Golden thread document management

Store and structure building safety information so it is accurate, current, securely held and accessible - with version history, document status and expiry tracking, and an audit trail the regulator can rely on.

The golden thread duty has applied to occupied higher-risk buildings since 1 October 2023: building safety information must be accurate, kept up to date, stored digitally and made available to the people who need it. BuildSafe gives that information a single, version-controlled home, organised against the Building Safety Act's information requirements rather than scattered across inboxes and shared drives.

Every document has an owner, a status and, where relevant, an expiry date, and every change is captured in an audit trail. Role-based access means owners, managing agents and the Regulator each see what they are entitled to, and the same records feed straight into your Key Building Information and safety case - so the golden thread is never a separate exercise.

When did the golden thread become a legal duty?

It has applied to occupied higher-risk buildings since 1 October 2023 - building safety information must be accurate, current, stored digitally and accessible to those who need it.

Does a shared drive count as a golden thread?

Not really. The duty expects structured, access-controlled, auditable information. BuildSafe provides version control, defined ownership and an audit trail that a general file store does not.