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.
 

Forthcoming webinars
 

BSR, OPSS and CLC Webinar - The Building Safety Regime - Ask Your Questions

11.30am – 1.30pm
Monday 29 April 2024

Join us for the final webinar in the current series for an opportunity to engage directly with the Building Safety Regulator (BSR), the Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS), the UK’s regulator for construction products, and the Construction Leadership Council (CLC).

This online event will provide a recap on the significant changes for the industry since the introduction of the new building safety regime, early operational insights from the Regulators and a practical industry perspective from a Higher-Risk Building (HRB) developer.

Chaired by Suzannah Nichol MBE, CLC Council Member and CEO of Build UK, we will be joined by Andrew Moore, Head of Operations Planning and Building Control and Neil Hope-Collins, Operational Policy Lead for HRB Building Control Authority from the BSR, Geoffrey Brown, Assistant Director – Construction Products, OPSS, and Al Beevers, Director of Health and Safety for Related Argent.

This is also an opportunity to ask any questions on the new regime.

Register here

On demand webinars
 

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.

The New High Rise Buildings Regime – Design and Construction - Fundamentals for Designers and Contractors

10am - 12pm
Wednesday 10th January 2024

This webinar provides an opportunity to engage directly with the Building Safety Regulator (BSR) and the Construction Leadership Council (CLC) as they summarise the new HRB regime, with specific focus on the design and construction phase and explore fundamentals for designers and contractors

Chaired by Lindsay McGibbon, CLC Regulatory Clarity lead for Building Safety, we will be joined by Andrew Moore, Head of Operations Planning and Building Control and Neil Hope-Collins, Operational Policy Lead for HRB Building Control Authority from the BSR and CLC Building Safety Regulatory Clarity workstream member David McCullogh in an online event that will allow you to hear directly about the new regime and practical application, as well as providing you the opportunity to ask your questions.

To watch this as video on demand, register here.

Building Assessment Certification - webinar for RMCs, RTMs and commonhold PAPs

5pm – 7pm
Wednesday 21st February 2024

This webinar is specifically for those who have identified themselves as RMC, RTM or commonhold when registering their building.

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.

The virtual event will help familiarise you 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. There will be an opportunity to ask your questions.

If there are any particular topics or questions you would like to raise before the webinar you may do so through the portal once you are registered.

To watch this as video on demand, register here.

Building Assessment Certification - Application and Assessment Process

11am – 1pm
Tuesday 26th March 2024

Under the Building Safety Act 2022, Principal Accountable Persons (PAPs) for occupied residential buildings that are 7+ storeys / 18m+ in height will have to apply for a Building Assessment Certificate (BAC) in due course.

This webinar will recap the main duties under the Act before looking in detail at the different parts of an application for a BAC and the process of application and assessment.

Topics include:

• Recap of main duties
• BAC application – when and how
• BAC application – what to submit
  • Safety case report
  • Resident’s engagement strategy
  • Information about the mandatory occurrence reporting system
  • S.89 declaration
• Assessing the application
  • Who and how
  • Overview of what BSR, fire and structural assessors will be looking for
  • Further information or other interventions
• Proportionality – both as dutyholders and from BSR
• Outcome of the assessment
  ​

To watch this as video on demand, register here.
 

BSR and CLC Webinar - The Golden Thread of Information for Higher-Risk Buildings

1pm – 3pm
Wednesday 17th April 2024

An opportunity to engage directly with the Building Safety Regulator (BSR), the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) and the Construction Leadership Council (CLC) as they explore the golden thread of information for Higher-Risk Buildings (HRBs). This webinar will be particularly helpful for accountable persons managing existing HRBs.

Chaired by Peter Caplehorn, CLC Golden Thread lead for Building Safety and Chief Executive of the Construction Products Association, we will be joined by Hywel Davies, Chair of the Building Advisory Committee Golden Thread Working Group, Neil Hope-Collins, Operational Policy Lead – HRB Building Control Authority from the BSR and Aman Sharma Deputy Chair of the Building Advisory Committee Golden Thread Working Group in an online event that will allow you to hear directly about the overarching principles, new duties, practical application and forthcoming industry guidance, as well as providing you the opportunity to ask your questions.

Rebecca Thompson, Policy Lead - Occupied HRB Regime and Golden Thread from Design to Occupation, DLUHC and Andrew Woodhall, Operational Policy Advisor - Occupied HRBs, BSR will also join the panel for the Q&A discussion, providing wider context to the operational, policy and legislative framework.

To watch this as video on demand, register here.



 

OPSS and CLC Webinar - The role of Construction Products in Building Safety 

10am – 12pm
Monday 22nd April 2024

Post-Building Safety Act 2022, this is your opportunity to hear from and engage directly with representatives of industry, government and the OPSS, the UK’s regulator for construction products, as they explore their perspectives on compliance of construction products.

Chaired by Peter Caplehorn, CE CPA and CLC Construction Products lead for Building Safety, we will be joined by Louise Barr, Deputy Director Construction Products DLUHC, Duncan Johnson, Deputy Director Construction Products OPSS, and Adam Turk, CEO Siderise, in this online event that will allow you to hear them discuss the progress being made and the challenges ahead.

There will also be an opportunity to ask questions.

To watch this as video on demand, register here.