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Course Curriculum
Overview and timeline
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01:09
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Why was the Building Safety Act introduced?
09:46 -
Key provisions, regulations of buildings and enforcement
17:41 -
Timeline for implementation
05:01
Gateway process
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Introduction to the Gateway process
01:07 -
The BSA 2022 and Higher-Risk Buildings: definitions and regulations
04:19 -
Impact on Higher-Risk Buildings under the new regulatory regime
01:27 -
Overview of the new regulatory regime and transitional provisions
02:46 -
Understanding duty-holders and the role of Principal Designers
04:53 -
Overview of Gateways 2 and 3
03:20 -
Understanding building approval application documents, notices and approvals
08:49 -
Construction and change
02:52 -
3rd Gateway: completion and occupation
04:10
Golden Thread
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Introduction to the Golden Thread
05:11 -
Golden Thread requirements
03:59 -
Golden Thread definition
02:02 -
Consultation
05:16 -
Useful links
00:46
Regulator’s role
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Introduction to the Regulator’s role
05:27 -
Investigatory and enforcement powers
07:08 -
Registration of high risk buildings
01:17 -
Assessing safety cases during building occupation
05:47 -
Useful links
00:54
Legal obligations and liabilities for architects
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Introduction
02:51 -
The changing landscape
05:37 -
The Defective Premises Act (DPA)
03:52 -
The Building Act (BA)
01:52 -
Construction/cladding products
02:03 -
Building Liability Order (BLO)
02:36 -
Legal cases
09:20 -
Contribution claims
03:36
Introduction to fire safety engineering
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Introduction
19:47
The role of a fire safety engineer
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A fire engineer’s perspective
06:33 -
Fire safety and building design
15:50 -
Complexity in fire safety and building performance
09:58 -
Competency in fire safety engineering
06:09
The fire safety strategy
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Fire safety strategy
07:34 -
Understanding a system’s performance
09:31 -
Demonstrating a building is safe
20:01 -
Demonstrating a building is compliant
04:38 -
Accuracy, uncertainty and limitations
12:03 -
Fire safety beyond design
03:31
The regulatory environment in the UK (fire safety)
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The regulatory environment in the UK
05:45 -
Compliance as an agreement between interested parties
04:50 -
Guidance is guidance
05:09 -
The Building Safety Act and its influence on fire safety engineering
01:54
The outlook of fire safety in the built environment
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Integrating innovation into the fire safety strategy
02:40 -
Sustainability as a driver for competency in fire safety
14:37 -
Liability and responsibility
03:07
Faculty
By the end of this module you will be able to understand:
- Why the Building Safety Act was introduced
- It’s key provisions relating to regulations of buildings and enforcement
- The timetable for implementation
- The gateway process
- The Golden Thread definition and requirements
- The Regulator’s role including investigatory and enforcement powers
- Obligations relating to the registration of high-risk buildings
- How to assess safety cases during building occupation
- Legal obligations and liabilities for architects
- The Defective Premises Act (DPA)
- The Building Act (BA)
- Building Liability Orders (BLO)
- Contribution claims
- The role of fire safety engineering within the built environment
- The process to quantify fire risk and demonstrate safety throughout a building’s life cycle
- The significance of demonstrating compliance and safety, including the differences between a prescriptive and performance-based approach
- The challenges and uncertainties associated with predicting fire behavior and the importance of understanding human behavior, fire dynamics and structural response
- How to assess the competence of a fire safety engineer and the implications of liability and responsibility in fire safety engineering
- The concept of Available Safe Egress Time (ASET) versus Required Safe Egress Time (RSET) and its role in fire safety assessments
- The importance of understanding and correctly applying guidance documents to ensure building compliance and safety
- The limitations on the use of guidance documents
- The impact of new technologies and materials such as mass timber, green walls and electric vehicle chargers on fire safety strategies
About this module
This course merges our modules on the Building Safety Act and Introduction to fire safety engineering, offering structured activity spanning over 5 hours. Participants will explore the 2023 Building Safety Act updates, their impact on architects, and gain insights into the key fundamentals of fire safety engineering, with a focus on understanding competence.The course aligns with the ARB mandatory topic of Fire and Life Safety and the RIBA Core Curriculum topics Health, safety and wellbeing; Legal, regulatory and statutory compliance; and Design, construction and technology.
Available on:
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