The Building Safety Act 2022 is a landmark law designed to overhaul building safety, especially for higher-risk residential buildings (typically 18 m+ or 7+ storeys).

It introduces new roles, duties, and oversight to ensure safety through the lifetime of a building. If your building falls within scope, you must comply with stricter requirements on registration, competence, risk management, and evidence submission.

Under the Act, Accountable Persons and developers must:

  • Register higher-risk buildings with the Building Safety Regulator (BSR).
  • Produce and maintain a Safety Case Report demonstrating ongoing structural and fire safety.
  • Ensure “Golden Thread of Information”; i.e. accurate, up-to-date digital data across design, construction, and occupation stages.
  • Operate through defined “Gateways” during design and construction to satisfy regulatory checks.
  • Maintain competency among professionals, contractors, and duty-holders in safety roles.

Ark offers end-to-end services tailored to BSA compliance, including:

  • Gap analyses & readiness audits to benchmark your current compliance against BSA requirements
  • Support preparing Safety Case Reports, including structural, fire, and other risk assessments
  • Assistance in building and maintaining the Golden Thread, integrating data and evidence across your estate
  • Training, competence frameworks, and provision of qualified competence assurance
  • Ongoing compliance monitoring, regulatory updates, and remediation oversight

These services help you move confidently from strategy to compliant operation.

Non-compliance with the Building Safety Act 2022 can carry serious consequences:

  • Your Safety Case Report may be rejected by the regulator
  • You may face enforcement notices, fines, and regulatory sanctions
  • Insurers and lenders may refuse coverage without credible safety assurance
  • Reputational damage and stakeholder risk

Ark’s service ensures your evidence and documentation are robust, auditable, and regulator-ready, reducing exposure.

Compliance under BSA is not “once and done.” Reviews should occur:

 

  • Annually or more often depending on risk profile
  • After major building changes, refurbishments, or structural works
  • In response to regulatory changes or guidance updates
  • Following safety incidents, defects discoveries or audit feedback

Ark’s approach links BSA support with reactive and proactive compliance via QUOODA®, so updates, alerts and continuous oversight are built in.