Browse 11 verified regulations & law CPD resources for UK construction professionals — from professional bodies, manufacturers and suppliers. Free and paid options available.
Regulations and law CPD covers the legislative and regulatory framework that governs construction in the UK. This framework has undergone more change in recent years than at any time in a generation: the Building Safety Act 2022 — the most significant piece of construction legislation since the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 — has introduced new roles, duties and accountability mechanisms across the industry. Alongside this, major updates to the Approved Documents covering energy efficiency (Part L), ventilation (Part F), overheating (Part O) and fire safety (Part B) have set new technical standards for new buildings. The resources in this category cover building regulations compliance, the Building Safety Act, planning law, contract law and the specialist regulatory knowledge needed for construction practice.
Advising clients or designing buildings based on outdated regulatory knowledge can result in non-compliant buildings, enforcement action, costly remediation and professional liability. The pace of regulatory change in recent years — with the Building Safety Act, the Fire Safety Act, multiple Approved Document updates and the Building Safety Regulator all coming into force between 2021 and 2023 — means that regulatory CPD is not a one-off exercise but an ongoing professional obligation. RIBA includes legal, regulatory and statutory compliance as a mandatory core curriculum topic. CIAT lists legislation and regulation as one of its 10 required competency areas. RICS requires members to maintain competency in relevant regulation across their practice area.
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The Building Safety Act 2022 is the UK government's legislative response to the Grenfell Tower fire and the Hackitt Review. It introduces new roles (Principal Designer and Principal Contractor with explicit safety duties), a new regulatory gateway process for higher-risk buildings, a mandatory safety case regime, requirements for a golden thread of building information, and new powers for residents of higher-risk buildings.
Approved Documents are guidance documents published by the government to show ways of complying with specific parts of the Building Regulations. The main ones are: Part A (Structure), Part B (Fire Safety), Part C (Site Preparation), Part E (Sound), Part F (Ventilation), Part L (Energy Efficiency), Part M (Access), Part O (Overheating) and Part R (Physical Infrastructure for High-Speed Connections).
The 2021 update to Approved Document L (Conservation of Fuel and Power) introduced a 31% reduction in carbon emissions for new homes compared to the previous standard, as an interim step towards the Future Homes Standard. It also introduced a new Primary Energy metric, updated the SAP calculation methodology to SAP 10.2, and introduced new requirements for as-built testing and documentation.
CPD providers in this category: Designing Buildings, Knauf Insulation Limited, Local Authority Building Control, Marshalls plc, NBS (National Building Specification), National Federation of Roofing Contractors, National House Building Council, Royal Institute of British Architects, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, Sika Limited UK, VELUX Group.