The RIBA has long been campaigning for thorough reform of the UK’s building safety regulatory system.
The fire at Grenfell Tower on 14 June 2017 that claimed 72 lives, and those since, demonstrate the failings of our fire safety regulations and associated guidance.
We continue to work with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and other key stakeholders to promote the importance of fire safety in good design.
Find out more about our work to reform the system below.
The updated 2024 RIBA Health and Safety Test will help ensure you are safe on site, and are able to demonstrate that you are competent to design buildings that are safe to construct, inhabit, use and maintain.
Learn more about how individual RIBA Chartered Members in the UK can demonstrate that they meet the competence criteria to serve as principal designers.
We work with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government to promote the importance of fire safety in good design.
Learn about RIBA’s series of resources to help Principal Designers plan, manage and monitor tasks to be carried out under the new duties of the Building Regulations, in England.
A RIBA-led coalition calls on the government to adopt an 18 metre maximum height threshold for new residential buildings with a single staircase. Read our full consultation response and letter to government detailing the evidence behind our position.
Read about how we have responded to issues with Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC).
Learn more about both the similarities and contrasts in both roles under the new Building Regulations regime.
Learn more about obligations from the client side, and what they can pass on to architects and other clients alike.
Learn more about one architecture practice's approach to the Building Regulations Principal Designer role.
Learn more about how to become a candidate for this new competency level and sign up for the domestic register on RIBA Academy.
Learn more about what’s available in our new Principal Designer work templates, including Lead Designer Agreements, Notifications of Competence and Client Care letters.
Learn more about Principal Designer and client duties, and how the new regime might affect Professional Indemnity insurance.
Learn more about the updates to building regulations, new dutyholder roles and their duties, what you need to do now, and what you can do next.
Learn more about how to proceed with changes such as new dutyholder roles, client interactions, and contractual issues.
Learn how the new regime will affect sole or small architecture practices with advising clients, new duties, the impact on fees, and more.
Learn more about regulators and how to work with them from 1 October 2023.
Learn more from peers in the built environment who are working towards the date that legislation takes effect.
Learn more about the purpose and value of client care letters for architects offering advice to clients in respect of their duties under the new Building Regulations.
Learn more about the role of the Principal Designer in Design and Build projects and how to approach duties.
Learn more about the industry-first RIBA Principal Designer Register, which helps architects prove competence for a vital new role.
Find an overview of the Building Safety Act resources available to support architects' knowledge of the new secondary legislation in England.
We look at the new RIBA Principal Designer guide and discuss the role and its duties
From appointments and the Principal Designer role to Gateway 2 submissions, learn how one architecture practice is dealing with new changes to the Building Safety Act
This feature discusses fees, design and build, and the benefits of RIBA’s Principal Designer Register for medium-sized architecture practices
One of the most frequently asked questions by RIBA Members continues to reference the Principal Designer (PD) role defined by Building Regulations in England.
How have small and micro architecture practices, working predominantly on domestic projects, adapted to the new regime.
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