3 - Hot Topics Flashcards
What has happened as a result of Grenfell?
- Combustible cladding banned in buildings over 18m
- Fire Safety Act - external envelope now to form part of risk assessment
- Hackett Review and Building Safety Bill
What was the Hackett Review?
Investigation in to the processes of building safety surrounding Grenfell disaster. Made recommendations to go in to the new Safety Bill such as:
- No clear regulator
- Confusing roles and responsibilities
- Lack of specific people responsible for certain areas
- Lack of consultation/consideration of occupiers
- Information loss between project stages
What are the features of the proposed Building Safety Bill?
- New Building Safety Regulator set up by the HSE
- Stage Gate processes as part of the design and construction phase to look at the safety management of the building
- Golden Thread of Building Information
- New Roles: Building Safety Manager and Accountable Person
What have the RICS done recently with the ethical standards?
- Combined the ethical standards and rules of conduct in to 5 new Rules of Conduct
Can you tell me about the new Rules of Conduct?
- Go live on 2nd February 2022
- They focus on:
- Simpler structure
- Clear examples to support each rule
- Focus on respect and diversity
- Focus on data and technology
- Focus on sustainability
What is an ACM and what does the UK say about it?
- Aluminium composite material
- Banned in December 2018 for any building over 18m that contains at least one residence.
What were the findings of the Levett review?
- Sound governance not followed
- Power struggle
- Legal counsel not objective
- Unnecessary escalation
- Dismissed members were wrongly dismissed
What were the recommendations of the Levett review?
There were 18 recommendations including:
- Chair gives updates, not the chief exec
- All minutes provided to Council
- Management board shorter and more frequent
- Consideration of bonusses
- Regular tender of legal advisers
- Independent review of the RICS purpose needs to be done (now Bichard review)
What was the results of COP26?
- Meet next year to talk about reducing CO2 further
- Phase down of use of coal (watered down)
- Increase money to help poorer countries
- Stop deforestation by 2030
- Financial backing of clean technology from investors
- NOT ENOUGH
What was the RICS reaction to COP26?
- Consulting on new global guidance for sustainability within commercial property
- Helped develop ICMS3
- Essay Competition for young professional to meet net Zero
- Still finding our feet, but it’s what clients want
What is ICMS3?
- International Cost Measurement Standard 3
- Coalition of organisations that are working to produce global cost standards for construction projects
- Sets out a consistent method for carbon life cycle reporting
Can you tell me about some recent Modus arcticles?
- Decarbonising steel production - Electric Arc furnaces and hydrogen steel plants
- Race to Decarbonise Building Heating - Looks at heat pumps vs. hydrogen district heating
- Do companies still need offices?
What is the Bichard Review?
- Result of the Levitt review and one of the key recommendations.
- Independent review of the RICS based on three key requirements from the Governing Council:
- Clarity on RICS purpose
- To make proposals for how RICS can become a beacon of best practice, transparency and legitimacy to strengthen its reputation.
- Ensure governance structure and culture are fit for today and can be more easily changed in future.
What are EWS1 forms?
- External Wall Survey form
- Set up by RICS to capture assessment of external walls to provide independent assurance
- Mainly used for people to obtain mortgage
What was the shaping our future consultation? What has happened since?
- Consultation led by previous leadership team to help shape the RICS future.
- MEEV - Membership engagement, experience and Value
