all reasonable steps to prevent building safety risks. Here, Nelson Godinho of SE Controls, outlines what is required and how a truly digitised approach helps to achieve compliance
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he required technologies to achieve a digitalised approach to life safety are now commonplace so it is a choice, not a limitation of technology that is preventing improved building safety, despite the introduction of
the Building Safety Act in April 2022. Te Building Safety Act imposes specific requirements for higher risk
buildings (HRB), defined as those at least 18 metres tall or with at least seven storeys and a minimum of two residential units. Like properties managed by many social housing and facilities management professionals as well as those involved in buy-to-let and student accommodation.
WHAT INFORMATION IS REQUIRED Tere are three building safety ‘gateways’ intended to ensure that building safety has been incorporated from design through to occupancy. Each one acts as a hard stop on the project with work unable to continue to the next phase without approval from the appointed Building Safety Regulator.
Te first comes at the end of the planning stage and requires those
responsible for the project to demonstrate that building safety has been considered as part of the outline planning application. A fire statement needs to be submitted as part of passing this gateway to detail how fire safety has been incorporated. At the end of the design phase, before construction can begin, the duty
holders must submit detailed information about the building ‘as designed’ as well as the competence of the principal designer and principal contractor. Tis must include details of how building safety will be maintained throughout construction as well as while occupied. In particular, the fire strategy will need to be approved at this stage. Having a detailed design of life safety systems, typically specifying the essential product characteristics at asset/device level referenced both in the Building Regulations and the harmonised standards, is critical to achieving the desired outcomes. Te duty holders must also outline the strategy for the management of the digital golden thread information.
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