What more can be done to quantify and/or monetise the costs and benefits of building safety regulatory reform? Are there existing systems which are relevant here?

Background

Key areas here are developing our understanding of the drivers of behaviour across the industry, and the benefits and potential risks that technological change may bring.

Next steps

The lead contacts are: Lesley Smith, Senior Principal Research Officer, Analysis, Research and Co-ordination Unit, Analysis and Data Directorate: Lesley.Smith@levellingup.gov.uk and David Hughes, Head of the Chief Scientific Adviser’s office: psChiefScientificAdviser@levellingup.gov.uk.

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This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:

DLUHC Areas of research interest GOVUK

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    The project is relevant as it focuses on improving health and safety in the construction sector, which is a key area mentioned in the question. However, it does not specifically address the quantification and monetization of costs and benefits of building safety regulatory reform.

  • The Building Safety Application

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    Funded by: Innovate UK

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    Why might this be relevant?

    The project is relevant as it focuses on building safety management, which is a key area mentioned in the question. However, it does not specifically address the quantification and monetization of costs and benefits of building safety regulatory reform.

  • RegBIM: BIM-based Regulatory Compliance Design Environment

    The RegBIM project is a Technology Strategy Board supported collaboration between BRE, Cardiff University, Bentley Systems, AEC3, Skanska, RIBA and LABC. Working with Building Information Modelling (BIM) within the UK co...

    Funded by: Innovate UK

    Lead research organisation: BUILDING RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT LIMITED

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project is relevant as it focuses on BIM-based regulatory compliance design, which is a key area mentioned in the question. However, it does not specifically address the quantification and monetization of costs and benefits of building safety regulatory reform.

  • AI-Enabled Rule Extraction System for BIM-based Fire Performance Diagnostic Platform (AI-FireBIM)

    The review into the unfortunate Grenfell fire disaster uncovered sharp practices in building regulation regime, which is described as shocking in the 21st century United Kingdom. To tackle the challenges and ensure that ...

    Funded by: Innovate UK

    Lead research organisation: INNOVATION FIRE ENGINEERING LIMITED

  • Machine Learning-Enabled Fire Performance Diagnostics BIM Solution (FireBIM) for Building Design and Construction Compliance Check

    The unfortunate Grenfell fire disaster, where 72 lives were lost, has gone down as one of the UK's worst disaster of modern time. As a way of preventing future occurrence of such tragedy, one of the key recommendations o...

    Funded by: Innovate UK

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  • Aston University and Arcadis Consulting (UK) Limited KTP 22_23 R3

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    Funded by: Innovate UK

    Lead research organisation: ASTON UNIVERSITY

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