Performance standards framework (Videos)

We've produced a series of 16 videos featuring LABC's Deputy Chief Executive Lorna Stimpson.

In them she answers a series of questions around the new performance standards framework LABC are introducing to help improve consistency of work in our network of local authority building control teams in England and Wales:

LABC started this journey in 2016; why wasn’t there a national standard and what was the problem?

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Why has LABC chosen an external UKAS accredited audit?

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Why is LABC going to check competency rather than rely on self-declaration?

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How do you answer local authorities that say ISOs are a ‘box-ticking’ waste of time?

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If it is a better ISO and fully national, is it going to cost more?

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Will each local authority be able to see the national database of returns?

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How will LABC help local authorities to make meaningful comparisons?

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Local authority building control teams have many functions; how will the new ISO benefit external business customers?

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Why does LABC need different standards to approved inspectors?

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Why is running a public sector building control ISO an administrative challenge?

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Is there a difference between LABC’s audit system and the one used by private approved inspectors?

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You’re obviously passionate about standards. Will the new audit link with other LABC objectives?

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What consultations did LABC have with its local authority members?

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What other changes is LABC making to drive public sector building control forward?

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How do LABC’s new standards relate to the Building Control Performance Standards Advisory Group (BCPSAG)?

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Is the LABC new standard and audit ready now?

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Further information

For media or any other enquiries, contact Louise Williams on 020 8616 8120 or email info@labc.co.uk.