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.

Key Resources

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.

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

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

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

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