Compliance
Our Compliance frameworks are clever, agile and really embrace building safety.
Our Compliance frameworks are clever, agile and really embrace building safety.
Asbestos inspections & testing
Water hygiene risk assessments
Fire Safety Works
Heating & water hygiene
Frameworks that connect you with experienced consultants ready to support your projects.
Asset & development consultancy
Compliance consultancy
Frameworks to help you design, deliver and maintain whole-house energy efficiency measures.
Mechanical ventilation
Domestic air source heat pumps
Communal air source heat pumps
Domestic ground source heat pumps
We've a number of frameworks to support your development projects.
Our framework covers fully managed, secure, flexible and auditable electronic payment services.
Our cleaning and grounds maintenance framework is designed to help with your estate management.
Our repairs and maintenance frameworks support all aspects of your asset management strategies.
Internal & external building works
06 May 2021
What do we hope to achieve?
At the last meeting our Group recognised that the sector is facing major legislative and regulatory change following the Grenfell Tower fire. In order for the sector to fully embrace building safety there is a need for clear, practical guidance. The Group is dedicated to designing a guidance document that provides members with the tools to procure the right building safety outcomes through the appointment of reputable organisations.
Since the last meeting the Group has also engaged with the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply [CIPS] . They have agreed to provide support and advice on the guidance document and promote it to their membership.
The Guidance Document in a nutshell.
The Working Group has now agreed a structure for the guidance document. It will define the key principles that underpin best practice procurement in respect of building safety – with guidance on how to achieve this.
Guidance will be targeted at procurement professionals. It’ll be a practical document that describes the principles that underpin best practice procurement, including information and guidance on how to procure the right building safety outcomes.
It will provide them with the tools to –
Next Steps.
The Group will host another two workshops in July and October. They’ll then finalise the guidance for publication at the SEC Annual Conference in November 2021.
We’ll keep updating this Blog as their discussions progress – watch this space!
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