This is a very fair point - which I accept having added my name to those who said it was terrible this week.
I agree with Jonathan that the faith placed in the regs (and those who enforce and describe them) is a part of the picture alongside many other factors
I agree with Jonathan that the faith placed in the regs (and those who enforce and describe them) is a part of the picture alongside many other factors
https://twitter.com/Jonatha135113/status/1329725023926497281
To add just a few more, evidenced by the inquiry so far:
Doctors get struck off for poor or dishonest practice. Where is that accountability for individuals engaged in building homes?
Why does the end consumer (the person that lives in the home) have so little power?
Doctors get struck off for poor or dishonest practice. Where is that accountability for individuals engaged in building homes?
Why does the end consumer (the person that lives in the home) have so little power?
The blurring of the line between marketing and official advice or (even worse) building science. This is something that extends well beyond the incorrect use of insulation.
(For me it feels like this is where product manufacturers and private test houses are really, really in need of attention. They are the ones who know. They also largely slipped the net in Hackitt)
What do clients ask for? If you drive your contractor for speed and price you can't legitimately stand back in horror when it turns out they didn't take safety into account as well, and pushed that through the supply chain
One area where I think Hackitt has been vindicated though is the importance of making it clear at every stage who is responsible for safety. The entire web seems to have been engineered towards buck passing
Anyway. I'm aware these questions have been done over and over again. What's clear is it won't change without external regulation. A big question is that we knew that once. Why did we undo all those structures?
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