{"id":76028,"date":"2020-05-11T12:33:36","date_gmt":"2020-05-11T11:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=76028"},"modified":"2020-05-11T12:33:36","modified_gmt":"2020-05-11T11:33:36","slug":"construction-industry-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/construction-industry-coronavirus\/76028\/","title":{"rendered":"Hackitt praises construction industry response to Covid-19 crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The construction industry has demonstrated it is \u201ccapable of massive change at pace\u201d and is able to dump old practices quickly \u201cwithout compromising safety or quality\u201d amid Covid-19, says Dame Judith Hackitt<\/h2>\n<p>Dame Judith Hackitt has praised the way the construction industry has responded to the Covid-19 crisis revealing it can make the changes it needs to improve <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/building-control-news\/building-safety-regulator-2\/70607\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">building safety<\/a> and quality.<\/p>\n<p>Dame Judith was the guest presenter on the latest Covid-19 update webinar hosted by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebesa.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Building Engineering Services Association<\/a> (BESA) where she repeated her warning to the industry that \u201cchange is coming\u201d and that the timetable for a new regulatory regime would not be derailed by the current crisis.<\/p>\n<p>She urged everyone to follow the methods used to deliver vital projects for the NHS and other essential services where \u201ccollaboration and co-operation replaced fragmentation and adversarial behaviour\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>However, Dame Judith added that there was still a widespread lack of leadership across the construction sector and too many people waiting to be told what to do even though the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/building-control-news\/housing-building-safety\/70444\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">new regulatory regime<\/a> would be retrospective.<\/p>\n<h3>Accountability<\/h3>\n<p>Dame Judith said: \u201cSome people have stood up to be counted and are doing the right thing, but not nearly enough\u2026if you have continued building in the same old way you will be held accountable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The industry should be acting now to rebuild confidence with the financial and insurance markets, which she said were now alerted to poor practices that increase risk in construction projects.<\/p>\n<p>Hackitt added that the construction industry should also be seeking to regain the trust of the general public after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/grenfell-tower-insurance-crisis\/69450\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Grenfell Tower disaster<\/a> as many people now felt unsafe in their own homes.<\/p>\n<p>She said she was optimistic about the future because there was a \u201cgroundswell of opinion that the industry needed to change, which is making my job easier.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome companies are already changing\u2026 others are waiting to have their collar felt by the Regulator\u2026 but it is the best companies who are already getting on with it,\u201d said Dame Judith.<\/p>\n<p>She added that competence and accreditation would play an increasingly crucial part in industry reform.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of people simply don\u2019t properly understand some of the features of buildings,\u201d she told the BESA webinar.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are people who cut corners blatantly to save money because they can get away with it, but others simply lack competence. Sprinklers are no use at all if they are not installed properly.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Compliance with regulations<\/h3>\n<p>She said the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hse.gov.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Health &amp; Safety Executive<\/a> (HSE) would have improved resources to enforce compliance with regulations, which will give greater prominence to the Competent Person Schemes developed by the industry.<\/p>\n<p>BESA is currently enhancing its schemes in readiness for the new regulatory environment including the Competence Assessment Scheme (CAS) it uses to assess the technical and commercial professionalism of companies who apply for membership.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere will now be a greater emphasis on whether companies have the technical competence and resources to carry out<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/changes-the-building-services\/75923\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> building services work<\/a>,\u201d explained BESA chief executive David Frise.<\/p>\n<p>Another part of industry reform could involve the return of the Clerk of Works to oversee projects and ensure promises and records were kept. 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