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Design and construction of higher-risk buildings
What clients, principal designers and principal contractors must do to follow the Building Safety Act 2022 and the Building Safety Regulator (BSR).
A higher-risk building is a building that has at least:
- 7 storeys or is at least 18 metres high
- 2 residential units or is a hospital or a care home
A higher-risk building with at least 2 residential units must be registered with BSR before people live there.
You can read guidance about the criteria that makes a building a higher-risk building.
Clients, principal designers and principal contractors have legal duties when a project involves a higher-risk building. These duties are covered in the guides on this page.
Creating safe buildings
Duties and competence
Reporting building safety incidents and risks
Updates to this page
Published 24 April 2024
Last updated 27 March 2025
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New guidance and heading of 'duties and competence' added.
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