Building Standards
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Launch of the Scottish Building Standards Hub
24th September 2024 by Simon Moore
Tuesday 3 September 2024 marked the official launch of the Scottish Building Standards Hub (SBSH) at Carnegie Conference Centre in Dunfermline.
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Scottish Building Standards Hub – May 2024 Update
29th May 2024 by Simon Moore
The Hub will continue to work closely with Local Authority Building Standards Scotland (LABSS) and Building Standards Division (BSD) to strengthen the Building Standards system. The SBSH will play a key role in supporting transformation, quality, and delivery of compliant buildings through the building warrant process.
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New Compliance Plan Early Adopters Scheme for buildings classified as High Risk Buildings
2nd April 2024 by Simon Moore
Building Standards Division has officially launched the New Compliance Plan Early Adopters Scheme for buildings classified as High Risk Buildings.
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Scottish Building Standards Hub
8th March 2024 by Simon Moore
As part of the Future Board Programme to strengthen the building standards system in Scotland, the Scottish Government, in partnership with LABSS and Fife Council, will be launching Scottish Building Standards Hub from May 2024 following a successful two year pilot phase.
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Building Warrant Fee Increases 2024
19th February 2024 by Simon Moore
Building warrant fees will increase from 1 April 2024 following a Public Consultation in 2023. Fees are being increased to support the changes being introduced to strengthen the building standards system through the work of the Futures Board programme.
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Building Standards – A New Compliance Plan Approach
12th January 2024 by Simon Moore
In response to the recommendations made by the Review Panel on Building Standards Compliance and Enforcement in 2018, the Scottish Government’s Building Standards Division (BSD) has been working on a new Compliance Plan (CP) approach for buildings classified as High Risk Buildings (HRB).
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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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