The Landscape Institute was granted Royal Charter status in July 1997. This means that not everyone can be called Chartered Landscape Architect, including unregistered practices.
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The Planning Inspectorate deals with planning appeals, Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects, planning permission, examinations of Local Plans and other planning-related and specialist casework.
ISO 14001 was developed primarily to assist companies with a framework for better management control, which can result in reducing their environmental impacts.
Latent defects may not become apparent until a few or many years after the completion of the project whereas patent defects on the other hand, are the one that are immediately obvious.
Limitation is a time-limit of when a party can raise a claim and is provided for in the Limitation Act 1980, although parties can agree in a contract that a shorter or longer limitation period will apply.
There are two types of certificates in construction, that are issued by the CA / QS: Payment & Progress certificates.
Novation is a mechanism whereby one party can transfer all its obligations and benefits arising from a contract, to a third party.
Workers have an important role and should take an active part in helping to manage health and safety risks.
A Worker is anyone working for or under the control of a Contractor on a construction site.
Contractors have an important role in planning, managing and monitoring their work to ensure any risks are controlled.
A contractor is anyone who directly employs or engages construction workers or manages construction work.
A Principal Contractor is appointed by the client to control the construction phase of any project involving more than one contractor.
Under the CDM Regs 2015, a Designer’s role includes: to make sure the client is aware of the client duties under CDM 2015 before starting any design work…
A designer is an organisation or individual whose business involves preparing or modifying designs for construction projects, or arranging for, or instructing, others to do this.
While the CDM Regs 2015 place client duties on commercial clients in full, such duties for domestic clients normally pass to others.
A domestic client is any individual who has construction work carried out on their home, or the home of a family member, that is not done as part of any business.
Commercial Clients have a crucial influence over how projects are run, including the management of health and safety risks.
A commercial client is any individual or organisation that carries out a construction project as part of a business.
The Principal Designer’s role is very important in influencing how risks to health and safety are managed throughout a project.
A Principal Designer (PD) is a designer who is an organisation or individual (on smaller projects) appointed by the client to take control of the pre-construction phase of any project involving more than one contractor.