Last Updated: 14 September 2026
This Disclaimer applies to the BuildRegs website and the services provided by Residential Compliance Group Ltd, trading as BuildRegs.
Please read it alongside our Terms and Conditions and your project quotation. It explains the limits of our website information and technical design appointment. It does not reduce the services expressly agreed in your quotation or override statutory duties or rights.
BuildRegs is a trading name of Residential Compliance Group Ltd, a company registered in England and Wales.
Company Number: 17300658
Registered Office: 124 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, United Kingdom.
References to “BuildRegs”, “we”, “us” or “our” mean Residential Compliance Group Ltd trading as BuildRegs.
The information published on our website is for general guidance only. Whilst we make reasonable efforts to keep it accurate and up to date, it may not address the circumstances of a particular property, project or regulatory jurisdiction.
Website content is not project-specific engineering, architectural, structural or legal advice. Obtain appropriate advice for your individual project before relying on information for design, construction or other decisions.
This distinction does not limit our responsibility for professional advice or documentation supplied as part of an agreed appointment.
Our articles, guides and educational content provide general information about residential construction, Building Regulations and structural engineering. They must not be treated as project-specific professional advice.
Every property is different. Structural solutions must be assessed and designed for the individual building and proposed works.
Illustrations, example calculations and sample documents are explanatory only. They are not construction details for your property and must not be used to select structural members, determine foundation sizes or carry out structural alterations without project-specific design.
Quotations are based on the drawings, documents and project information supplied. The services, deliverables and any specific exclusions are confirmed in the quotation.
If the project changes or additional information affects the agreed scope, we will explain the implications and agree any additional work and fee before undertaking that work, in accordance with our Terms and Conditions.
A contract is formed only in accordance with the contract-formation provisions in our Terms and Conditions. Receipt of an automated quotation, acknowledgement or payment confirmation does not, by itself, confirm that drawing permissions or dutyholder arrangements have been checked or that technical work can begin.
Before supplying drawings, plans, photographs, calculations or other materials, the Client must ensure that they own the relevant rights or have the necessary lawful authority, licences and permissions to supply them and permit their use for the agreed services.
Owning the property, paying for drawings or obtaining them from a public planning portal does not, by itself, establish all necessary rights. An existing project licence may permit their use; the Client should check its scope and obtain any additional permission needed.
By supplying materials, the Client confirms that they may authorise BuildRegs and its appointed engineers or technical consultants to store, copy, annotate, develop, adapt and share those materials as reasonably necessary to review and deliver the agreed project. This includes necessary sharing with Building Control and the project team, subject to the rights and restrictions that apply.
The Client must disclose relevant licence restrictions or disputes and provide reasonable evidence of permission if requested. Where rights are unclear or challenged, we may decline to use the affected material or pause affected services while the position is clarified, as set out in our Terms and Conditions.
Third-party rights remain with their respective owners. Client confirmation does not create rights the Client does not hold or excuse unlawful use by BuildRegs. This permission does not authorise unrelated reuse or marketing use of the supplied materials.
Structural calculations are prepared for the agreed works using the drawings, specifications and project information supplied. The Client must provide accurate, complete and current information and promptly identify changes or known uncertainties.
Unless expressly included in our appointment, our remote service does not include physical verification of existing dimensions, structural arrangements, foundations, ground conditions, concealed elements, materials or previous alterations.
This does not remove our responsibility to exercise reasonable care and skill when assessing the supplied information and preparing our design. Where information is insufficient or reasonably calls for clarification or investigation, we will identify the information needed before finalising the affected design.
Calculations apply to the particular project, design and assumptions for which they were prepared. Changes to the proposal or actual site conditions may require review and revised documentation before the affected works proceed.
Building Regulations drawings are prepared for the works described in the accepted quotation. They provide technical information for Building Control assessment and for the contractor carrying out those works, within the agreed scope.
BuildRegs is not the Building Control Body and cannot guarantee approval. The relevant Building Control Body assesses compliance and makes the applicable regulatory decisions. Drawings and calculations do not replace required site inspections or completion procedures.
Descriptions such as “coordinated technical package”, “for Building Control” or “for your contractor” refer to the documents and design work included in the quotation. They do not, by themselves, appoint BuildRegs to manage the whole project or perform either Principal Designer role.
Unless specifically agreed in writing, our services are delivered remotely and do not include site inspections, measured surveys, structural investigations, construction supervision or physical verification of existing structures.
The absence of a site visit does not mean that investigations or site checks are unnecessary. Where required information cannot be established reliably, appropriate measurements, surveys, opening-up or specialist investigation may be needed before the affected design or construction proceeds.
Where site conditions differ from the information supplied, notify BuildRegs promptly. We will explain any required review and any additional work outside the agreed scope.
BuildRegs provides the technical design services described in its quotation. We do not supervise construction or inspect workmanship unless separately agreed in writing.
Contractors and other project dutyholders must fulfil their respective responsibilities for safe construction, suitable materials, following the current design documents, compliance during construction and arranging the required Building Control inspections. The Client must cooperate with those arrangements to the extent required by the applicable law and contract.
Our documents do not authorise unreviewed alterations or departures from the design. Keep the current drawings and calculations available to the project team and refer discrepancies or proposed changes to the relevant designer before the affected work proceeds.
