Competency Steering Group
Recommendations on the future regulation of the Building Control Sector and Profession in England, published by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) on behalf of the Future of Building Control Working Group in July 2020, states that the Competency Steering Group (CSG) was: ‘Established in May 2018 to respond to the recommendations in Dame Judith Hackitt’s report ‘Building a Safer Future’, a cross industry stakeholder group looking at and recommending improvements in competency for all involved in HRRBs. Its aimed broadly to demonstrate effective leadership, learn and translate best practice and develop continuous improvements to competence and more specifically on building standards competence.’
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