“CDM & the Building Safety Act in

30 minutes……….for Busy Principal

Designers”

Paul Bussey RIBA, FiFireE, IMaPS, FASFP, FIIRSM

• The CDM 2015 ……….the Journey So Far………….as reasonably practicable!
• Plus the Building Safety Act for Architects ………..in 25 minutes

• Summary
1. What has been achieved since 2015- the PD Role & Architects
2. From a “DRA spreadsheet” to the “Toolkit”. Facilitating and Coordinating
3. CDM Differently
The HSE expectations

AHMM

All design
phases
At all design phases

Co-ordination is an
active design role
not a passive
documentation role
 Co-ordination
must be by
active lead
designers

A Principal
Contractor cannot be
a passive
documentation role
Co-ordination is an
active designer role
not a passive
documentation role
Is this Co-ordination and simplification of CDM ???
Is this Co-ordination or Unnecessary Documentation?

Or an Illusion of Safety !!!!!

Design Risk Management by CDM Toolkit

Designing-in & Demonstrating Compliance

Project Scope
Multi-factorial CDM Issues
In relevant sections.
An Executive Summary of
emerging , evolving or
mitigated issues.
Visualisation, Management & Tracking of CDM Issues
 Contractor Specialist Buildability Input

Design Proposals with Health Implications

Or simply annotate your drawings
The oncoming Building Safety Act 2022………..how does this affect Architects ( as far as we know?).

1. “The designer in control of design” is the PD.

2. Timeline, APICD, PAS 8671 for PD
3. Designers must demonstrate their “competence”
4. RIBA H&S Guide- mandatory test 2023
5. All projects not just HRB’s
6. Facilitating and orchestrating the design
7. Demonstrating compliance with “all relevant requirements”
APICD Draft
Secondary
Regulations
BSB Future Construction Building
Safety
Regulator
DLUHC

Industry Framework
PD Organizational

PAS 8671
PD Role - Orchestration &
Facilitation of the team PD Individual

Now SKEB

Design Stages
 April New
2022 ? Dutyholders?

Mid
2021
April 2023 ? October
2023 ?
9-12 mths

6-12 Months 6 Months

Principal Designer (BSA)
Competence
Framework
Bsi PAS 8671

RIBA & ARB will need to set the level

of competence required by Architects
within this Framework
RIBA Future Competence
for professional architects

All Buildings
HRB’s
BSB includes changes to :-
Architects Act
Mandatory Competence
Accreditation 2021/22 of Architects

Personal Safety
On-Site Safety
Design Risk Management
Strategic Design Safety
Detailed Design Safety
Fire Safety Design-Chapter 7
5 yearly renewal
RIBA CPD Lectures 2021 & 2023
October 2023 Mandatory ( or CIC)
Understanding the Ignition Process & Phases of Fire Development

Not intended to become Fire Engineers but to have an adequate working knowledge of fire design.
Understanding actual fire fighting activities
whilst designing
A firefighting practice drill in a 10 storey social housing block

A team of firemen in a bridgehead A firefighting hose roll on the 900mm The fully charged hose ready to be
location ( internal at Grenfell) wide stair ready to be charged taken up the stair to fire floor

It is impossible to carry out any evacuation whilst fire-fighting is on going in ONE staircase
Fire-Fighting kit to carry-up
Understanding
No
“vulnerable
persons”
evacuation

No such thing as “general

“DOMICILE CARE” needs” housing

Every Housing Block is

effectively a Care Home!
 Understanding “vulnerable persons”
evacuation
Is this an Fir Fighters
adequate ascending?
landing
refuge?

Can we
make
further
improve
ments?

These design criteria need further

Wider stairs , especially where single? validation or change
PAS 8671 – Individual Principal Designer Competence

This is part of the Lead Designers Role

Published End July 2022

RIBA & ARB developing the domain specific

competence requirements for Architects
Core Competence
Approved Document – Design Golden Thread
Demonstrating Compliance

1274 Pages 166 pages

AD Project Tracker 0.1

Yes /No responses 

to relevant ADB

requirements


 Dia
3
3.7

AD Project Tracker a

Yes/No responses ADB Trigger
Point
to 7.5m
( Max.for
Detailed Diagrams Vulnerable
Persons?)
& Trigger Points
b

 Alternative Approaches
inserted
BS9991:2015

 
ADB
Trigger
Point
7.5m

15m
 
 Building Regulations Compliance /AD Project Tracker

Executive Summary
of Compliance
references to AD’s
A,B & M plus L etc
 Comprehensive Fire Strategy/Statement
GATEWAY 1 drawing
to DEMONSTRATE COMPLIANCE Comprehensive
key req’d

All Travel Distances

referenced to code
& drawn

Colour Coding
required eg

For planning stage design.

Need for industrywide standardization for “Golden Thread” purposes
 Comprehensive Fire
Detail for Full Plans
Application
GATEWAY 2
to
DEMONSTRATE
COMPLIANCE

There is a need for a greater

level of survey detail with
regard to existing fire-
stopping of services and
compartmentation in
refurbishment projects
Refurbishment Projects
Fire Strategy Drawing Legend
“Red Flag” Fire Symbols for MANDATORY items on Documents
NOT to be value engineered OR Stop the Project?

Encourage action and

highlight with fire symbol
Symbols in the relevant specification and other documents.
Grenfell Studio –E design intent cladding details

Is this OK?
Cavity Barriers pre-Grenfell (pg 80) Table A1- Appendix A (pg 122/3)

Paul Hyatt “ I have been appalled and dismayed

Not very clear? by the incomprehensibility of Approved
Document B” ( RIBA Expert Witness to Enquiry)
i
+ Flats?
 Cavity Barriers post Grenfell- Flats (pg 66) Table A1- Appendix A – now Table B3 Appendix B

Suggested
improvements

More clear?

Locations of cavity barriers clarified in preference to fire-stopping. Post Grenfell clarifications of ADB Vol 1 with + Flatsi
Dwellings and Flats have separate sections? Flats included in Dwellings
Proposed remedial recommendations with mandatory design criteria for
all types of HRRB’s with proposed RIBA layers of safety
Draft RIBA Plan of Work
Building safety & CDM
www.diohas.org
For Design Risk
Management
Detailed guidance
www.cdmdifferently.com
For Design Risk
Management
understanding
 Thank-You
Q&A
or Contact
Paul Bussey <pbussey@ahmm.co.uk>