Discover the 5 new digital safety must-haves for BTR. Learn from David Hills, one of the top industry leaders with over 30 years of experience as he uncovers building safety for BTR.
The UKAA and Ark are working in collaboration to bring updates and insights to help built-to-rent (BTR) organisations create pathways to compliance.
During the 2nd webinar, David demonstrated how technology can deliver operational efficiency, property risk and compliance transparency. He also covered the best practices on how to produce reporting to help the Accountable Persons gain visibility and control over property risk, compliance and safety.
The Building Safety Act is in force and now is the time to act!
Speaker, David Hills, delivered a webinar on The 5 New Digital Safety Must Haves for BTR.
David is the Senior Director (Regulatory, Technical and Technology Solutions) at Ark Workplace Risk Ltd.
His background is based within both local authority building control and looking after major construction sites such as The Channel Tunnel Terminal in Folkestone.
David was Chairman of a Government Sponsored / RICS committee that contributed to the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 and for the last 22 years, he has been working at Ark on the provision of professional services as well as leading regulatory frameworks in the property industry.
Here is a snippet of some of the points David Hills, Senior Director oat Ark Workplace Risk covered during the webinar.
The Building Safety Act 2022 (and the subsequent secondary regulations) requires “Accountable Persons” and “Principal Accountable Persons” in respect of HRB’s to:
Give prescribed information to:
in a manner and form which will be prescribed by regulations... a digital-first approach.
In addition, the Act (and the subsequent secondary regulations) will also require “Accountable Persons and “Principal Accountable Persons” to:
The golden thread covers all documentation through:
It’s not just about the documents, it’s also about the information management processes and systems/platforms used to support building safety.
Safety Case
The safety case is all the information you will use to manage:
Some of this information will show how you are:
Safety Case Report
The safety case report is a narrative document that summarises your safety case.
It identifies your building's major fire and structural hazard and it shows how you are managing the risks as far as you can.
The report should give the reader confidence that you:
Accountable Persons and Compliance Reporting
Building Safety Act 2022 Reporting
It’s about;
to the Regulator, Other AP’s, Residents and Other Relevant Parties
We’ve been working with a select group of insurance brokers to support our clients.
It’s about telling an advantageous story:
Technology platforms can therefore provide that story.
...it’s about having the EVIDENCE
Wouldn’t it be great if you could demonstrate your Safety Management System and your Risk Management Performance for your building to your insurers?
We have been working with several clients on supporting their risk management position.
Case Study – The O2...
....with QUOODA® enterprise software and the dedicated support team, we estimate that we saved over £114,000 this year solely on our insurance premiums.
Even better - we spent far less time reaching our compliance goals thanks to QUOODA® ensuring we were aware of what needed to be prioritised.”
Step 1
Audit to Create Gap Analysis
Step 2
Devise a short-term plan to address BSB gaps:
Step 3
Plug those gaps:
Building Safety for BTR in summary; technology is capable of accelerating pathways to compliance