The Regs Geoff Wilkinson looks at how public service cuts are likely to affect Building Control

摘要

So, we have a Conservative Liberal alliance, and public service cuts are looming - but what will that mean for Building Control? In the short term, I doubt architects will see much change at national level, as Communitie: and Local Government have not rilled vacant posts in anticipation of future Budget cuts. But at local government level we have not seen the same swing away from Labour, which has made significant gains in the big cities. At a recent Chartered Institute of Marketing meeting, Andrew Howard of HardHat Communications described the results as an 'unseen earthquake in local government'.rnBut for architects this could be less of an earthquake and more of a pre-tremor as they wait for the the Building (Local Authority Charges) Regulations 2010 to take effect. The new Regulations came into force on 1 April, but councils have six months to implement them, and almost all were waiting for the election results before making changes.