CIOB - Building Safety Regulation in a Changing World: Global Lessons for Reform

Organised by the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) in partnership with the International Building Quality Centre (IBQC), with contributions from Dame Judith Hackitt, Jayashree Srinivasan, Regulatory Specialist, World Bank Group and Adjunct Professor Kim Lovegrove DLitt (honoris causa), MSE, RML.

Building safety has formed the cornerstone of international policy discussions in the built environment for many years.

While the aim of governments globally is to create legislative frameworks to encourage good construction, this has not always been the case. Often regulations have failed to assure correct quality, and industry has failed in its responsibility to create safe, high-quality buildings that stand the test of time.

However, in recent years, much attention has been paid to creating a new ecosystem in which safety, quality and competence can truly become the focal point for construction. New legislation has been put in place in countries across the world to protect residents and users of tall buildings and frameworks are being created to assure greater consistency and adaptability in legislation.

At the same time international programmes are being created to assess how prepared or effective country’s systems for regulation and competence are.