RiskFlag's Golden Thread

You’ve always been able to store evidence within RiskFlag, it has been a core part of the platform since the earliest versions.

For housing clients, however, RiskFlag is no longer just a safety case platform. It is now also the single source of truth for building evidence management, the Golden Thread.

This fantastic new feature comes at no extra cost and is available to you now, maintaining our philosophy of providing clients with more capability at no extra cost.

A safety case starts with a Claim for safety. For a Higher-risk Building (HRB) a simple safety Claim could be, ‘the building is safe for residents to live in’. This Claim is supported by safety Arguments and Evidence.

The safety Arguments answers why the Claim is valid. The safety Evidence is the verifiable data that supports the arguments.

Evidence is therefore essential to a safety case. In the context of HRB safety cases, you do not need to prove every individual component. Instead, the evidence must be proportionate to demonstrate that the building is safe. This is why RiskFlag historically only stored the evidence required for the safety case.

The same principle applies in legal and regulatory contexts. Consider a barrister presenting a case in court. The barrister does not prove guilt or innocence directly. Instead, they present proportionate evidence that supports the argument and leads the court to a conclusion.

However, in addition to an every HRB requiring a safety case, it is also a requirement of the Building Safety Act that a digital record of evidence of the building be kept digitally and stored securely. This has been termed the Golden Thread.

Historically, many housing clients stored evidence across SharePoint sites, legacy systems, and disconnected folders. This created duplication, reduced visibility, and made it difficult to maintain confidence in the integrity of information.

RiskFlag now solves this by providing a single, secure, and structured source of truth, the Golden Thread, in the same eco-system as your HRB safety cases.

We would be very happy to provide a demonstration showing how this works in practice for both existing and prospective RiskFlag users.