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Revolutionise how you collect, manage, and secure photographic documentation: Save Time and Stay Compliant with Part L

PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE

Deliver on new compliance requirements to demonstrate build quality and energy efficiency

  • Capture and collate evidence of as built energy efficiency measures

  • Our innovative app offers a faster way to collect and store compliance evidence

  • Reduce the performance gap

  • Fulfil updated regulatory requirements

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New photographic evidence requirements mandate that design specifications must be evidenced at ‘as built’ stage for every new home. 

Under recent updates to the Building Regulations (AD-L), an archive of photographs must be created for all new homes during construction, to be shared with both building control and future owners or occupiers.  

This move is intended to reduce the performance gap between design intent and build, ensuring accountability through the construction and assessment process. It will also improve the accuracy of SAP assessments, ensuring information matches the design specification. 

Our photographic evidence service supports developers to easily fulfil this new compliance requirement. 

New regulatory requirements for Photographic Evidence

Photographic Evidence is now a regulatory requirement under Approved Document L (AD-L) of the Building Regulations 

Imagery must be captured unique to each property or dwelling being built, showing each stage of construction. 

It is intended that these new requirements will improve the accuracy of energy assessment and, ultimately, energy performance of homes, as build teams know all energy efficiency works are being documented and will be externally assessed. 

Where images are non-compliant, not provided, or are believed to show another property, an assessor may be unable to issue the property’s EPC. 

Criteria AD-L Photographic Evidence requirements apply to developments registered with building control from June 15, 2022, in England, or November 23, 2022, in Wales. Additionally, sites registered before this date but where works have not started on a given building within one year of the regulations going live will also be subject to the requirements. 

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What building elements need to be evidenced?

Photographs of the foundations and substructure, external walls, and roof must clearly show insulation in position, and thermal continuity around junctions. Photographs of the installation of windows must be taken, and certification demonstrating the property has been air tested must be supplied. Photographs of the heating and hot water systems and ventilation system must show the make and model of services. 

How should the Photographic Evidence be captured and stored? 

Photos must be: 

  • Clear – high enough resolution to clearly show the building components 
  • Taken for each individual property 
  • Time, date and geo-stamped – all automated through our free app
  • Collated in an accessible digital archive, using a clear naming convention for files for ease of audit – all evidence will be be stored in your secure online dashboard 
  • Readily available for inspection by the SAP assessor and the building control body 
  • Provided to the first owner/occupier of the property. 

Photos can be taken by anyone during build, typically site managers, providing they fulfil the above criteria. They are not the responsibility of external assessors. 

Photographic Evidence is required for new residential properties only. They aren’t mandated for retrofits on existing dwellings, nor for non-residential buildings. 

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Our Photographic Evidence service:

Gone are the days of clunky manual processes, and compliance headaches. Our Photographic Evidence Platform has been designed with your needs in mind, offering features that ensure effortless compliance, every time.

  • Automated Time-Stamping & Geo-Tagging
    Every photo is automatically time-stamped and geo-tagged, ensuring regulatory standards are met with minimal effort.
  • Guided Checklists for Each Stage
    The app’s intuitive interface provides step-by-step guidance, helping you capture the correct images for each stage of the process. This minimises the risk of missed documentation and reduces costly compliance delays.
  • Secure Online Dashboard
    All your projects, images, and reports are stored in a central, secure dashboard. This ensures easy access to your compliance data whenever you need it, providing a robust backup to support your evidence requirements.
  • Purpose-Built for BREL Requirements
    Tailored specifically for Part L compliance, the platform eliminates unnecessary complexity, allowing you to focus on building with confidence while staying compliant.
  • Accessible and User-Friendly
    The app will be free to download on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.
  • Full Audit Trail
    With geolocated image collection, a comprehensive audit trail and an easy view of your progress against the standards of Part L, you’ll always have the evidence you need at your fingertips.

 

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