{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Reimagining AEC","title":"The Single Construction Regulator: Who Would Answer for a Building, and What Has Been Decided","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1609,"description":"In this episode of Reimagining AEC, his own podcast, Dr Sepehr Abrishami follows a twenty-storey residential tower in England, invented for the purpose, through the government's proposals for a single construction regulator, the Grenfell Tower Inquiry's first recommendation. He sets out why the Inquiry rejected a fragmented regulatory system, the outcomes and objectives proposed for the new body, and how buildings, construction products and professions would be drawn together on the foundation of the Building Safety Regulator. The episode closes with what the reform means for clients, designers, contractors and information managers, and with the position at the end of October 2026, agreed in principle with legislation still ahead.\nChapters\n0:00 Opening: residents who rarely complain\n3:07 Why one regulator: the Inquiry's verdict and the reforms since 2017\n6:52 What the regulator would be for: outcomes, objectives and functions\n10:58 What it would bring together: buildings, products, professions and residents\n18:17 How the system would work: roles, a digital-first regulator and implications by role\n22:50 Where the reform stands: timeline and status\n25:03 Close\nAfter listening, you should be able to:\nExplain the Grenfell Tower Inquiry's case against a fragmented regulatory system.\nDescribe the proposed outcomes and objectives for the new regulator.\nDistinguish how buildings, construction products and professions would be integrated.\nEvaluate the implications for clients, designers, contractors and information managers.\nSummarise the transition and the status of the reform in October 2026.\nReferences\nBritish Standards Institution. (2018a). BS EN ISO 19650-1:2018 Organization and digitization of information about buildings and civil engineering works, including building information modelling (BIM). Information management using building information modelling. Part 1: Concepts and principles. BSI.\nBritish Standards Institution. (2018b). BS EN ISO 19650-2:2018...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/Fv21v67POZkKdYyEniMdPznBWql9GD9hvf5xNpkjlwA/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS81YTYw/YzFhZTY3NDA4MTA2/NmRiOGI5MGUzY2Qz/ZjY3Zi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}