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World Bank-GFDRR report cites accreditation to support building control

19 Oct 2017

The World Bank-GFDRR report Building Regulation for Resilience: Managing Risks for Safer Cities released in April 2016 outlines the benefits of strong and effective building regulatory frameworks.

  • The report provides a resource to assist policy makers, governments, donor entities, as well as key private sector players in leveraging good-practice building regulation to underpin risk reduction strategies. It addresses vulnerability reduction in cities across the developing world and proposes to support disaster-prone countries in implementing effective regulatory reform.
  • The use of accredited testing, inspection and certification are referenced as tools to support local regulators and building control.

 

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