Solving your problems, and saving money

• Approved Inspectors work with clients, design teams and contractors at a very early stage to help avoid Building Regulations problems - saving time and money from the start.
• With Approved Inspectors you get a proactive service from experts who will find solutions to all your Building Regulations problems.
• For a fee that is often less than 1% of the project value, your Approved Inspector could even save you up to 10% of the project value!  We've seen this happen on many projects already.

Working with you, not against you

• Approved Inspectors are highly commercially aware (after all, they are running businesses themselves).
• They take a consultative approach to compliance.
• When involved at an early stage, Approved Inspectors are often able to contribute innovative technical solutions to problems. 
• Approved Inspectors offer flexibility and creativity to meet your development objectives and help you to achieve full and total compliance.

An integrated service, wherever you work in the country

• An Approved Inspector is a seamless member of the design team.
• Not bogged down in bureaucracy, an Approved Inspector is there to provide advice and ideas whenever and wherever you need help.
• Approved Inspectors work with everyone, from domestic clients right through to the largest construction and infrastructure projects.
• Approved Inspectors usually operate nationally. That means the same adviser will work with the same client and contractor teams wherever they are in the country - this is particularly useful for national, multi-site developers.
• That means real consistency of advice that doesn't change over borough or county borders.
• Consistency of interpretation of the Building Regulations - and consistency of fees!
• You will get to know what your Approved Inspector is going to be looking for, and the inspector gets to know where to scrutinise most closely.
• In this way, you will also build a strong and effective working partnership with your Approved Inspector.

An insured service

• Approved Inspectors are backed by insurance. You won't find this in the public sector.

A qualified team whose performance is monitored and regulated

• Approved Inspectors are regulated and monitored by the Construction Industry Council.
• One of the other major benefits of using Approved Inspectors comes from their investment in people.
• Approved Inspectors must have their qualifications checked and must prove competence before they can be licensed to operate.
• Their competence is independently checked every five years.
• Approved Inspectors have to do at least 30 hours' CPD every year.
• This ensures you get a professional adviser with specialist expertise and proven ability.

A track record of customer service and innovation

• Approved Inspectors pioneered the risk-based approach to building control inspection more than 20 years ago.
• You will receive a tailor-made inspection regime. AIs check the things they know need to be checked, based on a much closer understanding of the project than you'd traditionally get.
• Approved Inspectors are recognised by the Government and others as having an important positive impact on efficiency and higher standards of service.
• Approved Inspectors understand innovation.  As the architect and creator of a new and ingenious off-site manufacting system told Building magazine recently: "I had ridiculous conversations about whether the buildings would collapse. We don't go to local authority building inspectors any more. We use a specialist Approved Inspector who understands what we're doing."

To find an Approved Inspector to suit your needs, look through our Members' Directory.