Pre Registration Assessment
Site Registration
Consultation
Design Stage Report
Post Construction Stage Review & Report
Pre Registration Assessment
When you choose to use our services to help you achieve the required level in The Code, the first that will happen is a pre-registration assessment meeting. We will go through The Code and discuss the main issues and pitfalls with you. We will also discuss your specific project in terms of The Code and explore the potential areas that are worthwhile to focus on. Using our assessment tool, subject to sufficient information being made available at this meeting, we will be able to confirm what Code rating your scheme is likely to achieve.
Site registration
The site is registered, with the BRE, by the appointed Code assessor before the detailed designs are finalised. This registration is valid for a maximum of five years between expiry of the Technical Guide version at registration and submission of the Design stage report. Once a site is registered by the assessor on the BRE database, it is given a unique registration number.
Consultation
The Code assessor may then advise the design team/developers/clients on the overall Code method and procedure, followed by detailed discussion on the different options available to them, in order to achieve the level of Code required. This consultation shall also inform all parties of their clearly defined roles and responsibilities ,within the process as a whole and set out the details of the evidence gathering procedure, with associated timescales, in order to facilitate an efficient assessment.
Assesses the design specifications (i.e. before construction begins) for each individual dwelling to determine the Design stage or Interim rating and award (subject to quality assurance) a Design stage or Interim certificate. The DS assessment is carried out on the detailed design of each dwelling in the period up to the issue of tender documents, sometimes referred to as RIBA Stages A-G (Royal Institute of British Architects, 1991). A Code assessment requires a more detailed specification than Building Regulations compliance because the Code covers many more aspects of the performance of the dwelling.
Post construction stage Review & report for final code certificate.
The PCS assessment, assesses each individual dwelling 'As Built', to determine the final score for the dwelling and it's Code Level. Where a DS assessment has been undertaken, this can be used as the starting point for the PCS assessment. The PCS assessment is carried out to confirm that houses are either, built to the DS specifications, or if there are variances from the DS, these are documented, reassessed, and a new score and Code Level calculated for each dwelling that is affected. The assessor shall be satisfied that commitments made at design stage have been achieved and should carry out an appropriate level of checking to achieve this. If there has been no prior DS assessment then the full assessment shall be completed against the As Built
