Below are a collection of suggested links, documents, articles and downloads on the Building Regulation Amendments and related topics:
National Consumer Agency:
National Consumer Agency ‘Building Regulations and their Enforcement (2008)
National Consumer Agency submission to Public Consultation (2012)
Priory Hall:
Priory Hall from thejournal.ie
Priory Hall: Are there others like it? (RTE, 18 October 2011)
Lessons of Priory Hall (Irish Times, 15 October 2013)
Pyrite:
Historical Summary of the Irish Pyrite Problem
Pyrite Action Group (Facebook)
Self-Building in Ireland:
Irish Association Of Self Builders
IAOSB Letter to S.I.9 Stakeholders – RIAI
IAOSB letter to T.D’s regarding Building Control S.I.9
IAOSB letter to Minister Kelly – Revoke or Revise S.I.9
Law Society of Ireland – Update on Building Control (Amendment) Regulations 2014
Information Papers by seven past presidents of the RIAI:
An Effective System of Building Regulations
A Workable System of Inspections
The Contradiction at the Heart of the Building Regulations
The Building Regulations and Insurance
The Building Regulations and Certifiers’ Liability
Building regulations and Consumer Protection
RIAI:
Agreed Industry Stakeholder Amended Regulations SI 80
Agreed Industry Stakeholder Amended Code of Practice
RIAI Letter to Michael Layde, Assistant Secretary General, DoECLG
RIAI submission to Public Consultation (2012)
John Graby: Enforcing Regulations
Others:
DECLG: Public Consultation (2012) ‘Strengthening the Building Control System’
Competition Authority submission to Public Consultation (2012)
SCS submission to Public Consultation (2012)
Engineers Ireland submission to Public consultation (2012)
IPFMA submission to Public Consultation (2012)
Sign on the Dotted Line (Irish Building magazine, 1 May 2013)
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am undertaking a final year project in UCD on pricing structure of BCAR and was wondering if you could link me to an academic articles that may be available on BCAR, Building Inspection Procedures or costing systems used.
Your help would be much appreciated.
Jason