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Specialist Principal Designers in Bath, Bristol, South Wales, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire

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BSA Principal Designer, Building Regulations Compliance Made Easy with WBC Group

BSA Principal Designer for the building safety Act. WBC Group Site Inspections, Retrospective Applications for Approval, H&S compliance in construction.

BSA Principal Designer in Bath, Bristol, Cardiff and Swindon,

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What Principal Designer and Building Regulations Services do we offer?

  • BSA Principal designer (Building Safety Act)
  • Building Regulations Applications
  • Early Stage Building Control Advice to Contractors, Architects and Designers
  • Applications and advice for submissions to the Building Safety Regulator 

Our sister company Cook & Edwards Ltd have provided consultant services to corporate approved inspectors such as plan checking, engineering checks and site inspections for Building Regulations approvals as delegated inspectors.

Western Building Consultant’s team can guide your individual project through the process of building control approval, including providing technical specifications and plans. We are skilled in taking conceptual planning drawings provided by other parties such as planning consultants and working them into a technically viable solution. This includes where relevant improving the sustainability of projects and introducing new and innovative technologies and build processes. For example, we have integrated specialist building techniques such as ICF, straw bale and SIPS panels to several new build projects.

If you have a project that does not have Building Regulations approval and need strategic advice about how to get it signed off, we can advise you on the best way to tackle the application and provide any specific evidence such as structural calculations, drawings or U-value calculations to demonstrate compliance. Often the lack of approvals only come to light when a house is put up for sale or a complaint is made by neighbours, at Western we have dedicated professionals that have vast experience of both the private and public sector building control environment and will help to evaluate what your local council will require to sign the project off.

If you wish to find out if your project requires Building Regulations Approval, please contact our offices on 01225 789307.

What is the role of BSA Principal designer under the Building Safety Act?

Every project in the UK that falls under Building Regulations require a BSA Principal designer.

Fundamentally they oversee the construction phase for compliance, especially controlling change and sign off the project with the approving body at the end of the project.

A Building Safety Act Principal Designer is the duty holder responsible for planning, managing, and monitoring the design process to ensure all building work complies with the Building Safety Act and relevant regulations. Their role includes identifying and eliminating design-stage risks, coordinating safety information between designers and contractors, and ensuring that every aspect of the design meets the required safety, fire, and structural standards. By overseeing compliance from concept through to construction, a Principal Designer helps deliver safer buildings, clearer accountability, and a fully auditable “golden thread” of information throughout the project lifecycle—making them essential for any project regulated under the Building Safety Act.

 

 

BSA Principal Designer for commercial projects in Bath, Bristol, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire and South Wales

What sectors and types of projects do WBC Group work on as BSA Principal designer ?

WBC Group delivers Principal Designer (BSA) services across a wide range of sectors, supporting projects that require robust safety, fire, and structural compliance from design through delivery. We work on residential developments, high-rise buildings, commercial and office schemes, education facilities, healthcare projects, industrial units, and public-sector refurbishments. Whether it’s new-build construction, complex refurbishments, conversions, or higher-risk building projects, WBC Group ensures full Building Safety Act compliance, coordinated safety management, and a clear golden thread of information. Our experience across diverse project types allows us to provide proactive design-stage risk management and deliver safer, compliant buildings for every client.

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Who do you work for as a BSA Principal designer ?

WBC Group provides Principal Designer services to a wide range of clients across the construction industry, offering expert support from concept to completion. We work closely with architects, designers, and contractors to ensure safe, compliant design processes that meet Building Safety Act and CDM requirements. Our team also supports developers, housing associations, local authorities, and homeowners undertaking new-build or refurbishment projects. By coordinating safety information, managing design risks, and ensuring clear compliance responsibilities, WBC Group acts as a trusted BSA Principal Designer partner for clients of all sizes—from individual property owners to large multidisciplinary project teams.

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How do you support architects as a BSA Principal designer ?

