UK Building Safety Act: Foundation

Property & Real Estate - Regulatory compliance
This course gives everyone who works on or around higher-risk residential buildings - building and concierge staff, repairs and maintenance coordinators, lettings and admin staff, and new managers - the practical building safety awareness the Building Safety Act 2022 now expects. You'll learn why the Act exists after Grenfell, how to tell whether a building is in the higher-risk regime, who the duty-holders are, what the golden thread is, why the resident voice is now a legal duty, and how to spot and escalate a building safety concern.

By the end, you'll be able to explain in plain terms what the Act changed and why, apply the higher-risk building test, name the key duty-holders and the Building Safety Regulator, describe the golden thread and your part in it, explain why resident engagement is law, and spot a safety concern and escalate it correctly - including what feeds a mandatory occurrence report.

Access

Self-Paced Learning

Lessons

10 Lessons

Certification

Certificate of Completion

Price

€150
Learning Objectives
Course Benefits
Modules
By the end of this course, learners will be able to:

  • Explain in plain terms what the Building Safety Act 2022 changed and why it exists, after Grenfell and the Hackitt review
  • Apply the higher-risk building test - at least 18 metres or at least 7 storeys, with at least 2 residential units - to a real building
  • Name the key duty-holders - the Accountable Person, the Principal Accountable Person, and the Building Safety Regulator - and describe what each is responsible for
  • Describe the golden thread of information and identify your own part in keeping building records accurate
  • Explain why the resident voice is now a legal requirement and how residents raise building safety concerns
  • Spot a building safety concern and escalate it correctly, including what feeds a mandatory occurrence report
Benefits for the Organisation

• Reduce the most common building safety failings - blocked escape routes, propped fire doors, broken compartmentation, lost records - before they become an incident or an enforcement notice
• Shorten the runway for every member of staff to spot a building safety risk and escalate it correctly
• Evidence completed Building Safety Act training to the Building Safety Regulator, auditors, insurers, and residents with timestamped records
• Standardise the language and escalation route the whole organisation uses, with no improvised handling of a safety concern
• Save your Accountable Person and building managers the time spent rescuing missed hazards and lost golden-thread records

Benefits for Learners

• Recognise when a routine property transaction is showing the signs of money laundering before the deal completes
• Build a reusable spot-and-escalate checklist you apply consistently on every building, floor, and communal area
• Handle a safety concern with the confidence to record what you saw and escalate it to the right duty-holder
• Tell whether a building is in the higher-risk regime correctly before you assume what is expected of you
• Pass the assessment knowing every answer traces to the Building Safety Act 2022, its regulations, or Building Safety Regulator guidance, not a study guide

Lesson 1: Welcome and how this works

Lesson 2: What changed after Grenfell

Start with the Grenfell Tower fire of 14 June 2017 and the 72 lives lost, and the Hackitt review that followed. See why a new system was built, what the Building Safety Act 2022 changed, how the in-occupation regime works, and how the Building Safety Regulator now sits inside the HSE as the building control authority for higher-risk buildings.

Lesson 3: Is this a higher-risk building?

Learn the higher-risk building test - at least 18 metres or at least 7 storeys, with at least 2 residential units - and that either threshold brings a building into scope. Work through how storeys are counted, with a worked example confirming a 9-storey, 24-flat block is in the regime.

Lesson 4: Who carries the duty

Meet the duty-holders in plain terms - the Accountable Person, the Principal Accountable Person, and the Building Safety Regulator - and see where your own role sits in the chain. A worked example maps who is the AP and PAP when a managing agent runs a block the freeholder owns.
Lesson 5: The golden thread of information

Understand the golden thread of information, why accurate building records save lives, and your own part in it - logging works, not losing records, and reporting changes. Compare a repair logged correctly against a repair lost, drawing on the information failures the Grenfell Inquiry identified.

Lesson 6: Listening to residentsLearn why the resident voice is now a legal duty, not a goodwill gesture: the residents' engagement strategy, the complaints route, and how to take and pass on a resident safety concern. Work through handling the propped fire-door complaint from Lesson 1 properly.
Lesson 7: Spotting and reporting a safety concern

Learn the things that matter - fire doors, compartmentation, escape routes, signage, and stored combustibles - how to escalate them, and what kinds of event feed a mandatory occurrence report. The Building Safety Regulator's compliance and stop notice powers are the reason reporting matters, with the Lesson 1 fire door followed from spotting to escalation.

Lesson 8: Resources

Lesson 9: Final assessment

Lesson 10: Provide Feedback & Claim Certificate.

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Course FAQ's

Who is this course for?

Everyone who works on or around higher-risk residential buildings in England - building and concierge staff, repairs and maintenance coordinators, lettings and admin staff, and new managers. It is also a useful refresher for experienced staff and a sound baseline before any role-specific building safety training.

No prior knowledge of the Building Safety Act or building safety law is required.

Where and when can I take this course?

The course can be taken at any time and from any internet-connected device.

Do I need prior knowledge or experience?

This is a foundation-level course, and all concepts are explained in a clear, simple, and practical way. Learners, do not require any previous training or background knowledge.

Can this course be used for company-wide training?

Absolutely. This course is designed to be rolled out across the whole organisation, making it suitable for every member of staff who works on or around higher-risk residential buildings.

Do I get a discount if I buy multiple seats for this course?

Yes. Please contact us and we will issue a quote according to your needs.

Will managers be able to track progress and completion?

Yes. Managers and administrators can track learner progress, completion rates, and assessment performance across the course.

This gives clear visibility on engagement and outcomes, making it easier to monitor participation, support staff where needed, and evidence completed building safety training to the Building Safety Regulator and your insurers.

Is this course part of a larger building safety programme?

Yes. This is Course 1 of the Auren UK Building Safety Act 2022 bundle - the Foundation course, the awareness floor that everyone working on or around higher-risk buildings sits on. It is followed by Course 2 (Intermediate), for the building and block managers who run a higher-risk building day to day, and Course 3 (Advanced), for the Accountable Persons, Principal Accountable Persons, and compliance leads who hold the legal duty.

All three courses in the bundle can be taken as stand-alone courses.