Building Regs and TGDs

mustela

Hi all,

Would I be correct in saying that if you follow the TGD’s, by default you adhere to the building regs?

Whos job is it to check that the work is being done as per TGD’s? Architect? Or the tradespeople?

If you were unsure of the TGDs are, is online the only place to find them?

Thanks

Tefral

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https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058368390/building-regs-and-tgds

The Technical Guidance documents are in effect what installations are benchmarked off.

Ultimate responsibility for adhering to the Building regulations is the person who is instigating the work - i.e the homeowner. The homeowner can chose to delegate the enforcement of this to a suitably qualified person such as an Architect or Engineer on their behalf, but, even then, the ultimate responsibility is with the person instigating the work.

The Building Control (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (BCAR) are applicable to the majority of construction
projects commenced after 1st March 2014. This is a rigorous regime of uploading documents to the Local Authorities for review for building sign off before occupation about all the building construction materials and workmanship. The heart of these is the BCaR assigned certifiers docs which place ultimate responsibility on the private individual companies to certify the work and because they also require evidence of your PI insurance, this is largely incomplicance with the Building Control Acts
1990 - 2007, Building Regulations 1997 - 2014 & Building Control Regulations 1997 - 2015

Every product used in the building must have a CE Cert and a Declaration of Performance for sign off.

The documents follow the same pathways

FORM OF COMMENCEMENT NOTICE FOR DEVELOPMENT

NOTICE OF ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNED CERTIFIER

UNDERTAKING BY ASSIGNED CERTIFIER

NOTICE OF ASSIGNMENT OF BUILDER

UNDERTAKING BY BUILDER

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE ON COMPLETION

OR

FORM OF 7 DAY NOTICE

*DESIGN CERTIFICATE

NOTICE OF ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNED CERTIFIER

UNDERTAKING BY ASSIGNED CERTIFIER

NOTICE OF ASSIGNMENT OF BUILDER

UNDERTAKING BY BUILDER

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE ON COMPLETION

In all of those documents above, some ones c0ck is on the block for recourse down the line if something goes wrong.

You can find the most up to date and superseded ones here:

https://www.gov.ie/en/collection/d9729-technical-guidance-documents/

They are also in local librarys.

muffler

Good post Tefral.

mustela

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122600790#Comment_122600790

Wow. Thanks so much for such a detailed post.

For some reason I thought the TGDs was a large hardcopy book / folder broken into different areas of construction that would sit on a shelf in a site office which would then be used to cross reference if someone was unsure of how to comply with Regs.

mustela

Sorry, but would I be right in saying that the architect & engineer would have everything designed in accordance with the building regs and then it’s up to the contractor / trades people to follow instructions as per drawings to ensure compliance with BCAR?

Tefral

Correct.

Trades take their design and build to that design. The Arch and or Eng have to build to the building Regulations.

mustela

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122606260#Comment_122606260

Thanks again.

Gumbo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122605626#Comment_122605626

But somebody has to inspect, to ensure the trades are building it in accordance with the design.
That’s the engineer/architect, hence sign off.

The trades or a builder cannot give you a certificate of compliance.

Mellor

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122605600#Comment_122605600

Hard copy versions exist of the building regs. But they are not an exhaustive source of every requirements, a lot of the requirements reference other standards.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122605626#Comment_122605626

Not necessarily. Depends what level of documentation each are engaged to produce.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122606260#Comment_122606260

There are many stages to design. Most of them are got going to be complete in terms of compliance.

Planning drawings, D&C contracts etc.

mustela

@Mellor

If architect and engineer didn’t have everything designed in accordance with Regs, who would be responsible?

Whats planning drawings and D&C contracts?

Thanks

Mellor

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122636545#Comment_122636545

Whoever the owner has employed to carry out that work. The if nobody is employed to do it, then the responsibility stays with the owner.

Planning drawings are drawing for the purposes of planning permission.

D&C is a design and construct contract.

sydthebeat

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122636545#Comment_122636545

its incredibly seldom that the architect and engineer are employed to design "everything" as it would cost the client an absolute fortune. For example see 'bike shed at €336,000 cost"

Calahonda52

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122644849#Comment_122644849

And even when they do or allegedly so: NCHospital at WTFK😎