Building control

A major housebuilding company has been fined £800,000 following a serious incident in which a 17-year-old apprentice was injured after falling through a collapsed temporary stairwell on a construction site in Weston-super-Mare.

The condition of Northern Ireland’s listed buildings has significantly deteriorated over the past two decades, according to a recent Department for Communities survey.

The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in Ireland has signed the Building Control (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. No. 56 of 2025).

The Golden Thread and building passports are both ways to maintain good information about a building, so how do they differ?

CABE Members who are also registered building surveyors in Ireland will note that the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland (SCSI) Statutory Boards and Committees is to hold its elections on 19 May 2025.

Building Control Surveyor Helen Booker-Hunt has forged a successful career while being profoundly deaf. Matt Lamy asks what difference it has made professionally.

How one council persevered to save a beloved local landmark following a decade of neglect and disrepair.

Nigel Wakefield MCABE C.Build E has puzzled over the problems with upgrading older properties so you don’t have to.

Retrofitting UK homes is a win-win, so why is it all taking so long to happen? It’s complicated, says Nick Warburton.

Are you a Registered Building Inspector looking to shape the future of the profession? The Building Control Working Group (BCWG), established in 2023 to support the Industry Competence Committee (ICC), needs your expertise!

Later this month, Mariza Graham is set to become the first female president in the London District Surveyors Association’s 180-year history. She talks to Building Engineer about her aspirations for the year ahead, including inspiring more women to take up leadership roles in the building control profession.

CABE member Colin Blatchford-Brown has seen plenty of change in building control over his 35 years, but never as much as since the introduction of the Building Safety Act.

Much has been made of the building safety changes in England – notably the establishing of the BSR and the BSA and the regulation of building control – but what about the devolved nations, asks Peter Crush?

For the past two years CABE has surveyed members working in building control to gather perspectives on the building control system in England and Wales.