Building standards - compliance plan manager role: cost benefit analysis

Footnotes

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2 Excludes one result of 0.72% of contract value following the introduction of a quality management system

3 CIOB_Scotland_Snapshot_2019.pdf

4 Grenfell Tower had 127 flats and could house between 500 and 600 people

5 “Grenfell- Financial Summary June 2017 to March 2024” The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Audit and Transparency Committee, May 2021.

6 Estimated to be 250 fire-fighters

7 Costs on the Ledbury Estate, Southwark Borough Council response to FOI request, June 2018

8 3,198 primary, 4,327 secondary, 107 additional support needs and 738 nursery children.

9 Report of the Independent Inquiry into the Construction of Edinburgh Schools, February 2017

10 Although this damage was not caused by a lack of compliance, the fire gives an indication of the disruption that can arise when a school is not available

11 One consultee felt that whether the cost of compliance was built into contracts was variable and very much dependent on the contractor and client.

12 Report of the Review Panel on Building Standards Compliance and Enforcement (www.gov.scot)

13 The Edinburgh Group represents a range of professional bodies whose intention is to encourage a continuing common approach to the development, monitoring and promotion of historic environment conservation accreditation schemes for individual practitioners on a pan-professional basis.

14 Cost benefit assessment is usually undertaken over the lifetime of a proposal, but proposals involving infrastructure and new buildings are appraised over 60 years. The Green Book (2020) - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

15 Lomas (1996) and Palaneeswarran

16 Social Housing Lettings (publishing.service.gov.uk)

17 Summary statistics for schools in Scotland no. 10: 2019 edition - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)