Building Standards
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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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2021 National Customer Satisfaction Survey Now Live
6th October 2021 by Simon Moore
We are pleased to announce that the 2021 National Customer Satisfaction Survey is live. Now in its eighth year, the purpose of the annual survey of users of the local authority building standards service is to obtain nationally consistent customer satisfaction data across all 32 local authorities in Scotland. The data enables a comparison analysis...
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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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The Role of LABSS within the Building Standards System – Customer Survey
25th May 2021 by Michelle Williamson
Optimal Economics is undertaking a research project for the Building Standards Division (BSD) of the Scottish Government to identify and quantify the role and contribution Local Authority Buildings Standards Scotland (LABSS) makes to the delivery of the building standards system in Scotland. LABSS works closely with BSD to produce technical and procedural guidance papers, it...
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Improved fire safety for new flats and social homes – Dissemination Events
20th January 2021 by Michelle Williamson
Changes to sprinkler regulations Work on fire safety, including greater provision of automatic fire suppression systems, has been taken forward as part of the Ministerial Working Group on Building and Fire Safety, formed following the Grenfell Tower fire in London in 2017. An important part of this work was to increase the provision of automatic fire...
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Introducing the Competency Assessment System
17th December 2020 by Michelle Williamson
A guest post by Bob Renton, Consultant to Local Authority Building Standards Scotland, about the development of the Competency Assessment System and plans for implementation next year. The Competency Assessment System, or CAS for short, has been developed over the last couple of years by Local Authority Building Standards Scotland (LABSS) with involvement from many...
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Certification
4th December 2020 by Michelle Williamson
Blog by William Hamilton – Certification Officer The use of certifiers of design and construction have become commonplace as part of the building standards system. However, the reports carried out after the Edinburgh Schools Inquiry and Grenfell Tower Tragedy have highlighted that an increase in the scope of certification could help to improve the construction...
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Meet the Expert – the first Building Standards Ambassador Event
26th November 2020 by Michelle Williamson
A guest post from Danny Henderson, City of Edinburgh Council After being invited by the Building Standards Division to join the newly formed Building Standards Ambassadors Network earlier in the year, I was delighted to participate in my first engagement session with many young people from high schools across Scotland. I was asked to participate...
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2020 National Customer Satisfaction Survey Now Live
8th October 2020 by Simon Moore
We are pleased to announce that the 2020 National Customer Satisfaction Survey is live. Now in its seventh year, the purpose of the annual survey of users of the local authority building standards service, is to obtain nationally consistent customer satisfaction data across all 32 local authorities in Scotland and to enable comparison analysis between...
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