Guides
What a construction record has to do, and what it has to survive
Reference guides rather than commentary. Each one answers a single question, cites what it stands on, says where the approach fails, and carries the date it was last read against its sources.
Where a subject turns on contract, evidence or data protection, the guide says so and names the specialist who reviewed it. Nothing here is advice on a specific project, and the position on yours depends on the contract you signed.
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The Building Safety Act and the golden thread
Does the Building Safety Act Require BIM or ISO 19650?
No. The Act and its regulations require a golden thread that is electronic, transferable, accurate and version-controlled, and never name a standard. Here is where the confusion actually comes from, and what a defensible information system has to do instead.
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Gateway 2: What Actually Gets a Building Control Approval Application Rejected
Most Gateway 2 applications that fail do not fail on design. They fail because the twelve week clock never starts, because an incomplete application is not valid under the regulations at all. Here is what the data and the regulator actually say.
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Gateway 3 and the Golden Thread: What Happens on Handover, and What Happens After
Gateway 3 is not a building inspection. It is an information audit with a criminal offence attached, and the incoming accountable person holds an effective veto over the certificate. Here is who actually owes what, and what the golden thread has to contain once residents move in.
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