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Improving building safety

Raising Competency Across the Built Environment

A suite of standards to raise the competence of those working in buildings and support safety, under the new Building Safety Act and Regulations.

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Standards for competence and safety in buildings

BSI, supported by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, and the HSE, created four built environment competence standards.

BS 8670-1:2024

Competence frameworks for building safety - Core criteria - Code of practice This part of BS 8670 supersedes BSI Flex 8670 v3.0, which is withdrawn.

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PAS 8671

Built environment – Framework for competence of individual Principal Designers – Specification

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PAS 8672

Built environment – Framework for competence of individual Principal Contractors – Specification.

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PAS 8673

Built environment – Competence requirements for the management of safety in residential buildings – Specification

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