Creating apps and opportunities for Cascade Risk Management
Success rate in BAC application submissions
Outperforming the industry average approval rate of 27% for first submissions
Reducing report production time from three months to less than a month
Cascade Risk Management specialises in the creation and management of safety cases. Founded by husband-and-wife team Tom and Emily, the company draws on their military background and experience in safety risk management to disrupt the sector and create products that address user frustrations.
Core Services Provided
Our task
Cascade Risk Management challenged Tribus to develop a digital application that would transform the creation and management of safety cases, whilst addressing a key industry-wide issue.
In the current process, the Building Safety Regulator (BSR) requires companies to submit a building safety case report within just 28 days of being called forward to submit a BAC application. For those without up-to-date information, meeting this deadline is almost impossible. So, working with Tribus, Cascade Risk Management wanted to create the sector’s first fully comprehensive digital safety system adopting the Claim-Argument-Evidence (CAE) framework. This innovation would ensure key information remained current, contained, and report-ready at the click of a button.
Our approach
Utilising our vast experience in construction, including multiple award-winning projects in risk management, we created the digital application Cascade. This dynamic app includes a range of user benefits:
Features that are fit for purpose: Unlike generic compliance tools retrofitted for safety, Cascade is explicitly designed to handle building safety cases, with workflows, barrier management, dashboards, and action tracking all built in.
Real-time oversight and automation to save time and costs: The platform offers instant visibility of risk areas and the status of safety case tasks, with automated reports and workflows helping reduce reliance on large teams or outsourced support.
Up-to-date digital safety cases ready for regulation: To help manage pressures from regulator deadlines, the application allows users to keep live, cloud-based safety cases so that they’re always ready to report.
To create this product, Tribus began with a formal scoping phase to outline the potential functionality of the application. Leveraging our domain and sector knowledge, we suggested functions and ideas around how things might work, as well as supporting Cascade Risk Management’s vision. By acting as a sounding board to test and challenge the initial brief, we uncovered new deliverables for the project, aligned to their desired business outcomes and needs.
From here, a minimum viable product (MVP) version of the application went into design and development. This allowed Cascade Risk Management to get to market quickly and stagger development costs in line with its business plan.
Going forward, we’re working with Cascade Risk Management on a programme of innovation that will continue to optimise and develop the product, cementing its position as the industry-leading application for safety case management.
Where things developed
Funding
Digital tools
Consultancy
Our results
100%
27%
Positive reduction
Don't take our word for it
"Our experience with Tribus has been excellent. The team combines first-class product development and project management with strong financial controls and outstanding engagement. We would highly recommend them as trusted partners for their sector expertise and collaborative approach." Emily Harbottle, Director, Cascade Risk Management