As a BSA Principal Designer, WBC Group supports architects by managing and coordinating all design-stage safety requirements to ensure full compliance with the Building Safety Act. Some Architects prefer to not take on this role to reduce the technical burden of the project and free up their creative approach. We work collaboratively with architectural teams from concept design through technical delivery, identifying and reducing safety, fire, and structural risks early in the process. Our role includes reviewing design information, highlighting compliance gaps, coordinating input from other duty holders, and ensuring that all safety-critical decisions are properly recorded within the golden thread. By providing clear guidance, proactive risk management, and practical solutions, WBC Group enables architects to focus on creative design while ensuring their projects meet all statutory duties and achieve a safe, compliant design outcome.

How do you support builders, contractors and contract fit out specialists as a BSA Principal designer and Building regulations advisor ?

As a BSA Principal Designer and Building Regulations advisor, WBC Group supports builders, contractors, and fit-out specialists by ensuring all design and construction work complies with the Building Safety Act and relevant building regulations. We provide early engagement and clear guidance on design-stage risk management, highlight potential safety and compliance issues, and coordinate communication between designers and on-site teams. Our role includes reviewing construction plans, advising on safe methods of working, and maintaining the golden thread of safety-critical information. By integrating compliance advice with practical construction considerations, WBC Group helps contractors and fit-out specialists deliver projects that are safe, fully compliant, and aligned with statutory duties throughout every stage of the build. Our corporate partners trust us to help deliver their designs in a compliant and safe manner, reducing the amount of stress and reworking of design phase plans.

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How do you support homeowners as a BSA Principal designer ?

As a BSA Principal Designer and Building Regulations advisor, WBC Group supports homeowners by guiding them through the complex requirements of the Building Safety Act and ensuring their projects are safe and fully compliant. Whilst we provide this for our own projects we also offer this out to homeowners that have utilised other architects or contractors for the design, that do not wish to cover the role within their scope of works.

We help homeowners understand their responsibilities, coordinate with architects, designers, and contractors, and manage design-stage risk to prevent safety issues during construction or refurbishment. Our services include reviewing plans, advising on safe construction practices, and maintaining the golden thread of safety-critical information. By providing clear, practical advice and proactive oversight, WBC Group ensures homeowners can confidently deliver safer, compliant buildings while avoiding costly mistakes or regulatory challenges.

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At which stage do you get involved as the BSA Principal Designer ?

WBC Group can be appointed as a BSA Principal Designer at any stage of a construction or refurbishment project, ensuring Building Safety Act compliance from concept through to completion. Ideally, we are involved early in the design process to identify and manage risks, coordinate safety-critical information, and establish the golden thread of data. However, even if appointed later, our team can quickly review existing designs, highlight compliance gaps, and implement proactive safety and regulatory measures. By engaging WBC Group as your Principal Designer (BSA), clients benefit from expert oversight, risk management, and clear guidance throughout the project lifecycle, helping to deliver safer, fully compliant buildings every time.

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What areas do you cover for the role of BSA Principal Designer ?

As a BSA Principal Designer, WBC Group provides expert services across the South West of England and South Wales, covering a wide range of cities, towns, and surrounding areas. We support projects in Bristol, Bath, Cheltenham, Gloucester, Exeter, Plymouth, Cardiff, Swansea, Swindon, Reading, London, Newport and other key locations throughout the region. Our team works closely with clients across residential, commercial, and public-sector developments, ensuring full Building Safety Act compliance, proactive design-stage risk management, and a clear golden thread of safety-critical information. By focusing on these areas, WBC Group combines local knowledge with regulatory expertise, delivering safer, compliant buildings for clients throughout the South West and South Wales.

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Contact one of our team

Mark Wiltshire BSc (Hons) GradDip MCIAT

T. 01225 789307
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Sam George MSc BSc (Hons) MCIAT FCABE C.BuildE AssocRICS

T. 01225 789307
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Why us

Ethically Minded

Ethically Minded

Being socially responsible and promoting excellent ethics is at the forefront of our business. Our staff are happy and content and this is shown through our positive approach to your project. We work to the highest professional standards as required by both the RICS and CIAT. You can rest assured that when you employ WBC you will be supporting an organisation that champions local, national and international projects through schemes such as FairTrade, Mentoring Plus and the Bath percent club. This is backed up by a rigorous Corporate Social Responsibility Policy. We sponsor many grass roots sports clubs such as Combe Down Rugby Club, Frome Park Bowls Club & Cardiff Harlequins.

