Building Standards

  • Certification

    4th December 2020 by

     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

    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

    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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  • A Building Standards Career

    1st October 2020 by

    A guest post by Ann-Marie Scollon To mark the launch of the Building Standards Workforce Strategy, Ann-Marie Scollon, Building Standards Surveyor in West Dunbartonshire Council shares her experience of joining the profession. In 2010, I graduated with a Building Surveying degree. During my studies, I encountered a lecturer who was passionate about Building Standards Surveying....

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  • Building Standards Division on working from home

    24th September 2020 by

    Blog by Senior Management Team, Linda Stewart, Steven Scott and Neil Mitchell When we left the office in March, no one expected we would be away from our desks, each other and our normal routines for so long!  Now, working from home (WFH) is the new normal!  It has not been without its challenges, setting...

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  • Building Standards Workforce Strategy Blog – September 2020

    11th September 2020 by

    blog by Gordon Gilchrist Leading up to March this year, Building Standards Division was full steam ahead with preparations to launch the workforce strategy.  So much work was in place to make sure the strategy would be ready for its planned launch at the end of May.  Unfortunately, due to the COVID-19 pandemic we had...

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  • Impacts of COVID-19 on the Building and Construction Sector in Australia

    24th August 2020 by

    A guest post from Neil Savery, Chief Executive, Australian Building Codes Board In many respects the building and construction sector has fared better than most, as at no stage has it been subject to closure as part of any lockdown measures applied to date.  This in part reflects the significance of its contribution to the...

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  • Impacts of COVID-19 on the Building and Construction Sector in America

    20th August 2020 by

    A guest post from Judy Zakreski, Vice President of Global Services, International Code Council, America The COVID-19 pandemic with which the world is still contending has impacted every aspect of life, and the construction and building safety industry are no exception. Every country – and in some countries, individual jurisdictions – have navigated a different...

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  • Interview with an Approved Certifier about working on site during the COVID-19 pandemic

    17th August 2020 by

    A guest post from SNIPEF and approved certifier Lee Paterson of James Paterson Plumbing and Heating Ltd about returning to work on site. Tell us about your business We are a family run business which was started by my father in 1987. We started off with three staff and now employ 96 people. We have four...

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  • Remote Verification Inspection Journey

    3rd August 2020 by

     A guest post by Laura Shanks from Stirling Council’s Building Standards Team Remote Verification Inspection? This is the prominent question that triggers the most discussion within our building standards team. In recent months our team determined that Remote Verification Inspection (RVI) would be a real time virtual inspection arranged and determined by the case officer,...

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