Question 1

What qualifies as a Higher Risk Building (HRB)?

Accepted Answer

Under the Building Safety Act 2022, a Higher Risk Building is at least 18 metres in height or has at least 7 storeys, AND contains at least 2 residential units. This includes purpose-built flats, mixed-use buildings with residential units, student accommodation, and care homes.

Question 2

Do all HRBs need to be registered?

Accepted Answer

Yes, all existing occupied HRBs must be registered with the Building Safety Regulator. New HRBs must be registered before they can be occupied. Threadsovereign helps you manage the registration process and maintain required information.

Question 3

What is the Accountable Person responsible for?

Accepted Answer

The Accountable Person is responsible for the safety of the building and must: register the building, apply for building assessment certificates, maintain the Golden Thread, prepare safety case reports, implement resident engagement strategies, and report safety issues.

Question 4

How does Threadsovereign help with resident engagement?

Accepted Answer

All plans include a resident portal with Schedule 2/3 information access (s.89), safety concern submissions (s.91B), statutory requests, and formal complaint channels. Duty-holders manage responses, engagement strategy, and communication logs in the occupied AP/BSM hub — these resident statutory paths are part of the BSA floor on every paid plan.

Question 5

Does Threadsovereign cover the Building Safety Act and regulations introduced after 2022?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Threadsovereign implements the Building Safety Act 2022 and the England HRB regulations that bring Parts 3 and 4 into force — including SI 2023/907 (safety case, MOR reg.6, complaints), 909, 315, 396 and SI 2024/41. Every paid plan includes the statutory floor (Gateway 1–3, golden thread, BSR registration, 16 KBI categories, safety case with 10 risk management principles, occurrence reporting under BSA s.87 / SI 2023/907 reg.6, and resident statutory paths). Tiers differ by portfolio capacity and operational tooling — not by withholding core compliance workflows.

Question 6

Is Threadsovereign built to submit to the BSR portal?

Accepted Answer

Threadsovereign prepares, evidences, and tracks work you still file on the official Building Safety Regulator and GOV.UK portals. Duty-holders remain responsible for official submission. The platform keeps correspondence, portal references, readiness scorecards, and an auditable golden thread so what you submit is complete and defensible — it is not a substitute for the regulator’s portal.

Question 7

How does Threadsovereign handle resident complaint deadlines?

Accepted Answer

SI 2023/907 reg.12 requires a complaints system with acknowledgement as soon as reasonably practicable, timely handling, published timeframes, and a reconsideration route — it does not fix a national 10 working-day response clock. Threadsovereign implements a platform policy SLA of acknowledgement plus substantive response within 10 UK working days (excluding weekends and England & Wales bank holidays), with SLA reminders for duty-holders. Residents can also request reconsideration; the platform tracks a 15 working-day reconsideration response window under the same policy.

Question 8

How does Threadsovereign handle Schedule 3 resident document requests?

Accepted Answer

Under SI 2024/41, residents can request Schedule 3 documents (including safety case summaries and fire risk assessments) through the resident portal. Accountable Persons fulfil or refuse requests with linked documents and notes. The AP dashboard tracks open information requests against a 20 UK working-day SLA target — separate from the platform policy complaint SLA under SI 2023/907 reg.12 (reg.12 does not fix a national 10 working-day response clock). Residents see fulfilment status and can download shared documents when requests are completed.

Question 9

How does Threadsovereign support resident engagement effectiveness (reg.10)?

Accepted Answer

SI 2023/907 reg.10 requires Accountable Persons to maintain an engagement strategy and demonstrate effectiveness. Threadsovereign provides an engagement effectiveness dashboard: strategy status, 21-day consultation tracking, engagement points recorded in the last 90 days, and open resident information requests — included on every paid plan alongside the BSA readiness scorecard. The dashboard helps evidence reg.10 activity; it does not judge whether your strategy is legally adequate.

Question 10

Can one organisation manage multiple HRBs?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Occupied-phase screens support multi-HRB portfolios with an explicit building selector (buildingId). Data is scoped to buildings that belong to your organisation and are marked as higher-risk buildings — duty-holders never rely on an unvalidated building identifier.

Question 11

How many Key Building Information (KBI) categories are required?

Accepted Answer

SI 2023/396 prescribes 16 categories of Key Building Information (regs 3–18): ancillary building; principal use; subordinate use; change to principal use; Approved Document B use categories; external wall materials; external wall insulation; roof; fixtures on external wall or roof; structure; storeys below ground; staircases; energy supply; energy storage; evacuation strategy; and fire and smoke control equipment. Threadsovereign tracks all 16 with completion indicators, deadline tracking, and structured export packages ready for BSR portal submission within the 28-day registration window. Full table: threadsovereign.co.uk/key-building-information.

Question 12

Does Starter include HRB and Gateway workflows?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Starter is capacity-limited, not compliance-limited. All plans include Gateway 1, 2, and 3 workflows, golden thread, BSR registration, all 16 KBI categories, safety case principles, mandatory occurrence reporting, occupied statutory paths, and resident engagement. Professional adds maintenance CMMS, analytics, automation, integrations, and higher capacity.

Question 13

Are statutory BSA workflows paywalled behind higher tiers?

Accepted Answer

No. Core statutory workflows — gateways, golden thread, BSR registration, KBI, safety case, occurrence reporting, resident information rights, complaints, engagement, and BSA readiness tools (scorecard, portfolio, deadlines, evidence packs, portal-day pack) — are available on every paid plan. Professional and Enterprise add operational tooling (maintenance CMMS, analytics, advisory PDF pre-fill, advisory drafting, natural-language search, SMS/push, webhooks, DocuSign, calendar sync) and higher capacity. Occupied maintenance is the main occupied-phase feature gated to Professional and above.

Question 14

Can I use Threadsovereign for multiple buildings?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Starter includes 3 live projects, 3 buildings, and 3 team members — with the full BSA statutory floor (Gateway 1–3, golden thread, BSR registration, 16 KBI categories, occupied statutory paths, and resident engagement). Professional scales to 15 projects, 15 buildings, and 15 users. Enterprise offers unlimited projects, buildings, and users.

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HRB Requirements Covered

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Resident Engagement

Risk Assessment

Accountable Person Duties

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