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The duties and competence requirements for building regulations that clients, designers and contractors must meet.
The Architects Registration Board (ARB) regulates the architects’ profession in the UK to ensure that good standards of conduct and practice are consistently maintained. ARB is a public corporation of the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities .
The Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) ensures there are enough trained people to meet industry needs. It gives professional advice and offers skills development and qualifications to help individuals in the sector succeed in their chosen careers. ECITB is...
Guidance documents and tools to help with the design and construction of school and further education college buildings and grounds.
We handle disputes about buildings, engineering and surveying. Cases that we hear include: claims about services provided by engineers, architects, surveyors and other professionals in this sector claims about local authority duties relating to land and buildings environmental claims (eg...
Find out about current competent person schemes to self-certify certain types of building work if you work in building as an installer.
The report focuses on Nepal and uses the UK professional engineering institutions framework as a reference
How to work out the VAT on building work and materials if you're a contractor, subcontractor or developer.
Information relating to the Building Safety Act, which was granted Royal Assent on 28 April 2022.
The ASEAN-UK Regional Training and Workshop on Engineering Biology was held at the British High Commission in Singapore from 26 February to 1 March 2024.
Design, construction and quality assurance of earthworks in landfill engineering.
Links to secondary legislation.
This guidance relates to the legal criteria for determining whether a proposed new building is considered a higher-risk building under the Building Act 1984 (as amended by the Building Safety Act 2022) and the Higher-Risk Buildings (Descriptions and Supplementary Provisions)...
The UK government's design principles and examples of how they've been used.
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