Building Safety Services

Anstey Horne’s Building Safety service line provides a comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach to managing building safety risks across residential and mixed-use developments. Our service focuses on supporting dutyholders, including Accountable Persons and building owners/managing agents to understand and fulfil their legal responsibilities.

This includes services such as Building Safety Case development and preparation of Safety Case Reports for submission to the Building Safety Regulator, Building Safety Act BRPD and BRPD Advisory roles, BSM Advisory Services, Strategy Frameworks, Technical Due Diligence, Height Surveys, and Regulation 38 reviews.

Anstey Horne’s Building Safety Team stands out for its deep technical expertise and comprehensive understanding of the UK’s evolving building safety regime. Bringing together specialist surveyors in building safety, construction, and regulatory compliance, the team delivers integrated advice tailored specifically to the risks associated with both higher-risk residential buildings, and lower-rise housing stock. Our strength lies in translating complex legislative requirements, such as those under the Building Safety Act and Building Regulations, into clear, practical solutions that support clients in meeting their statutory duties. By combining detailed risk assessment, safety case development, and remediation strategy expertise, we provide a holistic approach that ensures robust, evidence-based decision-making. This focus on technical excellence, coupled with a thorough grasp of whole-building safety principles, enables Anstey Horne to deliver proportionate, compliant, and sustainable building safety advice and outcomes.

We support freeholders, registered providers, managing agents, developers, contractors, local authorities, housing companies, funds, lenders, and asset managers. We deliver at portfolio scale and for complex single assets across the UK.

From the outset you receive a clear programme, defined responsibilities, and transparent fees. We structure work around regulatory outcomes and provide concise evidence that satisfies the Building Safety Regulator, insurers, and lenders. Progress is measured against agreed milestones with comprehensive and detailed reporting.

Our gap analysis establishes your position against the Building Safety Act and the dutyholder regime. We review policies, drawings, O&Ms, certificates, and maintenance records, then complete a focused site review of fire and structural risks.

We confirm Higher-Risk Building status and readiness for a Safety Case, a Building Assessment Certificate, and resident engagement. The output is a RAG-rated report with priority actions, a compliance roadmap with owners and dates, and a targeted evidence request. We help you clearly understand what to do first, why it matters, and the likely cost.

We build Safety Cases that are proportionate to risk and practical to operate. Our approach identifies major accident hazards and credible scenarios, tests existing controls and maintenance regimes, and defines performance standards with monitoring and escalation. We then set out the Safety Case Report in a regulator-ready format and maintain a live risk register and improvement plan. You receive a coherent narrative supported by verifiable evidence rather than disconnected documents.

When the Regulator calls your building, the submission must be complete and consistent. We confirm dutyholders and governance, compile the evidence drawn from the Safety Case, resident engagement, and Mandatory Occurrence Reporting, and run a readiness review to close gaps before submission. We prepare the statement of compliance, the evidence index, and a concise pack that addresses likely queries. The result is a smoother assessment and fewer iterations.

We design and implement a Mandatory Occurrence Reporting system that works on day one. Triggers are proportionate to your building risks. Forms are simple. Triage and escalation are clear. Teams receive training so events are recognised and reported quickly. We set up basic metrics and a monthly assurance routine so you can demonstrate control and continual improvement without adding unnecessary burden.

Acting as Principal Designer under the Building Regulations dutyholder regime, we coordinate design compliance and control change from RIBA Stage 2 to completion. We define responsibilities and competence, align disciplines around fire and structural safety information, operate firm change control, and maintain the golden thread. Evidence for Gateways and handover is prepared in parallel with design decisions so the compliance trail remains clean and auditable.

Handover succeeds when the Responsible Person receives complete and usable information. We audit project records against Regulation 38, identify and close gaps with the design and contractor teams, validate maintenance schedules and evacuation arrangements, and compile the final pack. The output is an audit report, evidence register, and a Regulation 38 information pack ready for issue, reducing post-completion issues and uncertainty.

Engagement begins with a review of documentation, gap analysis and site review. We then agree a proportionate route to compliance with dates, owners, and budget. Delivery focuses on regulator-ready evidence and simple processes that your teams can operate. Independent checks and training provide assurance, while ongoing support keeps documents current and actions closed.

You receive the Safety Case and Safety Case Report, a maintained building risk register, the Building Assessment Certificate submission pack, a Mandatory Occurrence Reporting policy with procedures and training materials, Principal Designer compliance statements with design risk registers and change logs, and a Regulation 38 audit report with the final information pack. A golden thread index and document control plan tie these elements together.

Choosing the Anstey Horne Building Safety Team means working with a highly experienced and technically robust consultancy team, that understands both the complexity of historic and modern building systems, and the demands of the UK’s regulatory environment. Our multidisciplinary structure is a key strength, allowing clients to access integrated expertise across building and fire safety, façades, and cost management and project delivery within a single coordinated team. This reduces fragmentation and ensures consistency in advice, particularly when dealing with higher-risk residential buildings and remediation programmes.

The team is known for its proportionate, pragmatic, and solutions-focused approach. Rather than applying overly cautious or generic recommendations, we tailor strategies to overcome building specific risks and help clients achieve compliance without unnecessary cost or disruption. This is particularly valuable when navigating safety case requirements, remediation works, or interactions with the Building Safety Regulator. Anstey Horne also places strong emphasis on collaboration and clear communication. We work closely with clients, legal advisors, and contractors to ensure that building safety obligations are understood and effectively implemented. Our ability to translate complex technical and regulatory requirements into clear actionable plans, provides clients with the confidence and reassurance in the management of their portfolio.