Published June 2026

The Building Safety Act 2022 (the “BSA”) established and introduced a regime with a particular focus on building safety and accountability, with enhanced requirements particularly for Higher Risk Buildings. The BSA covers certain obligations and duties that apply during the design, construction, occupation, and entire lifecycle of buildings, including record keeping and information requirements and the enforcement of breaches or claims (amongst other things).

This article touches on the new dutyholder regime and some of the key features of the BSA that applies to designers and contractors that have arisen out of such regime, along with a high-level summary of other crucial matters such as Higher Risk Buildings, competency and limitation periods. The applicable legal and regulatory requirements must be considered on a project-specific basis, however.