Building Safety Regulator appoints members for new Industry Competence Committee

Further reading: The Building Safety Act 2022: ‘Accountable Persons’ and ‘Principle Accountable Persons’ – What do these terms mean?

The BSR has said that a lack of skills, knowledge and experience has become a contributing factor of poor safety and standards in buildings.

Set up and appointed by HSE, the ICC members are:

• Jon Vanstone (Chair) – Tech Influence
• Sandra Ashcroft (Vice-Chair) – Health and Safety Executive
• Jay Parmar – Joint Industry Board and CSCS Alliance
• Lorraine Turner – UKAS
• Steve Evans – National House Building Council
• Lorna Stimpson – Local Authority Building Control
• Wendy Belfield – InTandem Systems
• Pete Dawber – Solvere Ltd
• Ruth Devine – SJD Associates Ltd
• Richard Harral – Chartered Association of Building Engineers
• Nick Coombe – National Fire Chiefs Council
• Dennis Davis – Fire Sector Federation
• Alasdair Perry – British Automatic Fire Sprinkler Association
• Andrew Bulmer – The Property Institute
• Anthony Taylor – Building Safety Alliance
• James McNay – Hydrock
• Kate Milford – Milford and Marah Ltd

Th BSR has said the ICC “will help bring industry together and encourage a more cohesive approach to competence”.

The group is expected to have its first meeting this month.