Solutions for Principal Accountable Persons
Confident oversight of your higher-risk buildings
A single, structured building record for your Golden Thread and Safety Case evidence, with permission-based access for contributors.
Supporting the Responsibilities of the Principal Accountable Person
As the Principal Accountable Person, you hold overall responsibility for managing fire and structural safety in a higher-risk building. The Building Safety Act requires you to demonstrate clear oversight, accurate information, and effective governance to manage building safety risks.
In practice, many Principal Accountable Persons inherit fragmented records from developers, previous owners, managing agents, and multiple Accountable Persons. Information is often spread across emails, servers, shared drives, and legacy systems, making it difficult to demonstrate that the Golden Thread and Safety Case are complete, accurate, and up to date.
NBR supports Principal Accountable Persons by providing a clear, structured framework to hold, oversee, and evidence building safety information, helping you demonstrate control and compliance with confidence.
Our Building Safety Knowledge Hub explains these responsibilities in more detail and provides practical guidance for dutyholders.
Your Challenges
Principal Accountable Persons commonly face:
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Difficulty demonstrating that the Golden Thread is complete, accurate, and current
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Pressure to respond quickly to Building Safety Regulator, auditor, or insurer requests
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Limited visibility across multiple Accountable Persons, contractors, and service providers
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Uncertainty around what evidence belongs within the Safety Case
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Elevated risk exposure where documentation is missing, inconsistent, or unclear
Why Principal Accountable Persons use NBR
Principal Accountable Persons use NBR to:
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Maintain a single, authoritative record of building safety information
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Apply consistent structure across all required Safety Case evidence
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Gain clear oversight of contributions from Accountable Persons and others
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Identify gaps, risks, and outstanding actions more easily
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Demonstrate strong governance and control to the regulator
How We Can Help
NBR provides a central, structured building safety information platform that supports the Principal Accountable Person in meeting their ongoing duties.
We help by:
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Providing a clear structure for holding Golden Thread and Safety Case information
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Supporting compilation of Safety Case and Safety Case Report (SCR) evidence
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Enabling oversight of Accountable Person uploads, actions, and document status
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Preserving audit trails, version control, metadata, and chain of custody
One authoritative building record, held by the Principal Accountable Person, with controlled access for everyone else.
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Anchoring building records to the nationally recognised Unique Property Reference Number (UPRN)
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Enabling confident, evidence-based engagement with the Building Safety Regulator
NBR supports the Principal Accountable Person’s role.
Legal accountability remains with you at all times.
Key features for Principal Accountable Persons
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Golden Thread structure aligned to the Building Safety Act
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Safety Case and Safety Case Report (SCR) evidence categories
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Full audit trails and version history
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Oversight of Accountable Person activity and information status
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Portfolio-level view for multi-building responsibility
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Mandatory Occurrence Reporting support
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Exportable evidence bundles for regulatory engagement
Request a Demo for Principal Accountable Persons
Our demo shows how NBR supports Principal Accountable Persons in holding and overseeing building safety information.
We will walk through how Golden Thread data, Safety Case evidence, inspections, and records are structured within a single, authoritative system.
You will see how the NBR building safety compliance platform provides clarity, consistency, and confidence across your portfolio, while keeping accountability clearly where it belongs.