Guidance

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

This guidance explains Building regulations and the Building Safety Act for domestic clients and roofing contractors giving a short simplified overview of what Building Regulations are and the Building Safety Act.

This four-page guidance note provides a handy reference document with shortcuts to the relevant HSE guidance notes which assist in quickly locating the relevant information that may be needed by roofing contractors.

This alert underlines the importance of managing materials, including those on-site that have yet to be used or installed, or where they have been partly installed and remain exposed.

This guidance is not a method statement but highlights important items that the method statement for Safe System of Work (SSOW) should cover for loading out portal frame structures in preparation for installing roof sheets and panels.

The document is split into sections covering the changes regarding design responsibility, structural properties, minimum roof pitch with or without in plane rooflights, safety, insulation, durability, spacer systems, rooflight area and specification, fibre cement, air tightness, gutters and flashings.

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 (PC) and Principal Designer (PD).

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

This guidance is to help contractors understand the responsibility they may undertake in relation to the design of the works prior to signing contracts.

This alert hightlights the risks of RAAC plank decks throughout our membership and the wider industry.

This two-page safety alert highlights concerns of the fire performance of lightweight system-built schools, particularly in CLASP schools.