John Miller will lead the seminar and guide you through the recent significant changes as well as provide an insight into areas currently under review. The session will cover:

 

Fire Safety

Regulatory Reform Order and its relationship with the Building Regulations Fire Risk Assessments Building type guidance documents Means of escape for disabled people

 

Disability Discrimination Acts 1995 & 2005

The latest duties What are the areas of complaint? Some recent case law / determinations The development of best practice

Building Regulations

The future of Building Control – feedback from recent consultation Sustainability and the Building Regulations Review cycles The competent persons scheme Areas currently under review Hygiene, Drainage, Stairs and Glazing.

John’s informative and entertaining approach to regulatory developments will separate the facts from the flannel.

Speaker: John Miller, FRICS, FBEng formerly of John Miller Partnership Ltd

John has more than 40 years Building Control Surveying experience in both the public and private sectors. He is a past Chairman of Building Control’s National Technical Committee; a consultant lecturer at the University of Portsmouth and has been actively involved in the development of Access legislation since 1984.