On 17 January, section 85 of the Building Safety Act 2022 (the Building Safety Act) came into force. This means that, by April, anyone who is a “principal accountable person” for an occupied higher-risk building (HRB) needs to be ready to submit a building safety case report to the Building Safety Regulator (BSR).

This article explores that requirement and considers the increasingly critical role that technology will play in managing building safety information.

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