Building Safety Act drives new competence requirements for FMs

The Building Safety Act is reshaping competence requirements across the built environment, with facilities management firms investing in specialist roles, training and accreditation to meet the new regime. Recent appointments to building safety teams reflect the urgency with which the sector is responding, particularly for businesses managing high-rise residential buildings, healthcare estates or complex commercial property. The Act places greater legal responsibility on building owners, managers and contractors, with serious consequences for non-compliance.

For FM and service businesses, the Act's reach extends beyond buildings to the systems, contractors and operations that support them—including fleet and mobile service delivery. Duty-of-care obligations now encompass a wider range of risks, from contractor management and emergency response to the vehicles used by engineers, cleaners and maintenance teams. Businesses must demonstrate that their operations are safe, auditable and compliant, and that includes robust management of work-related driving, vehicle maintenance and mobile worker safety.

If your business operates in facilities management or property services, it's essential to review your policies on grey fleet, work-related driving and vehicle compliance. Connected fleet systems and telematics can provide the audit trail and real-time oversight the new regime demands, while also reducing risk and improving efficiency. Training, record-keeping and clear accountability are now baseline expectations, not nice-to-haves.

Bluepoppy helps FM and service businesses bring their fleets up to the standards the Building Safety Act and wider duty-of-care legislation require. From telematics and driver risk management to vehicle compliance and policy support, we can guide you through the changes. If you're not sure where your fleet stands, a Fleet Cost Review will highlight the gaps and show you how to close them. Get in touch.

Bluepoppy view: Building Safety Act compliance reaches into your fleet—get your vehicles, drivers and systems audit-ready now.

Source: FMUK Online — summarised and written from a Bluepoppy perspective. We don’t reproduce the original article.