The Golden Thread
Following the Grenfell tower tragedy, the government appointed Dame Judith Hackitt to lead an independent review of building regulations and fire safety. In her report, building a safer future, she recommended the introduction of a ‘golden thread’ as a tool to manage buildings as holistic systems and allow people to use information to safely and effectively design, construct and operate their buildings.
She stated that ‘a robust golden thread of key information’ should be ‘passed across to future building owners to underpin more effective safety management throughout the building life cycle’. She set out that these recommendations were to address the problems within the industry of key information not being effectively managed, or even available throughout the life cycle of the building, including when there is a change in
ownership. She was clear that because of these issues, the relevant people do not have the information they require to ensure their buildings’ safety.
The government committed to implementing Dame Judith Hackitt’s golden thread recommendations, recognising that this would be an integral component of the wider building safety programme. The government set out that the golden thread will apply to all buildings within scope of the new more stringent building safety regime, being introduced through the Building Safety Bill.
For more information, please check out these links:
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Building Regulations Advisory Committee: Golden Thread Report - GOV.UK
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What is the Golden Thread? (NBS)
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How the golden thread of information will impact our clients - Buro Happold
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The Golden Thread: Keeping our building and infrastructure assets safe - BIM