On a remediation project, it's easy for fire safety to get treated as a checklist of repairs; replace the cladding, fix the compartmentation, sign it off. But defects rarely sit in isolation. A change to one element can undermine another, and without clear ownership of design decisions, gaps open up between what was specified, what was built, and what the regulations actually require.

In this webinar, Matt Clayton, BSA Principal Designer at Global HSE Group will explain the role of the Building Regulations Principal Designer in fire safety remediation, and how that role keeps design decisions accountable and compliant from start to finish.

You'll come away understanding:

What the Building Regulations Principal Designer is responsible for, and how that differs from the CDM Principal Designer, a distinction that causes real confusion on site.

Why remediation needs to be run as a design-compliance process, not just a programme of works.

How fire strategy, architecture, structure, façades, services and passive fire protection have to be coordinated rather than addressed in isolation.

Where things go wrong: unclear design responsibility, product substitutions, and changes made during construction without proper sign-off.

How the Principal Designer supports traceability and the golden thread, particularly on higher-risk buildings.

What effective Principal Designer involvement actually looks like in practice, not just on paper.

The session is aimed at fire safety professionals, building owners and managers, designers, contractors, project managers and anyone responsible for planning or delivering fire safety remediation.