Consortium of European Building Control

Business Meeting No 68

Edinburgh, Scotland, 19 – 21 May 2024

Theme: ‘Compliance and Competence – current work in Scotland’

Hosted by:

The Scottish Government Building Standards Division & Local Authority Building Standards Scotland

Venue:

Holiday Inn Edinburgh – 132 Corstorphine Road, Edinburgh, EH12 6UA, United Kingdom

Agenda for the conference:

  • Saturday 18 May – Delegates arrive. Project Group Chairs may wish to arrange group meetings on the Saturday afternoon.
  • Sunday 19 May – Cultural/Technical events – programme will run from 09:30 to 17:00, with lunch. Meet in hotel lobby at 09:15.
  • Monday 20 May – CEBC Business Meeting 68 Day 1 – 08:45 to 17:30
    08:45      Registration of delegates.

    09:00      Introductions and Welcome – President/BSD/LABSS (Sergio Vazquez – CEBC).

    Delivering Compliance through the Building Standards Futures Board:

    09:20      The Compliance Plan Approach (Neil Mitchell, BSD Development Unit).

    09:50      The Construction Quality Improvement Collaborative (CQIC) and early adopters programme (Colin Campbell, Scottish Futures Trust).

    10:10      Project case study: Dunfermline Learning Campus (John Peden, Fife Council).

    10:30      Coffee Break

    10:50      Enforcement, Workforce Strategy and Competence (Linda Stewart, BSD Practice Unit).

    11:20      Building Standards Ambassadors’ Network and Modern Apprenticeship Scheme (Laura Shanks & Danielle Louis, LABSS).

    11:40      The Scottish Building Standards Hub – Supporting transformation and quality in building standards services across Scotland’ (Alan McAulay, Hub Director).

    12:00      The Building Safety Competence Foundation (BSCF) (Peter Keates, LABC).

    12:30      Lunch (in the hotel).

    13:30      The Edinburgh Homes Demonstrator Project (Sinclair Young, City of Edinburgh Council.

    14:00      Towards supported and automated compliance checking in the UK (Nick Nisbet, AEC3).

    14:30      Competency standards and legislative alignment (Cliff L’Aimable, RICS).

    14:50      In Memoriam: Philip O’Brien.

    15:00      Coffee Break, opportunity for delegate group photograph for those who wish to take part.

    15:30      Reforming the way we regulate the built environment (Joe Dale, DLUHC).

    16:00      CEBC Member Updates.

    17:30      Close of Meeting Day One.

    19:30      Depart for Gala Dinner (meet in hotel lobby, transport provided).

    19:45      Gala Dinner

  • Tuesday 21 May – CEBC Business Meeting 68 Day 2 – 09:00 to 13:00 (Meeting room ‘Macallan/Glenfiddich’ top floor).
    09:00      The work of the International Building Quality Centre, Australia (Kim Lovegrove, IBQC, online).

    09:40      Digital Building Permit conference (18-19 April 2024 – Barcelona) – report from the conference (Sasa Galonja).

    10:00      CEBC Business (including minutes, finance).

    Minutes from Helsinki Meeting 22 to 24 October 2023 (MC).

    Minutes from Policy Committee meetings 16 November 2023, 11 January 2024 and 11 April 2024 (MC).

    Vice President election (MC).

    New Member voting (MC).

    CEBC Treasurer report 2023/24 (DM).

    CEBC Communication Strategy (MC, SV).

    Update on formation of CEBC Belgium – new association (SV).

    CEBC logo registration (MC).

    General Data Protection Regulation – CEBC duties (MC).

    AOB.

    11:00      Coffee Break.

    Session Chair – Marcin Cudak – CEBC Secretary General.

    11:30      CEBC Projects

    Competencies.

    Norwegian Project.

    Impact of Climate Change.

    12:30      Future Meetings

    Autumn 2024 – Cyprus, October 13th to 15th, 2024.

    Spring 2025 – Poland.

    Autumn 2025 – Turkey.

    13:00      Close of Business Meeting 68 & Lunch.

    Delegates depart.

Organiser/contact:

Steven Scott, Building Standards Division, (+44)7580 449194, steven.scott@gov.scot