Building Standards
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Update on the Building Standards Hub Pilot
30th January 2023 by Simon Moore
This guest blog post provides an update on the Building Standards Hub Pilot, by Hub Directors Alan McAulay and James Whiteford.
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Building Standards Futures Board – Update on the Seven Workstreams
5th September 2022 by Simon Moore
The Building Standards Futures Board (FB) was established in May 2019 by the then Minister for Local Government, Housing and Planning, Kevin Stewart MSP, to provide guidance and direction on making transformative changes to the building standards system. This post provides a progress update on the 7 work streams.
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Building Standards Futures Board: Verification Delivery Model – Building Standards Hub Pilot
15th June 2022 by Simon Moore
Alan McAulay, previously Team Leader at South Lanarkshire Council Building Standards, and James Whiteford, Lead Building Standards Surveyor at Scottish Borders Council, have been appointed as the Building Standards Hub (BSH) Directors from Monday 23 May 2022 for 18 months.
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Doing digital to improve building standards
3rd May 2022 by Simon Moore
The Building Standards Futures Board agreed our plans for digitally transforming the building standards system in Scotland.
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Building Standards Futures Board: Verification Delivery Model – Building Standards Hub Pilot
23rd March 2022 by Simon Moore
Scottish Government, in collaboration with Local Authority Building Standards Scotland (LABSS) and Fife Council are in the final stages of launching the Building Standards Hub Pilot, part of the work being taken forward by the Building Standards Futures Board.
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Consultation open on Building Standards Compliance and Enforcement
14th December 2021 by Simon Moore
The building regulations compliance and enforcement consultation is now open for your views on the development of a new Compliance Plan Manger role.
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Building Standards Futures Board – Update on the Seven Workstreams
11th November 2021 by Simon Moore
The Building Standards Futures Board (FB) was established in May 2019 by the then Minister for Local Government, Housing and Planning, Kevin Stewart MSP, to provide guidance and direction on making transformative changes to the building standards system.
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Making a good quality building warrant application
27th August 2021 by Simon Moore
We have published guidance on what you need to know to make a quality building warrant application. This post covers the reason for developing new national guidance, a summary of what it covers and what we hope it will achieve. Developing the guidance The compliance plan is one of seven workstreams overseen by the Building...
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Seeking views on how digital technologies can transform delivery of the building standards system
23rd August 2021 by Simon Moore
The Building Standards Futures Board has confirmed their agreement with our plans for the digital transformation of the building standards system in Scotland. Delivery of this transformation will be done in partnership with industry, and Local Authority Building Standards Scotland (LABSS) who represent all of the building standards professionals employed in local authorities. As this...
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Making better use of digital technologies
25th March 2020 by Michelle Williamson
A guest post by Frank Doherty, The Highland Council While considering this blogpost, we have entered a period of Global Pandemic, with Coronavirus impacting us all in ways we haven’t seen before. Delivering a Building Standards service has traditionally been a paper and personal contact exercise, so where does this leave us, and how can...
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