Transcript Client Perception Survey Summary of results June 2007

Regulations Review
CIC
Peter Caplehorn
26th October 2010
Scott Brownrigg
Regulations what have we got?
Building Act 1984 +Building Regulations 2000 Needs update
Approved Documents A B C D E F G H J K L M N P Reg7 Manual
Needs update
Accredited Construction Details Robust details Do they work?
Disability Discrimination Acts 1995 and 2005 Lawyers don’t understand
BS 8300: 2009 Guide for designers coming
Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 Not working
Fire Risk Assessments Poor compliance poor understanding
EU Works Directive (Tendering/Procurement) Badly used understood
EU Construction Products Directive Potentially destructive
EU Services Directive Potentially destructive
Health & Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 Lord Young review underway
The CDM Regulations 2007 Review underway
The Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998
Poor compliance
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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?
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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half of these have been withdrawn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 !
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Regulations
What are the RIBA doing now?
Rewriting the building regulations approved documents clear simple AD ‘s
Producing 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
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Strategic Goals
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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
And
Poor compliance or no compliance
Or
Just cant tell!
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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.
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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.
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Regulations where are we?
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
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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.
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Regulations where are we?
Supporting Documents
British Standards clear current and relevant
Information that is dependable
Trade guidance
Best practice
RIBA CPD guidance information notes
Knowledge Communities
Information Packs
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Regulations where are we?
To summariseObvious 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
Scott Brownrigg