High risk buildings - verification during construction: phase 1 of compliance plan approach - verifiers guidance

Footnotes

1 Grenfell Tower Inquiry phase 2 report: Scottish Government response

2 Building standards compliance and enforcement review: report

3 Building standards verification during construction: handbooks

4 Building standards - overview of the building standards system

5 Contractor Design Portion (CDP) Recommendations - CQIC | Construction Quality Improvement Collaborative

6 Section 9 of Building (Scotland Act2003

(4) Where this subsection applies, the verifier may grant a building warrant for the construction or demolition of the building subject to the condition that work on the stage in question is not to be proceeded with until—

(a)such further information relating to that stage as the verifier may require is submitted to it,

(b)it is satisfied, on the basis of that information, as to the matter specified in subsection (3), and

(c)it has made an amendment to the warrant authorising the work to proceed.

7 Section 4 of the Building (Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 2004

(3) The applicant shall if required by the verifier at any stage submit to the verifier–

(a)such further information or additional plans; or

(b)such further copies (not exceeding two) of the application or of the plans submitted with the application as the verifier may direct.

8 In some complex cases, applications for a building warrant can be subject to a "customer agreement" between the applicant and the Building Standards Team where the performance outcomes, including the target first response period, will be specifically agreed rather than default 20 days

9 Section 9 of the Building (Scotland) Act 2003

(1) A verifier must, on an application for a building warrant made to it, grant a building warrant if, but only if, it is satisfied as to the matters specified in subsection (2).

(2) Those matters are—

(a)so far as the application is for a warrant for the construction or demolition of a building—

(i)that the work involved will be carried out in accordance with building regulations, and

(ii)where the work is for the construction of a building, that nothing in any plan, specification or other information submitted with the application indicates that the building when constructed will fail to comply with building regulations

10 Section 59 of the Building (Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 2004

(1) Subject to paragraphs 3 and 4, any person carrying out work in pursuance of a building warrant granted under the Act shall give notice to the verifier–

(a) …….

(e) of the date of completion of such other stages in the construction as the verifier may require; and

(f)

11 Contractor Site Guidance - CQIC | Construction Quality Improvement Collaborative

12 Section 17 of the Building (Scotland) Act 2003

(1) After the completion of the work or conversion in respect of which a building warrant has been granted, the relevant person must submit to the verifier a completion certificate certifying the matters specified in subsection (2).

13 Section 18 of the Building (Scotland) Act 2003

(2) The verifier must accept the certificate if, but only if, after reasonable inquiry, it is satisfied as to the matters certified in the certificate.