The Building Safety Regulator (BSR) has published a set of safety case principles for high-rise residential buildings (HRRBs) to give early insight into changes to the building safety regulatory regime.
The launch of the principles comes as the Building Safety Bill enters Parliament, proposing legal changes that will place new duties on those responsible for the safety of HRRBs.
The proposed regime aims to ensure that buildings in scope in England are designed and constructed to be safe and of a good standard, and are operated and managed in a way that protects people from the spread of fire or structural failure. Buildings in scope are those at least 18 metres in height, or have at least seven storeys, and contain at least two residential units
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