All building work needs to meet current building regulations in order to be safe and healthy for people to live and work in.
While it's the responsibility of the property owner to ensure that work meets building regulations, the role of the building control officer is to check that it has been.
Your main functions as a local authority building control surveyor will be public protection, public safety, safety at sports grounds and enforcement to ensure that the building regulations are adhered to.
Building control surveyors on site
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What a job in building control involves
As your building control career progresses you'll become involved in some, if not all of the following:
- Protecting property owners from cowboy builders
- Keeping homes safe
- Helping provide an energy efficient and sustainable environment
- Advising and educating property owners and construction professionals
- Helping to keep building standards high
- Suggesting solutions to construction problems
- Ensuring access for those with mobility issues and other special needs
- Attending dangerous structures and assisting the emergency services
- Providing support at sports grounds and other venues
- Giving advice on issues related to complex commercial developments