Duty Holders

The Act also introduces the concept of duty holders who fill a defined role for any business involved in any section of the project gateways (or stages). These new duty holders (defined in The Building (Higher-Risk Buildings Procedures) (England) Regulations 2023) will initially seem recognizable to those conversant with the CDM Regulations. However, the BSA extends the responsibilities of current duty holders and adds new roles A clear aim of the roles is to foster teamworking and collaboration – all of the duty holders are required to work together, cooperate and share information.

DSI Flexi 8760

Core Competence Criteria

a) Coordinate building design, management or construction activities to ensure holistic building safety.

Scope

1) Appropriate selection for intended use so that construction products and building systems function individually and together to maintain building safety and consider buildings as holistic systems.
2) Impact of installation quality on construction product and building system performance and need for quality assurance and quality management processes.
3) Requirements for construction product durability over time taking building use into account.
4) Consideration of location and context in construction product performance and selection, e.g. proximity to boundary, boundary conditions (fire resistance, water resistance) size, distance, environmental conditions, geometry.

b) Understand construction products, and building system characteristics, and utilise testing, assessment and maintenance information and procedures to minimize risks to safety throughout the building lifecycle.

1) Use of construction product or building system testing information including certification, classification and industry approved or recognized standards (alongside as-built design and construction information on existing buildings), to inform design, specification, construction, installation and management decisions.
2) Maintenance requirements for construction products and building systems through the building lifecycle, including planning, procuring, monitoring, undertaking or managing maintenance of building fabric, fire protection or life safety systems.
3) Replacement (and safe disposal) of construction products and buildings systems at the end of their lifecycle to maintain building safety.
4) Notification of building operators, suppliers and manufacturers where defects or maloperation issues are found in construction products or building systems which impact on building safety.