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.

Source

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

DLUHC Areas of research interest GOVUK

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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

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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 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.

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

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    Funded by: Innovate UK

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