Also online at: www.dijonline.co.uk 114 THE door industry journal summer 2023 Locks & Building Hardware Achieving Total Complete Compliance for Fire Doors Through Independent Testing One year ago, the Building Safety Act 2022 came into effect, marking the beginning of a new era of building safety. Jason Tonks, Technical Product Manager at Zoo Hardware and member of the GAI’s Technical and Education Committees for over 10 years, shares his expertise on the new building safety regime and explores how specifying architectural ironmongery that has been independently tested and certified can help professionals achieve the highest standards of compliance. When the Building Safety Act became law, it set the foundation for a new building safety regime supporting the delivery of buildings that are safe and in line with the recommendations of Dame Judith Hackitt’s report from 2018, following her independent review of Building Regulations and fire safety in response to the Grenfell Tower fire disaster of 2017. Having been launched to parliament in July 2021, the Building Safety Act 2022 introduces new duties for the management of fire and building safety in high-rise residential buildings. It is one of several key pieces of legislation and guidance implemented by the Government to enhance building safety. One of the most crucial aspects of the Building Safety Act 2022 is that it is designed to help people both feel safe and be safe in their homes, alongside changing the way buildings are designed, constructed, and managed. Alongside the launch of the Act, we have also seen the establishment of the Building Advisory Committee and Industry Competence Committee as part of the Building Safety Regulator, where they will be given powers to enforce the rules and act against those that break them.
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