Government housing adviser says better inspection regime needed

By Will Ing2019-05-09T11:42:00

PRP partner laments deteriorated construction quality

A government adviser to the housing department has called on a more thorough inspection regime for new residential builds after having “direct exposure” to “numerous examples of very poor construction.”

Andrew Mellor leads the development consultancy team at PRP and has been part of the practise’s work conducting research around policy and building regulations for the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.

Writing for Building’s sister title BD, where he is technical columnist, Mellor said where defects occur in residential buildings, it tends to be where construction or major refurbishment has happened in the past decade.

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