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Building Safety Act

The Building Safety Act has resulted in major changes across the entire construction industry.

Official NFRC Guidance on the Building Safety Act

All NFRC Members, businesses large and small, have had to change their approach to building safety, regulations, and liability. This page holds all the information you might need to navigate these changes.

If you have questions that cannot be answered by this page, do reach out to NFRC’s Helpdesk team for further assistance. 

Understanding the BSA and Building Regulations for Domestic Work

This guidance will help you understand the formal roles and responsibilities for dutyholders, clients, principal designers and principal contractors.

Part 2A of the Building Regulations 2010

This document gives an overview of the new part 2A of the Building Regulations 2010 and introduces regulations regarding “Dutyholders and Competence”, focusing on accountability and ensuring that all clients, designers and contractors involved in building work have the required competence and behaviours.  

Working in line with the BSA as a Contractor

This guidance sets out the considerations for contractors to help ensure they are aware and fulfilling their responsibilities and obligations under the Act. 

Competence Requirements

This guidance sets out the competence requirements of the act and how competence can be demonstrated. It covers the definition and role of a Principal Contractor and Principal Designer. 

The Role and Scope of the Building Safety Regulator

This guidance gives an overview of the Role and Scope of the Building Safety Regulator, unpacking the gateway approach and how your business may interact with them.  

Fire Safety Act 2021

This short guidance note provides a summary of the key points within the Fire Safety Act 2021, split into Section 1—Premises to which the Fire Safety Order applies, Section 2—Power to change premises to which the Fire Safety Order applies, Section 3—Risk-based guidance about the discharge of duties under the Fire Safety Order and Section 4—Extent, commencement, and short title. 

Design Responsibility and Liability

This guidance is to help contractors understand the responsibility they may undertake in relation to the design of the works prior to signing contracts and how to avoid taking on unnecessary risk. 

You can view additional standards and regulations here.

Upcoming Events

Keep an eye on this space for free webinars covering the Building Safety Act. These will be external events that NFRC recommends you attend and events from NFRC focused specifically on how the BSA relates to roofing. 

BSA News and Further Information

NFRC will continue to publish and share the latest news on the Building Safety Act. Please ensure you check back regularly to stay up to date.

Active Consultations

Government Launches Consultation on Construction Products Reform

Despite significant reforms in response to the Grenfell Tower tragedy, gaps persist in the construction products regulatory framework. The government is proposing a series of ambitious and far-reaching reforms aimed at enhancing safety, ensuring accountability, and fostering innovation and growth and therefore confidence across the construction sector.     

The green paper supports the government response to the Grenfell Inquiry. It sets out a range of proposals for construction products reform, including proposals that address the Inquiry‘s recommendations.  

Read the green paper here.  

Respond to the consultation here.  

If you have would like support responding to the consultation or have any contributions you would like to share with NFRC, please contact [email protected]  

NFRC is currently collating responses for our submission.  

This consultation closes 21 May.