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.

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for building safety - Core criteria - Code of practice This part of BS 8670 supersedes BSI Flex 8670 v3.0, which is withdrawn.

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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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