This document provides an index of key terms related to building safety and regulation. It lists over 50 terms in alphabetical order, including definitions of roles like the Accountable Person, Building Safety Manager, and Building Safety Regulator. It also indexes industry organizations, legislation, testing standards, building products, and concepts discussed in relation to improving building safety, such as Building Information Modelling, asset traceability, and the Building Safety Bill. The index serves as a reference guide to the terminology used in discussions around post-Grenfell building and fire safety reforms in the UK.
This document provides an index of key terms related to building safety and regulation. It lists over 50 terms in alphabetical order, including definitions of roles like the Accountable Person, Building Safety Manager, and Building Safety Regulator. It also indexes industry organizations, legislation, testing standards, building products, and concepts discussed in relation to improving building safety, such as Building Information Modelling, asset traceability, and the Building Safety Bill. The index serves as a reference guide to the terminology used in discussions around post-Grenfell building and fire safety reforms in the UK.
This document provides an index of key terms related to building safety and regulation. It lists over 50 terms in alphabetical order, including definitions of roles like the Accountable Person, Building Safety Manager, and Building Safety Regulator. It also indexes industry organizations, legislation, testing standards, building products, and concepts discussed in relation to improving building safety, such as Building Information Modelling, asset traceability, and the Building Safety Bill. The index serves as a reference guide to the terminology used in discussions around post-Grenfell building and fire safety reforms in the UK.
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Accountable Person (AP) 42, 45, Building Information Modelling
50–51, 63 (BIM): challenges to 75–76; Advice Note 14 (AN14) 4, 84, 85, 92 implementation of 73–74 advice notes 84–86 Building Regulations 72, 73, 83; aluminium composite material Approved Document B of 83, 85; (ACM) cladding 4, 8, 10, 11, 12, 19, functional requirements of 89; 83, 92 Regulation 7 of 84; Regulation Aluminium Composite Panels 38 of 80n1; Requirement B4 of (ACP) 10 Schedule 1 of 86 Approved Inspectors 49 Building Research Establishment Architects Act 1997 55 (BRE) 85 architects, registration of 55 Building Safety Bill 3 Arconic 7, 21–22 Building Safety Certificate 51 as-built drawings, Grenfell Tower Building Safety Charge, higher-risk 20–21 buildings 53–54 Asset Information Model (AIM) Building Safety Competence 74–76 Committee 60, 65 Assured Shorthold Tenancy 64 Building Safety Fund 19 Building Safety legislation 3 Baker, Peter 83 building safety management 63–66 Bisby, Luke 9 Building Safety Manager (BSM) 42, Blockchain 78–79 51, 56; role of 63–66 British Board of Agrément (BBA) Building Safety Regulator (BSR) 3, certificate 21 42–48 British Standard 61, 79 building safety risks 44 BS8414 test 85 Building Societies Association Building Act 1984 48–50 (BSA) 88 Building Advising Committee 46 built asset traceability 77 “Building a Safer Future” 3, 40, 41; CSG for 59 cassette Reynobond panels 21 “Building a Safer Future Charter” 41 cavity barriers 10, 12 Building Assurance Certificate 42, 51 Celotex 22 Building Control Approvers 49 chartered fire engineer 87, 89, 91, 92
The Minister of Justice Is Responsible For The Application of This Act. Order in Council 385-2019 Dated 10 April 2019, (2019) 151 G.O. 2 (French), 1420