Checking regime for permanent building works - Part 1: categories of checking

Author: Serdar Dundar

Date published

11 February 2026

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Free
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Checking regime for permanent building works - Part 1: categories of checking

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Serdar Dundar

Date published

11 February 2026

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Serdar Dundar

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This first part of the series on checking and monitoring of building structures focuses on categories of checking, with particular emphasis on risk and proportionality. The second part addresses what to check and when.

In the first part of this two-part series, Serdar Dundar, a member of the Institution's Business Practice and Regulatory Control Committee, provides guidance on the essential concept of checking, which is fundamental to risk management and regulatory compliance. The article covers:

  • What is a checking regime?
  • Key components of a checking regime
  • Relaibility class, consequence class and design supervision level
  • Categories of checking

 
<h4>Checking regime for permanent building works - Part 2: what to check and when</h4>

Checking regime for permanent building works - Part 2: what to check and when

This second article in the series proposes a structured framework describing what the checkers should focus on during each stage of a project’s design process. The first part of the series focused on categories of checking.

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