Housing minister Kevin Stewart has announced two leading experts as the chairs of the groups that will take forward a review of Scottish building standards in the wake of the Grenfell Tower tragedy.
Professor John Cole will chair the review of enforcement and compliance and Dr Paul Stollard will chair the review of fire safety in building standards.
An architect and retired Northern Ireland senior civil servant, Professor Cole has a 30 year career in public service specialising in seeking to improve the quality of design, procurement and construction of new buildings in the public sector.
In 1997 Dr Stollard joined the civil service in Scotland to work on building regulations. He was responsible for the reform of the building standards system through Building (Scotland) Act 2003. Between 2008 and 2012 was the Health and Safety Executive’s regional director for Scotland and Northern England.
The Ministerial Work Group on building and fire safety was set up in the wake of the Grenfell Tower tragedy, with the primary aim of offering public reassurance.
Part of the group’s focus has been on a wider range of measures to enhance and strengthen building regulations enforcement and compliance as well as fire safety.
Housing minister Kevin Stewart said: “Today I have appointed two established leaders in their field of expertise to chair the two groups that will take forward the review of building standards… MORE