Welcome to Building Safety Regulator – Webinar series

The Building Safety Regulator and partners bring you a series of webinars, designed to educate and inform stakeholders and dutyholders involved in the wider built environment. They are your gateway to a world of knowledge and expertise, dedicated to advancing building safety.

The webinars will provide you with:

Expert Insights -  feature leading experts from BSR and industry who will share their knowledge, experiences and insights, helping you stay ahead of the changes.

Accessible Anytime, Anywhere -  accessible online, allowing you to participate from the comfort of your home or office, at a time that suits your schedule.

Act Now - understand the regulatory changes and what you need to do as a duty holder

​Join us on our mission to elevate building safety standards and drive positive change in the industry.
Together, we can work to make sure residents are safe and feel safe in their homes.
 

Register for your place at the webinars now.

BSR Webinars Timetable
 

Building Assessment Certification – Overview of all three parts:
Mandatory reporting, safety cases & resident engagement

10am - 12noon
Friday 29th September 2023

Part 4 of the Building Safety Act 2022 identifies new duties and new dutyholders for managing occupied residential buildings with 7+ storeys / 18m+ in height. All Principal Accountable Persons will have to apply for a Building Assessment Certificate in due course. This webinar will familiarise delegates with the main duties under the act as well as providing an overview of the requirements for applying for a Building Assessment Certificate and how BSR will assess applications. Specifically, we will cover:

• Scope of Part 4, dutyholders and key duties
• Proportionality – both as dutyholders and from BSR
• Safety case reports – a summary of the wider safety case that demonstrates you have taken “all reasonable steps” – format and content
• Residents’ engagement strategies – what they are and why they matter
• Mandatory occurrence reporting system
• Building assessment certificates – what they are, how and when to apply, how they will be assessed

There will also be lots of time for delegate questions – if there are questions we can’t answer on the day, we will take them away and find the answers.

To watch this as video on demand, register here.
 

Register of Building Control Approvers

10am - 12noon
Monday 30th October 2023

The webinar will be hosted by Ged Cooper,  Head of Building Control Professional Standards & Sandra Ashcroft, Head of Operational Policy.

This is an excellent opportunity for participants to gain a deeper understanding of how the Building Control profession will be regulated beyond April 2024.

• The background and purpose of regulating the profession
• Registers have opened for RBIs and RBCA applications.
• What this means for individuals working in Building Control
• What this means for Local Authority Building Control functions and Registered Building Control Approvers
• What we expect of Building Control Bodies.
• How we will support Building Control.
• How we will  regulate, our approach to identifying  risk and priority following the principals of good regulation
• Audit, investigation, enforcement and sanctions.
   

​You will also be able to put your questions about regulation of the profession to Sandra and Ged

To watch this as video on demand, register here.
 

Planning Gateway One – Everything you need to know and do

11am - 1pm
Wednesday 1st November 2023

The webinar will be hosted by Mark Wilson, HSE’s Operational Lead for Policy and Planning Gateway One (PGO).

This is an excellent opportunity for participants to gain a deeper understanding of the PGO process, including how fire safety in tall residential buildings can be considered early in the design process – resulting in better schemes which fully integrate thinking on fire safety. Specifically, we will cover:

• The background and purpose of Planning Gateway One.
• How we assess fire safety in planning applications.
• The scope and nature of the advice we provide to local planning authorities.
• Our approach to performance-based design.
• Common design issues and case studies.
• Information about how to access our pre-application service and our guidance on the planning Portal website.

You will also be able to put your questions about PGO to Mark in the Q&A session.

Who should attend?

• Local Authorities Planning Teams
• Fire Engineers
• Design and Access Specialists
• Construction and Architects
• Developers - Design and Technical

To watch this as video on demand, register here.
 

Building Assessment Certification – Overview of all three parts:
Mandatory reporting, safety cases & resident engagement

11am - 1pm
Wednesday 15th November 2023

Part 4 of the Building Safety Act 2022 identifies new duties and new dutyholders for managing occupied residential buildings with 7+ storeys / 18m+ in height. All Principal Accountable Persons will have to apply for a Building Assessment Certificate in due course. This webinar will familiarise delegates with the main duties under the act as well as providing an overview of the requirements for applying for a Building Assessment Certificate and how BSR will assess applications. Specifically, we will cover:

• Scope of Part 4, dutyholders and key duties
• Proportionality – both as dutyholders and from BSR
• Safety case reports – a summary of the wider safety case that demonstrates you have taken “all reasonable steps” – format and content
• Residents’ engagement strategies – what they are and why they matter
• Mandatory occurrence reporting system
• Building assessment certificates – what they are, how and when to apply, how they will be assessed

There will also be lots of time for delegate questions – if there are questions we can’t answer on the day, we will take them away and find the answers.
 

To watch this as video on demand, register here.
 

Regulation of the profession – Registered Building Inspectors

2.30pm - 4.30pm
Friday 17th November 2023

The webinar will be hosted by Ged Cooper, Head of Building Control Professional Standards & Sandra Ashcroft, Head of Operational Policy.

This is an excellent opportunity for participants to gain a deeper understanding of how the building control profession will be regulated beyond April 2024.

• Welcoming the regulated building control profession
• How BSR will regulate the profession
• Charges
• Developing the profession
• Q&A

To watch this as video on demand, register here.

Regulation of the profession – Registered Building Inspectors

1.30pm - 3.30pm
Wednesday 13th December 2023

The webinar will be hosted by Ged Cooper, Head of Building Control Professional Standards & Sandra Ashcroft, Head of Operational Policy.

This is an excellent opportunity for participants to gain a deeper understanding of how the building control profession will be regulated beyond April 2024.

• Welcoming the regulated building control profession
• How BSR will regulate the profession
• Charges
• Developing the profession
• Q&A