As the coronavirus pandemic began sending waves of COVID-19 patients to hospitals early last year, the federal government ordered states to inspect the facilities with an eye to measures that would ...

Ireland's approach to the enforcement of building regulations requires a cultural shift, according to the new President of the Society of Chartered Surveyors. Kevin Hollingsworth called for a new ...

Reflecting on my career, I began in Local Authority Building Control (LABC) just as the market was about to undergo lasting change. In 1985, NHBC became the first Approved Inspector under the Building ...

The Building Control Independent Panel (BCIP) has made its first public statement, which highlighted that commercial bodies are returning building control work to councils in “unreasonable ...

Both Chelmsford and York councils’ building control web pages state that building inspections are currently unavailable, citing a significant backlog of work and serious staff shortages. The pauses ...

The Building Control Independent Panel’s call for evidence is the most significant opportunity in a generation to reshape how we regulate building safety in England. The panel’s ‘problem statement’ ...