Commencement Notices – Getting It Right First Time Part 2

Опубликовано: 12 Март 2026
на канале: NBCO DCC
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The presentation covers the following topics :

Purpose of Building Control
Building Control Legislative Framework
Roles and Responsibilities
Code of Practice and Framework Document
Commencement Notices
Overview of submitting a commencement notice
Question 6
Drawings required to show proposed compliance
Guidance on compliance
Validation of notices


About the presenter:

Mairéad Phelan – Head of NBCOMSO

Mairéad Phelan, Head of the National Building Control Office. A Chartered Engineer and Fellow of Engineers Ireland she worked with the Local Government Management Agency as a Programme Manager on national shared services projects. Prior to this she was Senior Engineer with Fingal County Council in the Built Environment and Transportation Divisions with specific responsibility for bridges. She spent 10 years as Municipal & Town Engineer with Carlow County Council while also preforming the role of Conservation Officer. Her career commenced with Nicholas O Dwyer Consulting Engineers on Major Water & Drainage Schemes. She is an associate lecturer with Carlow Institute of Technology Built Environment’s Department. Mairéad is passionate about promoting the construction of safe and healthy buildings and the sustainable re-use of our existing building stock. For her work in Building Control, she was awarded the Civil Service excellence and innovation award in 2015.

Mairéad also holds an MBA, a Diploma in Law, a PG. Cert. in Governance, a PGDip in Highway & Geotechnical Engineering, a PGDip in Project Management and a Cert in GDPR.

Link to Presentation PDF : https://nbco.localgov.ie/sites/defaul...

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All information is correct as of the broadcast date: 15/11 /2023