The Welsh government has commissioned a review of building control delivery models, including the current mixed market ...

From sweeping sustainability measures and building safety reforms to infrastructure planning changes, procurement law updates ...

The Building Control Independent Panel (BCIP) has made its first public statement, which highlighted that commercial bodies are returning building control work to councils in “unreasonable ...

Reflecting on my career, I began in Local Authority Building Control (LABC) just as the market was about to undergo lasting change. In 1985, NHBC became the first Approved Inspector under the Building ...

The Building Control Independent Panel’s call for evidence is the most significant opportunity in a generation to reshape how we regulate building safety in England. The panel’s ‘problem statement’ ...

A flurry of progress reports, consultation documents, reviews and statements were put out by the government last week.

Discover how disruptive building automation platform FIN Framework is using the latest generative AI-powered update to transform building management into an intuitive, accessible and efficient ...

Building control is being overhauled following Grenfell. Denise Chevin looks at what changes need to be made Not since the introduction of privatised “approved inspectors” in 1984 has building control ...

Both Chelmsford and York councils’ building control web pages state that building inspections are currently unavailable, citing a significant backlog of work and serious staff shortages. The pauses ...

Historically, building management systems were hardwired, making it challenging to update or modify these systems. The advent of LPWANs has changed the equation to simplify and extend existing systems ...

The advent of electromechanical controls in the 1970s, analog controls in the 1980s, direct digital control (DDC) in the 1990s, and complete building control integration in the 2000s has progressively ...