SAFETY IN CONSTRUCTION
therefore under pressure to meet increasingly stringent safety, quality and sustainability regulations throughout a building’s lifetime – design, construction, maintenance, refurbishment and decommissioning. This includes the UK’s Draft Building Safety Bill, which is expected to come into force in 2023 and will ensure accountability for everyone involved in the lifecycle of high-rise residential buildings that are 18 metres high or have at least seven stories, and that have at least two residential units. The impending regulations are of course
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focusing people’s minds from a compliance perspective and they will include the requirement for a golden thread of information, which details how a building was designed, built and maintained throughout its lifetime, recording decisions made and creating a distinct trail of accountability to support building safety. A formal definition of the golden thread
has now been approved by the UK Government’s Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government, which includes a nine-point annex of golden thread principles:
It must be accurate and trusted
Residents will feel secure as they will have accurate and trusted information.
It will support culture change and be an enabler for better and more collaborative working.
It will provide a single point of truth by bringing all information together.
It must be secure to protect personal information and maintain building security.
It will record when changes were made and by who, to help drive improved accountability.
Information must be understandable and simple to access.
Information must be easily handed over and maintained.
Information must be relevant and proportionate.
Coping with the new golden thread regulations
By dave peacock, technical director of tÜV sÜd Building advisory service, a data management and analytics business, which ensures that building owners, managers and occupiers can access the information they need to make fully informed decisions.
28 May/June 2022 | industrial CoMplianCe
he Grenfell Tower tragedy exposed serious failings across the entire supply chain involved in the construction and management of high-rise residential buildings. The construction sector is
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