Realistic Timescales

Realistic Timescales

We are realistic with timescales and honest about what you will receive. Most people underestimate the time involved with a building project, but we are upfront about what is involved and will be clear about how long a project might take. Throughout the project we will continue to update you about progress and will advise you if there will be a disruption in the timetable.

Varied Architectural Style and Building Types

Varied Architectural Style and Building Types

We have vast planning experience and are adaptable to most architectural styles and ages of buildings. We are perfectly able to adapt to the style of your property from contemporary to traditional, urban to rural. We have designed projects in most styles and can use our broad experience to help design the best solution for your property, using whatever construction technology best suits your needs. Whether you plan a modest alteration or something spectacular WBC can help you achieve your project goals.

Consultant Levels of Knowledge

Consultant Levels of Knowledge

We employ qualified professionals with a variety of skill sets and the latest training. many of our employees have specialist post graduate qualifications. We also train selected staff through university programmes and professional qualifications to ensure our clients get the best trained surveyors and up to date advice. You will receive a professional, comprehensive and cohesive consultation and guidance throughout the project, ensuring that your development is handled with a consultant level of knowledge.

Survey to Completion Guarantee

Survey to Completion Guarantee

We are here for you when you need us, with our survey to completion guarantee. You won’t be left alone, we will fit in wherever you need us in the project or guide you through the whole process. You will have the knowledge that someone is always at hand whatever level of service you need.

Cost Conscious, Value for Money & Fixed Fees

Cost Conscious, Value for Money & Fixed Fees

Whilst offering exceptional value for money we also bring a positive, approachable, pragmatic, realistic and well rounded attitude to your project. You will feel at ease discussing issues with your project, our pragmatic approach to design and refurbishment means that we can often deliver built in VALUE. One example of this is recognising where cost savings can be made in the design without compromising the overall scheme and offering a higher standard of technical specification over many of our competitors, this reduces the need for outside engineering input and ultimately saves you money in fees. We are grounded which means that we can deliver a build in a cost conscious manner in order to make sure our projects are buildable.

Well Networked with Local Knowledge

Well Networked with Local Knowledge

Where we do not have the in house skills to tackle an element of a project we are well networked locally to utilise outside consultants that we have built up relationships with over many years. You will get the best of local knowledge and be introduced to like minded trusted suppliers with excellent professional services.

One Stop Shop

One Stop Shop

We can provide the majority of services required for a small project in house, making us practically a one stop shop. Having most services in house means that we are often fully accountable for the professional services on your project, this ensures simplicity, communication and efficiency. By utilising a multi-disciplinary approach we are able to keep professional costs for the project extremely competitive and hassle free, essentially you only pay for one set of overheads.

Unparalleled Technical Knowledge

Unparalleled Technical Knowledge

We have unparalleled technical knowledge and produce comprehensive architectural designs and surveys. You will be getting market-leading technical advice that has been approached with imaginative problem-solving techniques. This helps us to identify potential problems with a build before they arise.

Our knowledge adds value, an example of this is that most architects do not provide any advice on the structure of a building during the building regulations approval stage, relying on a structural engineer to produce all work relating to the super structure. At Western Building Consultants we provide structural advice on many areas, such as timber design for floors and roofs, limiting the scope of the engineers work and saving you money.

Large Team of Surveyors

Large Team of Surveyors

Having a large team of surveyors means that your project is unlikely to be held up due to other circumstances, there will always be at least two surveyors familiar with the project therefore continuity and a personal service will be retained. On larger schemes a bigger team will be assembled with the required specialist knowledge to fully support your project.

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Newport Office

Merlin House

No 1 Langstone Business Park,

Priory Drive

01633982588

Frome Office

Commerce Park, Unit R17, Marshall Way

01373488566

Bath Office

Western House,

2 Rush Hill

01225789307

Cardiff Office

Sophia House,

28 Cathedral Road

02922679366

Swindon Office

Kingston House,

Lydiard Fields

01793234516

Bristol Office

Studio 1a,

31 Berkeley Square



0117 3294290

South Gloucestershire Office

Unit 2, Byre Workshops, Winterbourne Court Farm Barn, Church Lane, Winterbourne

0117 3294290

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