Building Safety Act: A Question of Competence and Compliance

Summary

The presentation will explain how the Building Safety Act 2022 (BSA) and Building Regulations 2010 (as amended 2023). fundamentally challenge competence, accountability, and compliance across the built environment.

With a strong focus on competence, the new duty holder roles and the extra compliance regime for Higher-Risk Buildings (HRBs), it will set out implications for HRB projects, including gateway delays and how to avoid them, competence verification, and the consequences for non-compliance.

Key takeaways will be:
Competence:
o Ensuring competence through defined roles and continuous professional development.

Compliance:
o Adhering to updated regulations, design ‘in detail’ and maintain detailed documentation.

Collaboration:
o Importance of collaboration among clients, designers, contractors to ensure building safety from inception

Speakers

Paul Young FCIOB, Managing Director, Specilaist Building Solutions Limited & CIOB Trustee

Paul is Chartered Fellow and Trustee of the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB). He is a Non Executive Director of Englemere Limited (CIOB’s Trading arm) with nearly 40 years of construction industry experience. Paul has managed a wide range construction projects and has held project, contracts and operations manager positions in the commercial, healthcare, blue light, industrial and residential sectors.

Paul currently leads his own consultancy business; Specialist Building Solutions Limited. Previously he was Divisional Head of Operational Excellence at Equans Regeneration Limited.

In this role, Paul chaired a working group to implement business improvement measures to align with Building Safety Act requirements. A key output was a Building Safety Act Awareness eLearn Course, developed along with Build UK partners and shared with industry via CIOB Academy. It was this course that the CLC provided as evidence to Government of the industry response to training post Grenfell, the day before the Grenfell Inquiry Phase 2 Report was issued on 4th September 2024.

Paul was instrumental in Equans achieving the Building a Safer Future (BSF) ‘Champion’ status in 2025, demonstrating a commitment to continuous improvement in building safety.

This key area of Paul’s practical experience is helping others to now increase the awareness of the Building Safety Act, the importance of competence at all levels and digital collation of information to achieve compliance.

Paul continues to sit as a Trustee of the CIOB is member of the CIOB Quality Implementation Group and also sits on the Construction Industry Council’s Policy and Public Affairs Group.

Paul’s operational experience in a wide range of environments, makes him a highly valued member of the team. His practical governance, risk management oversight and focus on quality helped Paul achieve high levels of client satisfaction, budgetary control and successful programme delivery.

Contact

Gemma Lovell
Member Services and Events Coordinator - London
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