{"id":6960,"date":"2016-06-01T16:00:17","date_gmt":"2016-06-01T16:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.markstephensarchitects.com\/?p=6960"},"modified":"2016-06-01T16:00:17","modified_gmt":"2016-06-01T16:00:17","slug":"currently-putting-bcr-comply-paces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markstephensarchitects.com\/currently-putting-bcr-comply-paces\/","title":{"rendered":"Currently putting BCR Comply through its paces #CPD #AssignedCertifier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><H2>Mark Stephens Architects, Passivhaus Designers, Design Certifiers &#038; Assigned Certifiers \/<\/H2><\/p>\n<p>As well as being registered architects and Passivhaus Designers; I forget sometimes forget (how could I) that we&#8217;re also Design Certifier and Assigned Certifiers under S.I. No. 9 of 2014.<\/p>\n<p>And as much as I hate SI9 and all it&#8217;s ramifications, and as much as I have opposed the change in the Building Regulations both before, during and after it&#8217;s implementation; unfortunately I have to work with it in the meantime.<\/p>\n<p>I was interested therefore to see a new website and app that gives assistance to Assigned Certifiers in ensuring that works are compliant with the Building Regulations (BCR Comply at : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buildingcontrolregister.ie\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.buildingcontrolregister.ie\/<\/a> )<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6963\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6963\" data-attachment-id=\"6963\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.markstephensarchitects.com\/currently-putting-bcr-comply-paces\/bcr_grab\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markstephensarchitects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/bcr_grab.jpg?fit=600%2C359&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,359\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"bcr_grab\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Screen grab showing Inspections tab from BCR Comply&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markstephensarchitects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/bcr_grab.jpg?fit=300%2C180&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markstephensarchitects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/bcr_grab.jpg?fit=600%2C359&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markstephensarchitects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/bcr_grab.jpg?resize=600%2C359\" alt=\"BCR Screen Grab\" width=\"600\" height=\"359\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6963\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markstephensarchitects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/bcr_grab.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markstephensarchitects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/bcr_grab.jpg?resize=300%2C180&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6963\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screen grab showing Inspections tab from BCR Comply<\/p><\/div>\n<p>You can read more about how the software works at the website on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buildingcontrolregister.ie\/features\/\" target=\"_blank\">FEATURES PAGE HERE<\/a> and you can see one of the test &#8216;Site Inspection reports&#8217; we produced <a href=\"http:\/\/www.markstephensarchitects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/sample_inspection_report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We are keen to implement new software and technologies within our Practice and as well as making life easier for us, it gives a better service to our clients and keeps our work current, up to date and fulfills our CPD obligations. You can read more about Continuing Practice Development (CPD) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.markstephensarchitects.com\/yay-cpd-target-reached-for-year-but-what-is-cpd\/\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mark Stephens Architects, Passivhaus Designers, Design Certifiers &#038; Assigned Certifiers \/ As well as being registered architects and Passivhaus Designers; I forget sometimes forget &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[7,10,15,17,18,26,27,29,30,38,45,53,62,64,73,78,81,99,102,103],"tags":[217,231,1491,314,357,1492,1493,436,490,1071,1085,1180],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - 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