Tender - Referencing UK standards for Irish Build?

kev1234

I am preparing tender documents for upcoming refurbishment and extension works to my 3 bed semi detached house in Dublin. A neighbour who completed very similar works to ours was kind enough to share their tender documents with me for review purposes.
I notice that the Architect they used was based in Northern Ireland and used British Standards throughout their tender. Is this ok for a house in Dublin or should I be referring to the Irish Construction Regulations and Standards? Will contractors be familiar with the British Standards and would they cover me for the Irish Regulations also?

Gumbo

kev1234 wrote: »

I am preparing tender documents for upcoming refurbishment and extension works to my 3 bed semi detached house in Dublin. A neighbour who completed very similar works to ours was kind enough to share their tender documents with me for review purposes.
I notice that the Architect they used was based in Northern Ireland and used British Standards throughout their tender. Is this ok for a house in Dublin or should I be referring to the Irish Construction Regulations and Standards? Will contractors be familiar with the British Standards and would they cover me for the Irish Regulations also?

Will they comply with our Technical Guidance Documents? You must check that as the designer.
Will they comply with our industry best guidance? You must check that as the designer.

kev1234

kceire wrote: »

kev1234 wrote: »

I am preparing tender documents for upcoming refurbishment and extension works to my 3 bed semi detached house in Dublin. A neighbour who completed very similar works to ours was kind enough to share their tender documents with me for review purposes.
I notice that the Architect they used was based in Northern Ireland and used British Standards throughout their tender. Is this ok for a house in Dublin or should I be referring to the Irish Construction Regulations and Standards? Will contractors be familiar with the British Standards and would they cover me for the Irish Regulations also?

Will they comply with our Technical Guidance Documents? You must check that as the designer.
Will they comply with our industry best guidance? You must check that as the designer.

Yeah, I figured if I wanted to do as they have done and use the British Standards that I would need to check that they comply with the regulations here. I just thought it was unusual that they would use an Architect in the North who would do a tender document for a project in the South while referencing all of the British Standards.

More to the point, even if I was to confirm that the relevant British Standards do comply with the Irish Guidelines, would contractors be thrown off by this due to a lack of familiarity or is it unlikely to affect them in bidding?

Metric Tensor

Strictly speaking about "standards" which is what you mentioned - some will, some won't - it varies hugely from product to product and from one part of a build to another. Your Engineer or Architect will be able to tell you which ones apply where.

Of course that doesn't take into account:
Technical guidance documents - which are unique to Ireland
Agrément certificates - which vary,
Codes of practice - which also vary
or Eurocodes - which are identical with the exception of the National Annexes which vary wildly!

It's a very tricky area OP -make sure you get good advice.