The Building Safety Alliance
Celebrating the Building Safety Alliance’s new charity status
The Trustees of The Building Safety Alliance are pleased to announce that the Alliance has been accepted as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO). At the inaugural meeting, they confirmed Anthony Taylor as Chair to lead the organisation into the future.
Trustee representatives came together in the aftermath of the Grenfell tragedy to collaborate on a competence framework for those managing buildings. Keen to further a joint vision of delivering safe buildings for residents and society at large, the founding organisations wanted to formalise the cooperations that followed across policy, legislation, competence development and implementation of the new regulatory regime.
Charity status was deemed the best vehicle for achieving the Alliance’s objective, which is to preserve and protect the health and safety of the public in the built environment, and particularly the residential occupied sector, by promoting standards and best practice in the management of safety in buildings, especially for residents.
Over the last few years, the Building Safety Alliance has published several guidance documents, with several more to follow over the coming months. Three documents will be published in support of the golden thread this month, and an update of our standard 'BSAS 01 Organisational Capability Standard - Competence Assurance' will be published shortly.
The development of these documents is a testament to the dedication and expertise of industry professionals who have tirelessly, and voluntarily, collaborated in delivering this guidance, so that building safety standards and operational practices can be improved, and people can be safe in their homes.
Our organisation will remain flexible and agile to meet the needs of the occupation phase and collaboration will remain at the core of its mission.
Anthony Taylor, Building Safety Alliance said:
“The Alliance wish to thank all those who have given their valuable time and knowledge to developing common approaches to the requirements of the new regulatory regime, ultimately seeking to make buildings safe. We would also extend our thanks to those representatives of BSR and MHCLG who acted as observers to the groups who have been developing these documents over many months.”
For more information and to enquire about collaborating on the Building Safety Alliance’s work, please visit buildingsafetyalliance.org.uk.
Building Safety Alliance releases crucial guidance documents to elevate competence standards in residential occupied sector.
The Building Safety Alliance, a collaborative effort uniting leading industry figures, associations, and bodies, has announced the publication of two pivotal documents aimed at bolstering competence standards and fostering the recruitment of qualified professionals within the residential occupied sector.
The newly unveiled documents, BSAS 01:2024 Organisational Capability Management System Standard and Guidelines outlining competence expectations for stakeholders involved in specifying, procuring, and managing services for occupied high-rise and higher-risk residential buildings, serve as essential resources for organisations seeking to enhance competence within their building safety functions. These initiatives align with the imperative of meeting the requirements set by the new building safety regime and its regulations pertaining to competence.
In an evolving landscape where evidence of competence management, particularly organisational capability, is increasingly scrutinised, stakeholders across the sector must demonstrate their commitment to upholding rigorous standards. Clients will demand tangible proof of competence management, compelling organisations of all sizes and complexities within the supply chain to ensure the proficiency of their workforce, including contracted and subcontracted personnel.
The development of these documents is a testament to the dedication and expertise of industry professionals who have tirelessly contributed to their creation.
8 May 2024
The Building Safety Alliance (BSA) was formed in March 2021 as a stakeholder group from the occupation phase with representation from many disciplines active in the residential housing sector. Initially it was seeking to implement the recommendations from Working Group 8 of the Competence Steering Group, which was tasked to develop a competence framework for the building safety manager. We have since evolved to become the pre-eminent Forum for all those organisations providing services and products to the occupied residential sector.
The Building Safety Alliance includes owners, residents, insurers, facility and property managers, representatives from professional and trade bodies and a wide number of professional services providers such as engineering, installing and maintenance.
It continues to grow as the wider sector agrees that co-operation and co-ordination of effort to drive competence and culture change is achieved better, faster and consistently together.
The vision of the Building Safety Alliance is to deliver safe buildings for residents and society at large by:
- bringing together representative bodies and organisations with one voice to deliver on its vision;
- driving culture change, competence and best practice throughout the occupation phase, through collaborative working;
- bringing together resources for the betterment of the sector;
- promoting excellence in safety management in residential buildings, including promotion of residents’ voice; and
- supporting the implementation of the Building Safety Act 2022, the Fire Safety Act 2021 and the amended Regulation Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.