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Scott Brownrigg
Regulations Review
CIC
Peter Caplehorn
26th October 2010
Scott Brownrigg
Regulations what have we got?
Building Act 1984 +Building Regulations 2000 Needs updateApproved Documents A B C D E F G H J K L M N P Reg7 Manual Needs updateAccredited Construction Details Robust details Do they work?Disability Discrimination Acts 1995 and 2005 Lawyers don’t understandBS 8300: 2009 Guide for designers comingRegulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 Not working Fire Risk Assessments Poor compliance poor understandingEU Works Directive (Tendering/Procurement) Badly used understoodEU Construction Products Directive Potentially destructive EU Services Directive Potentially destructive Health & Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 Lord Young review underwayThe CDM Regulations 2007 Review underwayThe Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 Poor compliance
Scott Brownrigg
Regulations what have we got?
Housing Act 2004 Is it working?
Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 Too complex
Lifetime Homes Too complex
London Housing Design Guides Soon to be replaced?
HCA Housing Standards Poor compliance
Building for Life
Party Wall Act 1996
Climate Change Act 2008
Sustainable and Secure Buildings Act 2004 Not yet used?
The Site Waste Management Plans Regulations 2008 Understood/ignored
Code for Sustainable Homes Scope compliance issues
BREEAM Commercial validation but is it just points scoring?
Energy performance certificates Do they make a difference?
Scott Brownrigg
Regulations what have we got?
And ….
BCO (British Council for Offices) Off message?
CSCS Card PQP Probably ready for use now
British Standards supporting building regulations
Approximately 400 quoted directly in the approved documents nearly half of these have been withdrawn
SSIP (Safety systems in procurement) Needed because accreditation systems have grown exponentially with no benefit
And I’m sure there are more but lets move on before it get really depressing !
Scott Brownrigg
Regulations What are the RIBA doing now?
Rewriting the building regulations approved documents clear simple AD ‘sProducing guides to key British standards (8300)Generating new BSI design guides (designing for working at height)Producing guidance on health and safety for the HSE (published soon)Producing DVD’s (5 in the series so far)Relaunching the PQP card (pr to start soon)Technical Guidance from the task force Knowledge communities guidance and good practice CONIAC CDM Review SFARP definition Slips and Trips designer guide Appropriate persons for fire risk assessment steering group CEN TC 395 action committee
Scott Brownrigg
Strategic Goals
Scott Brownrigg
CLG Doc?
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Regulations
The main problems Too much regulation Too complex regulation Not joined up
Leads to Just tell me what to do complex
AndPoor compliance or no compliance
Or Just cant tell!
Scott Brownrigg
Regulations where are we?
Several parts of the approved documents conflict with each other. Over half the British standards in the b regs are withdrawn. Planning concents establish renewable standards that are often impossible. Definitions objects and methodologies often clash. Understanding is poor. Compliance methodology poor. Built standards and compliance poor. Health and safety not as good as it should be. Occupational health is nowhere.
Scott Brownrigg
Regulations where are we?
Make goals clear. Synchronise regulations- -planning -building regulations- health and safety. Demystify stop poor and counter productive. advice. Joined up thinking across Government. Government and Industry working closer.
Scott Brownrigg
Building Regulations Get back to Oliver Palmer clarity Redraft easier to read Remove irrelevant and unwanted content Reduce third party documents Ensure clarity of aim
Regulations where are we?
Scott Brownrigg
Regulations where are we?
Health and Safety Legislation
Make CDM clearer easier and better deployed.Follow up on the Rita Donaghy report. Reduce roots of accreditation systems. Better relationship with HSE to continue. Building control to help (LACE) project.Ensure occupational health is on the radar.
Scott Brownrigg
Trade guidance Best practice RIBA CPD guidance information notes Knowledge Communities Information Packs
Supporting Documents
British Standards clear current and relevant Information that is dependable
Regulations where are we?
Scott Brownrigg
Regulations where are we?
To summarise-
Obvious deliverable performance. Clear values that clients understand. Regulations that Professionals understand. Convince clients that the green agenda is important. Get back to the confident certainty we did have.
Thank you