The BRegs Blog has always tried to stay above partisan politics within the various stakeholder organisations involved with SI.9 and focus solely on issues pertaining to the Building Control Regulations. Unfortunately this high moral stance collapses today when we give a big shout out for support for candidates in the forthcoming RIAI Council 2015 election. These candidates have contributed to posts on the BRegs Blog and been part of this debate and open-source resource for sharing information about SI.9.
Mark Stephens MRIAI
Our biggest shout out has to go to Mark Stephens who is a candidate for the RIAI Western Region. Mark is one of Ireland’s most prolific architectural bloggers and was shortlisted for the Blog Awards Ireland and Be2 Awards for ‘Best Use of Twitter in Construction’. He was instrumental in helping to get the BRegs Blog up and running. Over the last year he has helped with our I.T. issues as this blog brought two posts daily (one on Sundays) to our 1,500 subscribers. We know he would bring 21st century social media skills to the way that any organisation could communicate with its members. Mark Stephens has undertaken the role of Assigned Certifier and written positively on the BCMS; yet he favours independent inspectors. As an “early implementer” he is typical of the diversity of informed opinion that we have on this Blog. He recently authored a solution post “Ten Point Plan for Building Control Regulations“.
Other candidates seeking a seat who have contributed posts to the BRegs Blog include:
- Eamon Hedderman FRIAI
- Barry Kelly MRIAI
- Mícheál de Siún MRIAI
- Ciaran Ferrie MRIAI
- Martin Murray MRIAI (Eastern Region)
The candidates seeking election are:
Architectural Technologist:
Liam Innes, Pat Kirwan
Eastern Region:
Martin Murray, James O’Donoghue
Western Region:
Deirdre Kelly, Mark Stephens, Richard Rice, Simon Wall
Ordinary Members:
David Browne, Michael Crowe, Mícheál de Siún, Isoilde Dillon, Martin Donnelly, Grainne Dunne, Ciaran Ferrie, Kieran Gallagher, Michael Grace, Ali Grehan, Eamon Hedderman, Martin Heffernan, Barry Kelly, Paul Keogh, Sean Mahon, Michael McGarry, Claire McManus, John Mitchell, Ralph Montague, Justin O’ Callaghan, John O’Mahony, Ciara Reddy, Grainne Shaffrey.
Voting closes at 11.59 pm on Tuesday 16th December 2014
Other posts of interest:
Collins & O Cofaigh- A BETTER way: BC(A)R SI.9 Solutions
World Bank Report 2015 | Ireland’s poor construction regulations are the biggest drag on our ranking
Collins & O’Cofaigh | “the 38 steps” and the complexity of our regulations
€ 5 billion | The extraordinary cost of S.I.9 self-certification by 2020
How much would 100% independent inspections by Local Authorities cost?
UK + Ireland | take a quick trip to Holyhead with Breg Blog…
RIAI Past Presidents Paper #1 | The Building Regulations and Consumer protection
RIAI Past Presidents Paper #2 | The Building Regulations and Certifiers’ Liability
Reblogged this on Mark Stephens Architects and commented:
A special thank you to the BRegs Blog Team for this shout out on my candidature as Western rep on RIAI Council 2015
Reblogged this on Mark Stephens Architects and commented:
A special thank you to the BRegs Blog Team for this shout out on my candidature as Western rep on RIAI Council 2015