Building Warrants?

[BigBreakfast]

Hi all,

Just wondering on how everyone is tackling building warrants?

Are you all applying where required and how quick is the turnaround from application to commencement of work?

I work in Scotland so not sure how similar the English system is with all your part P stuff?

 

[Guest123]

South of the border, things are a bit different. There's two way of dealing with building control, 1. Non scheme registered peeps can inform building control before any work commences so building control can come out at various stages of the job to inspect and also at the end of the job to do a final inspect and test certificate. 2. People who are registered with an approved part p scheme provider, NIC, Elecsa, Napit etc, can get straight in, do the work and just notify building control within 30 days of completing the job so building control can send the customer a part p compliance certificate.

This only applies to domestic dwellings, not any commercial or industrial work.

Some building control authorities have slightly different rules on the whole part p thing, so it can differ depending on where you live.

 

[BigBreakfast]

Thanks for your reply Lenny,

Up here the warrant system covers many types of work and must be requested by the client or clients representative along with plans, parts list and method statement for the perusal of the Verifier (local council) who will then give the yea or nay. No work should commence until warrant has been granted otherwise you are committing an offence!

If you are a registered Certifier of Construction you can carry out the warrant work and the Verifier does not need to inspect your work.

Not all work requires a warrant e.g. re-wire flat requires one whereas the re-wire of a two storey dwelling does not.

 

[oldtimer]

Here is a reply I got from Select

One thing to note, however, is that the scheme in Scotland is not compulsory only preferable and local authorities have different options. If a client applies for a building warrant and states they are going to use a certifier of construction, they get a reduction on the cost of the warrant and the certifier only has to download a certificate of construction from a special website (after they are fully registered on the scheme) and this goes off to building standards to complete the job. The local authority just check the validity of the certificate and cannot ask for anything else). Their second option if use of a certifier has not been indicated, building standards will look for a BS7671 test sheet supplied by a SELECT or NICEIC member and this includes PIR’s. However, their third option is “Reasonable Enquiry” and this is what you are being quoted by Edinburgh Council.