These arrangements do not transfer responsibility for BuildRegs’ own design errors to the Client or contractor, or override any statutory allocation of duties, including the rules for domestic clients.
Remote documentation cannot establish every concealed condition. These may include hidden structural members, decay, corrosion, defective construction, inadequate existing foundations or unrecorded alterations.
Notify BuildRegs promptly if such conditions are discovered. Do not continue affected work on assumptions that are known to be incorrect; obtain appropriate project-specific advice and arrange any necessary safety measures through the responsible contractor or dutyholder.
Further investigation or design review may be required. Any additional fee for work outside the agreed scope will be agreed before it is undertaken. This does not exclude our responsibility for matters that we should reasonably identify or address when performing our own services.
BuildRegs does not supervise or certify the independent work of contractors, architects, suppliers, manufacturers or other professionals appointed separately by the Client unless expressly included in our appointment. We do not control Building Control decisions or guarantee the performance of those independent parties.
However, we remain responsible for our own agreed services, including work delivered on our behalf by engineers, consultants or subcontractors, to the extent required by our contract and the applicable law. We will cooperate and share relevant design information as required by our designer duties.
Changes made by others to the design or construction may require review and revised drawings or calculations.
BuildRegs is engaged as a designer for the technical design services expressly described in its accepted quotation. BuildRegs does not offer or accept appointment as Principal Designer under either:
Our services do not include acting as Principal Contractor.
The two Principal Designer roles are distinct. The CDM role concerns health and safety coordination during the pre-construction phase; the Building Regulations role concerns coordination of design work for Building Regulations compliance.
Excluding Principal Designer services does not mean BuildRegs has no dutyholder responsibilities. We remain responsible for our own design services, reasonable care and skill, and the statutory duties applicable to our work and to designers under our control.
This includes required cooperation with the Client, Principal Designer, other designers and contractors, considering how our design interacts with other design work, and communicating relevant risks or compliance concerns.
The project must have the competent dutyholders and appointments required by the applicable legislation. The Client must cooperate in establishing those arrangements and supply relevant appointment details reasonably requested by BuildRegs.
The position depends on the actual project, control of the relevant work, the applicable English or Welsh rules and any transitional provisions. Domestic clients are subject to specific statutory arrangements. This Disclaimer does not transfer to them duties the law places on someone else.
An earlier planning appointment or a designer’s name on a drawing does not, by itself, confirm an ongoing Principal Designer arrangement. Equally, a contractual exclusion cannot remove a statutory duty that actually falls on BuildRegs.
Before affected design work begins, we may request the relevant dutyholder names, contact details and appointment confirmations. Tell us promptly if an appointment ends or responsibility for design coordination changes.
If the arrangements would require BuildRegs to provide the excluded Principal Designer service, or are unclear, we will seek appropriate clarification or alternative arrangements before starting the affected design work. If an issue arises later, affected services may be paused where reasonably necessary, consistently with existing statutory and safety duties and the Client’s cancellation and refund rights.
Do not identify BuildRegs as Principal Designer on an application or declaration merely because we have produced drawings or calculations. Raise any proposed identification with us so the actual statutory position can be established; this Disclaimer does not permit an inaccurate declaration.
Subject to existing Client and third-party rights, intellectual property in original documentation produced by BuildRegs remains with Residential Compliance Group Ltd unless otherwise agreed in writing.
Once full payment has been received, the Client may use the documentation for the agreed project and make and share copies with Building Control, appointed designers and Principal Designers, contractors, fabricators and professional advisers as reasonably necessary for that project. A professional practice instructing BuildRegs may also supply it to its customer for the same project.
This project-use permission is subject to the licence in our Terms and Conditions and any applicable third-party rights. It does not permit reuse for another property, resale as a reusable design or use outside the agreed scope. Proposed amendments to our design must be referred for review in accordance with the Terms and Conditions.
Residential Compliance Group Ltd maintains Professional Indemnity Insurance in respect of the professional services provided by BuildRegs. Cover is subject to the policy’s terms, conditions, limits and exclusions. Evidence of current cover may be requested.
Professional Indemnity Insurance is not a guarantee of Building Control approval or a construction or workmanship warranty. The presence or extent of insurance does not determine or remove our legal responsibilities.
The contractual provisions governing liability are set out in our Terms and Conditions and apply only to the extent permitted by law. This Disclaimer does not create additional blanket exclusions of responsibility for our services.
Nothing in this Disclaimer excludes or restricts rights or remedies that cannot lawfully be excluded, including applicable consumer rights concerning reasonable care and skill. Nothing excludes liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or any other liability that cannot legally be excluded.
The descriptions of client information, remote working, construction and third-party responsibilities do not excuse BuildRegs’ own negligence or breach of duty.
Please read this Disclaimer together with our Terms and Conditions, Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy and your project quotation.
The agreed quotation and Terms and Conditions define the contractual services. This Disclaimer explains their context; it does not override an express commitment or mandatory legal protection.
Please review these documents before supplying materials or instructing services. Providing drawings confirms the authority to supply and permit their use described above and in our Terms and Conditions. Acceptance of a service contract is governed by those Terms, not by simply viewing a webpage.
For questions about the scope of our services, drawing permissions or project dutyholder arrangements, contact support@buildregs.co.uk before proceeding.
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