Development of Dutch building control (1982-2003) : towards certified building control
Heijden, Johannes Jan van der, Henk Visscher and Frits Meijer
Some deathly incidents in the beginning of the 21st century put building control high on the Dutch political and public agenda. Government, municipalities and private parties are working together on new more effective and efficient building regulation enforcementstrategies. One of these initiatives is the development of a system of voluntary process certification for checking building plans on compliance with the building decree (technical building regulations). Permit applications accompanied with a certificate of approval on plancompliance with the building decree will not have to be tested by the local authorities (municipal building control departments) anymore in the future. In 2003-2005 the Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment (VROM) has set up trials in which building plans were controlled by private parties that were certified for this purpose. Evaluating these trials, some questions emerged. One being on the significance and possibility of developing and implementing a special certificate for controlling small or frequent building activities to the building decree, within the voluntary process certification system.
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