{"id":18810,"date":"2015-07-03T15:21:45","date_gmt":"2015-07-03T15:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=18810"},"modified":"2015-07-03T15:21:45","modified_gmt":"2015-07-03T15:21:45","slug":"new-guidance-building-control-will-raise-standards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/building-control-news\/new-guidance-building-control-will-raise-standards\/18810\/","title":{"rendered":"New guidance for building control will raise standards"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span>Experts from the Institution of Civil Engineers have published new guidance aimed at raising building control standards&#8230;<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Engineers in the construction industry will benefit from <a href=\" https:\/\/www.ice.org.uk\/disciplines-and-resources\/best-practice\/submission-of-structural-engineering-data\" target=\"_blank\"><span>new guidance<\/span><\/a> designed to improve Building Control approval submissions under Part A of the Building Regulations, and their equivalent in Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales.<\/p>\n<p>The guidance comes after an investigation was conducted into the standard of approval submissions to Building Control authorities by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ice.org.uk\/about-us\/what-we-do\/structures-expert-panel\" target=\"_blank\"><span>Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) Structures Expert Panel<\/span><\/a>, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.structural-safety.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span>Standing Committee on Structural Safety<\/span><\/a>, and the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aselb.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span> Association of Structural Engineers of London Boroughs<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The results revealed many Building Control approval submissions made to local authorities in England for construction and extension projects were often substandard. As a result the group said there was a need for best practice to be shared.<\/p>\n<p>It is hoped the guidance will not only improve the design assumptions within applications, but also ensure all vital data about projects is included. Additionally, the guidance will help to improve safety.<\/p>\n<p>Members of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.labc.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span>Local Authority Building Control<\/span><\/a> will be notified of the guidance, which should help raise standards of those receiving submissions.<\/p>\n<p>ICE Structures Expert Panel member and co-author of the guidance John Carpenter said: \u201cThe structural engineer has a professional and moral duty to provide Building Control authorities with clear and sufficient information about the design of their proposed projects.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter all, the assumption behind all structural codes is that they are only used by competent persons.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Building Regulations approval process should be as simple and open as possible and consistent with safeguarding the health and safety of those in and around buildings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe approval process must therefore recognise that structural engineering is safety-critical, that only competent structural engineers should derive submissions, and that they are presented in a complete and clear manner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBuilding Control authorities must be ready to reject any submissions that do not meet these criteria.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>ICE, which represents experts in transport, water supply and treatment, flood management, waste, and energy, has over 86,000 members.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Experts from the Institution of Civil Engineers have published new guidance aimed at raising building control standards&#8230; Engineers in the construction industry will benefit from new guidance designed to improve Building Control approval submissions under Part A of the Building Regulations, and their equivalent in Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales. 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