Building standards - Futures Board Programme: workstream information

Digital transformation strategy workstream 

Purpose and approach

The aim of the digital transformation strategy is to influence change within the Building Standards Division (BSD), Local Authority Building Standards (LABSS), local authority verifiers (verifiers) and the user base of Scotland’s building standards system.

The efficiency and effectiveness of the system will improve through increased use of digital tools, services, and ways of working. This will lead to improved compliance with the requirements of building regulations and standards.

Progress

A high priority aim for the Digital Transformation Strategy has been to be represented with work to replace eDevelopment.

Working with the LABSS Digital Transformation Group/Digital Delivery Group, the workstream has supported the implementation of national guidance on the use of remote site inspections.

Partnership working with stakeholders has supported the development of the LABSS Digital Transformation Group/Digital Delivery Group into the Digital Hub within the Scottish Building Standards Hub (SBSH).

BSD have provided direction and funded the development of a national building standards mobile application through the SBSH, a development which will be of value to professionals and citizens.

Projects in scope

The workstream supports the information requirements across all work of the Futures Board Programme. As the workstreams develop and mature, further support and developments will be required such as:

• the digital requirements to support a strengthened compliance agenda
• research into why and how information management, including building information modelling, can be integrated into the building standards process in Scotland
• research to investigate the potential for wider and consolidated data collection and possibilities of artificial intelligence (AI), to improve compliance with building standards in Scotland