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Building control: ensuring safety, sustainability, and efficiency in modern construction

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Building control: ensuring safety, sustainability, and efficiency in modern construction

20 December 2024
Building control professionals ensure the safety, sustainability, and efficiency of construction projects by adapting to innovations, promoting green standards, and navigating complex regulations.
Editorial Team

The building control profession plays a key role in ensuring a safe and sustainable built environment amidst rapid urbanisation, technological advancements, and environmental challenges.

Professionals ensure safety, structural integrity, and compliance with building regulations, adapting to innovations like smart buildings and sustainable materials.

They advocate for green building standards, energy efficiency, and renewable energy use to reduce carbon footprints.

Building control professionals also help navigate complex regulations and address urbanisation challenges by ensuring new developments are safe and sustainable. Their expertise supports innovation while ensuring that construction projects meet safety, sustainability, and efficiency standards.

Ben Cheeseman
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Themes
Skills, training and education
Energy efficiency technologies and solutions
Construction materials and circular construction
Energy Performance Certification and Energy Labelling
Renewable Energy Sources (RES)