Building information guidance and knowledge hub
Clear, practical guidance to help you understand your responsibilities, manage building information effectively and maintain confidence in how safety is addressed over time.
Explore plain English explainers and best practice guidance covering building safety, information stewardship and long term record keeping across commercial, mixed use and residential property.
Our guidance supports Property Owners, Landlords, Managing Agents, Developers, Contractors and Facilities Management Teams, whether responding to regulatory requirements or applying good practice to everyday building management.
Core Building Safety Guidance
Golden Thread
Guidance
Understand what the Golden Thread is and how safety-critical building information should be managed throughout the building lifecycle.
Mandatory Occurrence
Reporting
(MOR) Guidance
What needs to be reported, who must report it, and how MORs contribute to building safety oversight.
Safety Case
Guidance
Understand how to prepare a structured Safety Case, the role of the Safety Case Report, and the evidence the Building Safety Regulator expects.
BSR Inspections
What the Building Safety Regulator looks for, how inspections work and how to prepare evidence ahead of a call-in.
FRA s FRAEW
Know the difference between a Fire Risk Assessment and a Fire Risk Assessment of External Walls.
Roles & Responsibilities Guidance
Principle Accountable Person (PAP)
A clear explanation of the statutory responsibilities of the Principal Accountable Person and how these duties are evidenced in practice.
Resident Engagement
Best-practice guidance on engaging residents, managing safety communications, and meeting transparency and engagement obligations.
Supporting and Best Practice Guidance
O&M and H&S File Guide
How to structure, hand over and manage O&M and Health & Safety information safely
Awaab's
Law
This guide supports housing providers and responsible organisations in understanding the practical duties, response triggers, statutory timeframes and evidence expectations introduced by Awaab’s Law.
Articles and Discussion Papers
Post-Grenfell Reform: Process, Consequence and the Reality on the Ground
A discussion paper by Taylor Hammond, CEO and founder of the National Building Register (NBR), examining whether post-Grenfell reform has created the right kind of consequence across the built environment.
This paper considers the practical reality now facing dutyholders, residents, leaseholders, building owners, consultants, contractors and project teams as the post-Grenfell regulatory landscape continues to evolve.
It does not argue against stronger regulation. The previous system failed, and a more rigorous regime was necessary. The question is whether the current system has created a clear, mature and proportionate route from non-compliance to accountability, or whether too much of the burden is currently landing as delay, uncertainty, evidence reconstruction, commercial dispute and regulatory query cycles.
May 2026
Golden Thread compliance is now central to building safety, but true implementation demands clarity, consistency, and leadership. In this article for Tall Buildings Magazine, our CEO sets out how the industry can define what good looks like.
Read the full article (page 38)
Autumn 2025
