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Public Service Building Control Awards
A new set of awards for a new decade
Should we have Awards for people in our network? Some say it’s unfair to spotlight a few individuals and that it’s unfair to others who also do a good job.
However, we think public service building control needs better understanding – not least in local authorities – and that the status of our work and our posts should be radically enhanced. It’s good to publicly acknowledge good colleagues and good work, especially if it helps improve the understanding and appreciation of elected members and senior local authority managers. It’s part of the long term objectives to improve status, recruitment and developing people, teams and resources.
Going forward, LABC’s focus will be on standards, quality, learning and validating competence to compliment and anticipate the new building safety regime and other building control changes. So as well as our member awards identifying individual ‘stars’ we also want wider team recognition where there is exemplary delivery of public service building control. So we’re changing the name of the awards to the Public Service Building Control Awards celebrating “Exemplary delivery of public safety, protection and best practice by local authority teams and individuals”.
So starting immediately, awards will be made for:
Excellence in service provision and best practice
A great building control section that is valued by building control users and other council departments
Efficient and productive service delivery
Good track record in retaining business and the loyalty of local businesses
Positively measured in the Quality Management System and ISO
Outstanding public safety or public protection actions by individuals or teams
Outstanding response to the needs of the community
Dangerous structure responsiveness and positive contribution to the emergency services
Flood response work
Input at major incidents
Prosecutions
Contribution to the delivery of safe public events/SAG
Best individual always willing to ‘go the extra mile’ (Superstar)
Best new entrant to Building Control (Rising Stars)
Best leadership and strategic vision by a head of service
Transforming a building control team
Taking an active leadership role
Positively managing resourcing, workload, recruitment, trainees, people development or
Increasing the status and perceived value of building control in local government
Most improved service
A team that has improved its own performance in terms of:
Administration
Surveying
Volume/value of work
Major scheme/development or
Introduction of mobile working
Most successful shared service transition
Either creating a new shared service or extending an existing shared service plan with political agreement and management support
Good implementation creating a seamless service transition
Improved management metrics and efficiencies
Excellent integration of systems, records and processes
Great feedback from service users
It’s starting now!
All nominations for ‘Rising Stars’ and ‘Superstars’ are still valid and will be included in this year’s Members’ Awards. In addition we will look for entries for teams and individuals in the new categories too. It may be that not all these categories will be awarded – it is dependent on LABC receiving good nominations. However, we really hope there will be deserving winners every year!
Entry and judging process
We want to make the entry process simple and quick to complete for members. There is a short entry form to complete here. Once no
