Building control confusion!!!

[timhoward]

While it might catch us unawares I don't think this is quite as silly as it's being made out to be.
If you think about it the concept of "notification" via a scheme's portal is nonsensical if BC already know about the work and are routinely inspecting the job.
As @Midwest said they usually want the EIC so they can tick the box that says all relevant parts of building regs were complied with. From my point of view it's not a bad thing that they want to see the EIC, it at least filters out cowboys who wouldn't know where to start completing one. The only way we are affected as sparks is if we didn't realise it was one of these situations, and then either the customer has enough sense to submit the EIC or you have to. It hasn't ever been a huge drama.

But we haven't heard back from the OP that it is indeed one of these situations. @Bsharp feel free to correct/update us.

 

[Bob Geldoff1234]

I have had a couple of times where the building inspector has asked me to send the notification direct to his email address as he claims it can take up to 3 weeks for him to receive it via NIC portal and he wants to sign off the whole job for the builder and not have to wait 3 weeks.I don't know what the NIC are doing with the certs for 3 weeks.Maybe they only send them all out on block every 3 weeks? Mad....

 

[Bsharp]

While it might catch us unawares I don't think this is quite as silly as it's being made out to be.
If you think about it the concept of "notification" via a scheme's portal is nonsensical if BC already know about the work and are routinely inspecting the job.
As @Midwest said they usually want the EIC so they can tick the box that says all relevant parts of building regs were complied with. From my point of view it's not a bad thing that they want to see the EIC, it at least filters out cowboys who wouldn't know where to start completing one. The only way we are affected as sparks is if we didn't realise it was one of these situations, and then either the customer has enough sense to submit the EIC or you have to. It hasn't ever been a huge drama.

But we haven't heard back from the OP that it is indeed one of these situations. @Bsharp feel free to correct/update us.

Hi Tim, thanks for your input and apologise for not getting back to this thread earlier, COVID!!!
As you say it’s not a bad thing at all, the main issue I had with BC was that they themselves seems confused about the paperwork (well that’s how it came across anyway) it appears that the architect had “promised” the main that the job would be “signed off” so as defects notice could start etc etc. obviously BC can only sign jobs off when all paperwork was in place as the building control notification had only been submitted that day then they wouldn’t sign off the work, all though everything was done with in plenty off time it seems I was in the middle off a war or wills between BC and architect to which I wasn’t aware. So in conclusion all was good and we all had a merry Christmas.