Short pieces on how the Building Regulations Principal Designer role is actually being run in England and Wales: the tools people use, the evidence that holds up, and the places the regime is still bedding in. Every claim carries its source.
Almost every Building Regulations Principal Designer is running the appointment from a spreadsheet, and almost every spreadsheet descends from the tracker RIBA publishes. Where that came from, the three things it gets right, the six places it runs out, and seven changes that make yours defensible without buying anything.
Read the article →The reference piece on the role: what it is, where it sits in the Building Regulations 2010, how England and Wales differ, when the appointment must be made, what the duties are, and how competence is evidenced.
Read the guide →Applications that never reach determination usually fail on completeness rather than on the design. A look at what the Building Safety Regulator's published data shows, and what the BRPD's record contributes to the pack.
We publish when there is something worth saying rather than to a schedule. If you hold a BRPD appointment and there is a question you cannot get a straight answer to, send it to info@comp3.co.uk and it may become the next piece.
COMP³ derives the duties and requirements that apply to a specific scheme, with the source behind each one. A walkthrough takes about twenty minutes.
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