Members sought for building industry committee

[THE BUILDING SAFETY ACT 2022 has enabled the Building Safety Regulator (BSR) to establish an Industry Competence Committee (ICC) with a number of functions, including monitoring industry competence, advising the BSR and industry, helping industry to improve competence and producing guidance to the public about assessing the competence of people in the built environment industry.

The BSR is now looking for a chair and members to join the ICC. Members will be required to:

• Attend and actively contribute to six main committee meetings a year – combining in-person and virtual – of approximately two to three hours duration. One to two hours should also be set aside to read papers.

• Participate in committee work that extends beyond main committee meetings, including workshops and the work of technical working groups: approximately eight hours per month. Technical working groups will include additional members in specialist fields who will share the workload.

• Use personal industry experience and up-to-date knowledge to improve competence in the built environment.

• Provide advice and assistance to the ICC on the basis of the wider public interest without personal, business or sectoral gain.

• Follow the standards of behaviour in public life: the ‘Nolan Principles’.

The deadline for applications is 28 April. q