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11 October 2021
Orkney Gateway consultation on World Heritage Site proposals closes this Friday
The consultation on ‘Orkney Gateway’ proposals for future management of the Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site (WHS) closes this Friday, 15 October at 5pm.
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13 September 2021
Orkney flood victims share their story and urge others to “flood proof” their homes
Orkney’s Local Heroes Neil and Sarah Taylor have first-hand experience of flooding and are urging others to do all they can to make their homes flood resilient.
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13 September 2021
Tackling Flooding Together – event planned to raise “self-help” awareness
Orkney Islands Council is hosting a flood resilience community engagement event this month (September) with a visit from the Scottish Flood Forum (SFF).
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1 September 2021
Making a good quality building warrant application
The Building Standards Division publication – ‘Making a good quality building warrant application’ will be useful for all applicants and agents submitting a building warrant application.
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13 August 2021
Valuable local input sought to help shape Orkney’s marine plan
People in Orkney are being invited to “come on board” to help shape the Orkney Islands Regional Marine Plan.
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4 August 2021
Building Standards Division - Consultations
There are currently three Building Standards Division consultations open on the Scottish Government website which may be of interest to stakeholders of the Scottish Building Standards system.
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19 March 2021
Building Warrant Fee Information Guide 2021
Following a biennial review, Building Standards will be introducing a refresh of our Building Warrant Fee Information guide from 1 April 2021.
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12 January 2021
Update to the Sustainability Label Generator
The current web service where users produce the Sustainability label (statement) to submit along with their Completion Certificate is being rebuilt. This is as a consequence of support for Adobe…
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18 November 2020
Building Standards as a Career
Building Standards lie at the core of building design and construction.
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3 September 2020
Building Standards – Verification Inspection services
Further to advice issued on 22 May 2020, regarding remote verification inspection procedures, we are now satisfied that COVID-19 restrictions have eased sufficiently to allow the resumption of site…
