Overview

The introduction of the Building Safety Act 2022 (BSA22) has introduced new requirements, especially in high-risk buildings, for effective risk management with new management principles defined and a requirement for a building specific safety management system that considers fire and structural risks.

Join IWFM and our partners, Ark Workplace Risk, as we discuss the prescribed management principles for risk management and both the need for and contents of a building safety management system, which are so important in occupied high-risk buildings. After a short presentation outlining new requirements, principles and current guidance on safety management, we will discuss practical insights on how to implement and manage safety on an on-going basis successfully.

Whilst a building safety management system forms the backbone of how building safety is to be managed and forms an essential element in support of a building’s safety case report, we will consider how such systems can be developed and implemented including considering where technology now fits in. In this session, we will consider key elements of effective risk and safety management, including:

• what are the legal requirements for building safety risk management as defined within the BSA22
• what are the new prescribed management principles
• Building Safety Management Systems: plan, do, check, act
• the role of technology
• making Building Safety Management Systems workable and avoiding the pitfalls.

Speakers

David Hills FRICS, FIIRSM, MIFireE, MSFPE, RSP

Senior Director , Regulatory, Technical & Technology Solutions, Ark Workplace Risk

David has over 23 years of experience at Ark, starting in local authority building control and overseeing major construction sites like the Channel Tunnel Terminal Site. As Senior Director of Regulatory, Technical and Technology Solutions, he leads our Research and Development team. David is highly respected in the property sector, assisting numerous clients with risk management in the built environment. He chaired a Government Sponsored/RICS committee that influenced the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 and has advised various organisations on building safety. Additionally, David is a Company Director of Ark Sustainability Ltd and serves on the Homes England panel for FRAEWs. 

Sofie Hooper

Head of Policy and Research, IWFM

Sofie Hooper leads on the IWFM’s wider policy and public affairs work, helping to raise the voice of the Institute, its members and the wider workplace and facilities management sector. She engages with stakeholders to ensure best practice is taken on board and concerns affecting workplace and facilities professionals are mitigated.

Covering a wide range of activities and areas, sustainability, workplace and building safety form the core agenda. Sofie has been leading on IWFM’s Building Safety Manager work programme, feeding into the legislative process towards the Building Safety Bill.  She provided the Secretariat for the Competence Steering Group’s Working Group 8, which developed the Building Safety Managers competence framework. 

In addition to being the co-author of the Group’s report, Safer people, safer homes: Building Safety Management, she is a regular contributor to Facilitate. Building on WG8’s recommendations, Sofie is a part of the Interim Executive of the Building Safety Alliance, a cross sector collaboration which is working to improve holistic building safety competence across the occupation phase. She is also a part of the Steering Committee for the DLUCH sponsored PAS 8673, which is setting the competence specification for Building Safety Managers.