Architects make decisions every day that influence how safely buildings are designed, constructed, and lived in. This fast-moving, practical webinar gives you the tools to understand your duties, identify safety-critical elements, manage design risk, and build healthier environments.

Through real case lessons, interactive exercises, and practical frameworks, you’ll see how good design, good documentation, and good communication directly shape safer outcomes for users, contractors, and your own practice.

Key topics covered in this course include:

• The impact of the post-Grenfell landscape and the Edinburgh Schools inquiry on current safety regulations.
• Detailed comparison of duty holder regimes under CDM Regulations and the Building Safety Act.
• The critical responsibilities of the Client and the Principal Designer in ensuring project safety.
• Defining and demonstrating competence through skills, knowledge, experience, and behaviors.
• Practical frameworks for Design Risk Management, including hazard identification and risk reduction.
• Understanding the Gateway system, the Golden Thread, and evidence-based compliance.
• Future regulatory trends, including the Single Construction Regulator and remediation reforms.