Building Regulations
Language: English Series: Architects' Journal ; 8(229) 5 March 2009, 41-42(2)Publication details: 2009Subject(s): Summary: Briefly summaries the advantages and disadvantages of the six key proposals of the Department for Communities and Local Government's Future of building control: consultation (L142913). Proposals include the periodic system of review of a three-year cycle, standstill of six months between publication and implementation, rebranding approved documents, project guides, give local authorities power to issue stop notices and impose penalties and extension ofthe pattern-book approach. Highlights responses to the consultation including the views of the Building Control Alliance formed in 2007 by RICS other professional bodies.Briefly summaries the advantages and disadvantages of the six key proposals of the Department for Communities and Local Government's Future of building control: consultation (L142913). Proposals include the periodic system of review of a three-year cycle, standstill of six months between publication and implementation, rebranding approved documents, project guides, give local authorities power to issue stop notices and impose penalties and extension ofthe pattern-book approach. Highlights responses to the consultation including the views of the Building Control Alliance formed in 2007 by RICS other professional bodies.