Issue - meetings

            The Head of Building Control informed the Committee that the 2010 Building Control Annual Convention would be held on 12th and 13th October in Newcastle, CountyDown.  He reported that the theme of this year’s Convention would be “Global Impacts – Addressing the Risks” and that it would focus on topics such as climate change and flood damage.  It would consider also systems of regulatory control in place in Europe and the United States and how shared knowledge and standards could be adapted to meet the challenges which lay ahead.  The cost of attending the full conference would be in the region of £265 and a daily rate for delegates would be charged at £80.

            He explained that this year’s Convention was particularly significant insofar as it would be held in conjunction with the main meeting of the Consortium of European Building Control.  He pointed out that this was the first time that that meeting had been held in Northern Ireland and that it would bring together chief Government officers with responsibility for the administration of building regulations in countries across Europe.

            The Committee agreed that it be represented at the Convention by the Chairman, the Deputy Chairman, the Director of Health and Environmental Services and a Building Control Officer (or their nominees).