Livingcity Asset Management’s innovative Professional Consultancy has created a focussed service for Landlords, Developers and Resident Management Companies to assist in easing their enhanced obligations as Accountable Persons (‘AP’) and/or Principal Accountable Persons (‘PAP’) in respect of higher-risk buildings, under The Building Safety Act 2022 (BSA22).
In the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower incident in 2017, the property industry has undergone significant transformation in adapting to the new legislative standards. The BSA22 has introduced rigorous obligations relating to building safety case production, in addition to the policies, procedures, checks and balances which must be implemented in perpetuity and operated by PAPs and APs.
Considering these enhanced obligations, and stricter consequences of non-compliance, Livingcity have embraced the industry changes and are fully committed to partnering their clients to provide compliance solutions to satisfy the various provisions under Part 4 of the Act. Specifically, Livingcity are now providing a specialist service to deliver higher-risk buildings safety management systems, a focus of the building safety regulator in assessing safety case report under Section 85 of the Act. In addition to providing project management services throughout the life cycle of safety case production, Livingcity are also on hand to provide a specialist health and safety audit service which tracks, reviews and updates essential “Golden Thread” information. This can be demonstrated further, by consolidating a safety case report and provide PAPs with the reassurance that competent safety management is being achieved. Embedded in this service, Livingcity are experienced in guiding and supporting the implementation of the numerous safety management procedures, such as change management, mandatory occurrence reporting and most importantly, a complaint resident engagement strategy.
Their expertise and diligence have led to impressive results, with a rapidly expanding consultancy focusing on providing ongoing compliance services to a portfolio consisting of the 57 higher risk buildings. Livingcity’s systems and resources are driven by qualified professionals, ranging from Chartered Surveyors to Members of The Institute of Fire Prevention Officers, and are designed to support clients in establishing, implementing and maintaining compliance requirements. The specialist consultancy has successfully serviced Livingcity Asset Management’s clients’ portfolios of qualifying higher-risk buildings, producing Building Safety Case reports, and employing an industry-leading data management system, creating the resource to deliver the “Golden Thread” information tracking to ensure compliance with the BSA22 obligations.
Daniel Bright, MRICS, MSc, LLB (Hons) Associate Director Livingcity Asset Management explains:
“The ever-changing legislative requirements has provided Livingcity with a fantastic opportunity to embrace the changes and provide professional consultancy services to our diverse range of clients who have different capacities, resources and therefore, different requirements. The swift expansion of our consultancy emphasises the well-established standing Livingcity have developed within the industry, and this is a testament to our ability to understand the service requirements of our clients and to tailor solutions that meet their requirements and satisfy their respective legal obligations.
These obligations have placed an additional burden on property owners and stakeholders, who find themselves in the position of PAPs or APs under the BSA22. Livingcity offers a tailored service to satisfy these obligations. The service is also available to beleaguered Property Managers, who may not be resourced to deliver this additional service to their clients. We offer assurance to Property Managers that our service is delivered by a specialist professional team, within Livingcity Asset Management Limited, that is a separate entity to our thriving property management department, and our aim is to support and strengthen their client relationships, by partnering them through this new regulatory challenge.”
To discuss the consultancy service in more detail, please contact Daniel at danielb@livingcity.co.uk
