Building Safety Act Update - One Year On

Event Schedule:

08:30 - 09:00 Registration, networking and breakfast

09:00 - 12:30 Speaker sessions

12:30 - 13:00 Panel Q&A

13:00 Lunch and networking

It has been one year since the Building Safety Act (BSA) came into effect on 1 April 2023, bringing additional duties and regulations enforced from October 2023. We are also one year on with our experience of the BSA.

Last year we hosted a sold-out half-day seminar that explored the initial introduction of the Act, one year on we’re bringing the construction industry together again to hear from experts on the new measures in place and how the Act has changed the industry. Our speakers will share their experience of working with the BSR on applications made under the BSR and how clients are taking this into account in their projects.

This seminar will also explore the impact of the legislation so far, including the new roles and responsibilities. In addition, we will discuss new key terminology, important considerations for new buildings and existing buildings, and the process for building safety certification.

This seminar is essential for clients, developers, NHS Trusts, manufacturers, contractors, surveyors, and individuals involved in the design, construction, ownership, operation, and management of buildings.

Our speakers will be covering:

• The legal position of BSA one year on
• A case study of a Building Safety Regulator (BSR) application
• Rhe role and responsibilities of the Principal Designer under the BSA
• The role of Building Control officers working with the BSR

Allan Binns, Architectual Director -

Allan joined Ryder in 2018, bringing 15 years of experience in construction health and safety, having worked in a variety of sectors including education, healthcare, residential and commercial.

Allan is IOSH and NEBOSH qualified, and member of the APS East Midlands regional committee. Allan has overseen the integration of the principal designer role into practice, and continues to lead on health and safety initiatives.

Martin Taylor BSc, MRICS, PgDip , Executive Director - and

Martin has worked across Building Control in varying capacities over the last 35 years.

Working at a range of District, Borough and Metropolitan local authorities, Martin has delivered Building Control services to a wide portfolio of clients and building types.

Diversifying into wider public sector senior management, Martin has group managed the full suite of regulatory services at Head of Service and Assistant Director level.

Martin coordinated LABC’s responses to Dame Judith Hackitt’s independent review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety and was a member of two of the Working Groups that informed both the interim and final reports.

Martin is now part of HSE/DLUHC’s Joint Regulators Group and various supplementary working groups piloting the new regulatory tools and approaches outlined within the Building Safety Act. Martin is also a member of the newly established Building Advisory Committee (BAC), various technical subgroups within BAC and the NFCC Fire Protection Board Steering Group.

Jennifer Jones KC, Barrister -

Jennifer Jones KC practises both domestically and internationally, with a particular expertise in multi-party TCC litigation and in international arbitrations in the fields of large construction projects and energy disputes. Jennifer has acted for the full range of parties in disputes arising from the design and construction of a wide range of building and civil engineering projects, including those procured by PFI. She has expertise in issues relating to loss and expense, delay and disruption, defects, design, delay, diminution in value, contractual termination and quantum meruit claims. She also has wide experience of disputes concerning fire safety defects and has been instructed in multiple disputes concerning the implications of the new Building Safety Act 2022 since it came into force.

She is recommended in Chambers and Partners and The Legal 500 in the fields of Construction and Professional Negligence, and also in Chambers Global for Construction. The Legal 500 2024 describes her as “a superb construction barrister. She is a true leader in her field. Her advocacy skills are among the very best and she is able to manage very large cases with ease.” Jennifer will take Silk in March 2024.

Malcolm Hankey, Director -

Malcolm is a specialist Project Manager, highly experienced in the management and delivery of major complex construction and engineering projects, with particular emphasis on project strategy/turnaround solutions for distressed projects, defects remediation, compliance solutions and legal/contractual disputes.
Malcolm has expertise in project delivery, commercial management, contract management, design management, defects management and legal management, providing a combination of services that deliver solutions to clients that are typically experiencing programme and commercial slippage or technical and/or contractual disputes.

Phil Morrison, Partner, Real Estate [CHAIR] -

Phil is head of Clarion's Construction team and is recognised to have expertise in dealing with claims relating to fire stopping and the defective cladding on buildings that have arisen since the Grenfell tragedy. He is dual-qualified in English and Scottish Law and has over 25 years' experience in both contentious and non-contentious matters in the construction industry. Clarion's construction team acts on behalf of clients in the public sector, developers, contractors, and sub-contractors supporting these clients in the use of JCT, NEC, FIDIC and PFI contracts, and more recently providing advice in relation to the Building Safety Act.

Over the past 18 months, Phil has presented to hundreds of people in the public and private sector about the evolving regulations as a result of the Building Safety Act.

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