Scottish building standards review to report in October

A review of whether Scottish councils can remain impartial when signing off their own building projects is due to conclude in October, the Scottish Government has revealed. The study will examine how effectively Scotland’s pre-emptive building standards system delivers compliance with regulations. Scotland’s 32 local… The post Scottish building standards review to report in October appeared first on Construction News.

Is carbon data your next competitive advantage?

Carbon and sustainability data is really commercial and quality data by another name, argues Seddon's Louis Saunderson. As procurement tightens back towards hard value for money, contractors who treat carbon simply as compliance are leaving useful evidence unused. The post Is carbon data your next competitive advantage? appeared first on Construction Management.

Conference to focus on shifting safety culture in construction

A conference next month will examine how construction’s safety agenda must move beyond compliance and regulation. The post Conference to focus on shifting safety culture in construction appeared first on Construction Management.

Compliance is just the start for the construction safety agenda

Andrew Leslie argues that regulations alone will not drive industry improvement in safety practices and behaviours The post Compliance is just the start for the construction safety agenda appeared first on Construction Management.

Cardo snaps up 280-staff compliance specialist CCS

£30m turnover Andover firm strengthens electrical, heating and retrofit skills

bsi - PAS 8671:2022 - Built environment – Framework for competence of individual principal designers, 27072022

Specifies competence thresholds that individuals are expected to meet when delivering or managing the dutyholder functions of the principal designer, and additional competencies for working on higher-risk buildings (HRBs). Areas of competence include appropriate behaviour; legislative and regulatory framework for compliance; management of design work compliance; and technical framework for compliance.

Building Magazine - A new construction products tsar, 18022021

The Government has committed to establish a national regulator for construction products as part of wider reforms to address systemic failings identified by the Hackitt Review - Will the new regulator have the teeth it needs? And what about product testing?

McKinsey & Company - Insurance: Transforming risk and compliance, Oct 21

Insurers are having to reinvent themselves in the multiyear reality of COVID-19, increased levels of uncertainty, pressures for efficiency, and the need to be resilient and relevant by tapping new sources of growth The Risk & Compliance functions are expected not only to go on protecting insurance companies from downside risks but also to shift toward providing them with strategic advice to support growth (e.g. new business) and change (e.g. company-wide cost and tech transformations)

How does BIM support defensible compliance with building codes, fire regulations, and authority review processes?

How BIM Level of Development (LOD) 400 Ensures Precise Fire Sprinkler & Smoke Control System Modeling for NFPA Compliance?

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