Can a single person be competent to sign off a complex building?

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And will insurers cover architects for the principal designer role, asks Andrew Mellor as he unpicks the rapidly changing rules

We are in the midst of a period of rapidly changing legislation and related guidance. It is already very difficult to keep up with it all, but this will only get harder over the next few years. 

With so much change underway, it will not be easy for those in the industry to obtain – and maintain – full knowledge and understanding of all of the new legislation required. 

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