Everything you need to comply with resident engagement requirements under the Building Safety Act and Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 for occupied high-rise residential blocks.
Under the Building Safety Act, principal accountable persons and accountable persons of occupied high-rise residential blocks must:
Under the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022, responsible persons of occupied high-rise residential blocks must:
The Building Safety Act requires accountable persons to consult all residents over the age of 16, owners of residential units, and other accountable persons about the resident engagement strategy and building safety work.
Accountable persons must measure and review participation and responses.
BlockPro allows you to consult via email directly from the system – including creating polls – then store responses and comments.
Accountable persons must:
Additionally, Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 require responsible persons to circulate fire safety information annually and to new residents.
BlockPro automatically reminds you when each is due and allows you to distribute via email directly from the system in a few clicks.
As part of the building safety case, the Building Safety Act requires accountable persons to keep information about residents that can have an impact on building safety risks and emergency plans, for example, residents:
BlockPro has a dedicated resident profile feature for you to store such information so it’s always to hand when needed. This includes all residents over the age of 16 and not just leaseholders and/or tenants (as per the Act).
Accountable persons must review the resident engagement strategy:
Each review must be recorded whether or not changes are made.
BlockPro automatically reminds you when each two-year review is due, allows you to enter manual reviews where necessary – then keeps a record.
Similarly, BlockPro reminds you to distribute annual fire safety information – required under Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022.
Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 requires records to be kept of all monthly checks on fire lifts (where applicable) and other fire safety equipment. These records must be accessible to residents of the building.
With BlockPro, give residents digital access to relevant health & safety records, useful documents and more via a secure portal.
BlockPro allows all residents, accountable persons and others who use the building to instantly report incidents.
Notifications are automatically sent via email for review and action – then logged for future reference.
Similarly, the Building Safety Act stipulates residents and others should have access to a complaints system to raise concerns about something that could cause a building safety incident.
BlockPro integrates such a system which runs alongside the mandatory occurrence feature.
Use BlockPro as your golden thread of information for occupied high-rise residential blocks.
Block information is:
Track and record mandatory tasks required under the regulations, including:
Track and store budgets, accounts, insurance policy documents and other important reports, certificates and files.
Track supplier contracts, service visits, utilities, insurance claims and more.
Keep on top of the hundreds of compliance and day-to-day tasks across your block management portfolio.
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