Building Owner Operator Legal Requirements For HRB's
High Risk Buildings (HRB) in England and Wales are required by law to be registered with the Building Safety Regulator and to maintain an ongoing record of the fire safety systems, procedures and equipment in place.
NXUS BIM works with organisations owning and operating HRB's to build their Golden Thread of fire saftey information that meets the requirement as defined by the regultor.
NXUS BIM will form a strategy to gather and represent the required asset information that is captured in a 3D twin model of your building denoting the locations and details of the safety provisions.. Contact us and use the links below:
IM | Fire Safety Information
Fire Safety Information Exchange (FIREie) is a new concept developed specifically for BS 8644-1. It has been designed to serve as a digital container for fire safety information, so that information can be exchanged between relevant parties throughout the life cycle of an asset. FIREie provides a method for structuring the data to be used by recipients for whichever fire-related purposes they require. It also serves as a method of collecting document-based information that can provide further evidence to support the data being exchanged.
The Building Safety Act 2022
The Building Safet Act was revised following the Grenfell Tower tragedy to ensure that systems and responsible persons are now put in place and maintained to prevent similar failings..
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The act applies to buildings that are at least 18 meters high or seven stories tall, and have at least two residential units. This includes care homes and hospitals that meet the same height threshold.
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As a designer for buildings that fall under the terms of the Act it is important to be able to either lead a design team to deliver the models and safety equipment data required, or be enabled to supply this to a design team.
Fire Safety Information Exchange (FIREie) is a new concept developed specifically for BS 8644-1. It has been designed to serve as a digital container for fire safety information, so that information can be exchanged between relevant parties throughout the life cycle of an asset. FIREie provides a method for structuring the data to be used by recipients for whichever fire-related purposes they require. It also serves as a method of collecting document-based information that can provide further evidence to support the data being exchanged.
The fire protection industry has a number of proponents assisting the inclusion of the Act. Read these articles and make contact with NXUS BIM to commence your journey in compliance and fire data information management.
Achieving BS 8644-1
If you are a facility owner operator and mitigate risk via digital estate management strategies, you will be seeking to capture and maintain your facilitys' fire information in a structured standard. NXUS BIM can lead the process to aggregate the fire data to ISO 19650 and BS 8644-1 standards. Make an enquiry to begin your journey.
FIREie & IM in the media
As the Building Safety Act 2022 is implemented in England, many practical realities are coming in to force. See the articles below which cover news and examplpes of legal enforcement of the Act:
