Life-critical fire and structural safety advice for owners and leaseholders of commercial and residential Higher-Risk Buildings.
Consult HRB provides:
Expert advice
Complete protection against civil and criminal liability for unpaid Directors
Adherence to mandatory requirements imposed under the Building Safety Act 2022.
Leaders in Residential Asset Protection and Fire Safety Compliance
The Building Safety Act imposes a heavy regulatory burden on the Principal Accountable Person for higher-risk buildings.
Consult HRB has the expertise and resources to provide the mandated competence and support that is needed.
Consult HRB is part of the wider Consult Construct Group of companies. Consult Construct was established in 2012, and with over 40 employees, provides multi-disciplinary property consultancy to clients across the UK.
Both Consult HRB and Consult Construct are members of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors.
The Challenge
Directors, including those who are volunteers, have a legal duty to comply with a mounting set of complex legislation, the Building Safety Act 2022, the Fire Safety Act 2021, the Building Regulations 2010, the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 and others.
Safety issues must be reported to the Building Safety Regulatory within 10 days, with criminal penalties for failing to do so.
Government guidance states that the Principal Accountable Person must have competence or must hire it in.
The legal duties imposed on the Principal Accountable Person cannot be transferred to any third party.
The Solution
The Building Safety Act has created an explicit liability shield for unpaid Directors of Resident Management Companies and Right to Manage Organisations.
By appointing Consult HRB to act as a paid Building Safety Director, all unpaid Directors are protected by law from penalties for building safety failings.
We provide the expertise, absorb the risk and leave you free to concentrate on managing your building.
The Liability Shield
Leverage the liability shield built into the Building Safety Act to protect volunteer directors from personal exposure.
Why Consult HRB
We are prepared to take on the significant risk of civil and criminal liability.
We have the competence mandated by Government guidance.
Our expert resources include a Fire Engineer and former Fire Officer.
We are members of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors.
Contact Us
Pass the compliance burden to us today.
We are ready to help.