{"id":16845,"date":"2018-05-11T10:15:53","date_gmt":"2018-05-11T09:15:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.buyassociation.co.uk\/?p=16845"},"modified":"2018-05-11T10:15:53","modified_gmt":"2018-05-11T09:15:53","slug":"housebuilders-greater-protection-cowboys-construction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/zh-hk\/2018\/05\/11\/housebuilders-greater-protection-cowboys-construction\/","title":{"rendered":"Housebuilders want greater protection against cowboys in construction"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new research survey has revealed that around 80% of housebuilders are supportive of stringent measures being introduced to safeguard against \u2018cowboys\u2019 in the construction industry.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Federation of Master Builders (FMB) has issued a warning that there is a need for regulation and that the UK\u2019s construction<\/a> industry would welcome the introduction of a new licensing process to prevent untrustworthy tradesmen operating within the sector.<\/p>\n

UK\u2019s construction industry lacks regulation<\/h4>\n

In the UK, anyone can set themselves up as a builder, which is not the case in Germany or America, where construction is more tightly regulated.<\/p>\n

The FMB plans to address the government with its findings and lobby them to bring in a licensing scheme to offer a set of industry standards<\/a> aimed at setting a minimum level of professionalism and competence across the building trade, in an attempt to boost confidence among consumers wanting to use a builder.<\/p>\n

\u00a340,000 potential spend over five years per average household<\/h4>\n

The latest research produced a figure of around \u00a340,000 over a five-year period that the average householder would spend on significant home improvements<\/a> if they could be assured of a reliable builder\u2019s services. The research indicates that around one third of UK homeowners<\/a> are so apprehensive about using an unreliable builder that they choose not to actually embark on works.<\/p>\n

Brian Berry, FMB chief executive, said: “It\u2019s time to free this escalating demand for building work through a licensing scheme consumers can trust. This would also increase the economic benefits from increasing quality and professionalism in the industry and also improve safety benefits<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

“As well as calling on the government to introduce a licensing scheme for builders, the FMB is also calling for mandatory warranties for building projects that require building control sign-off to protect consumers further. Our Federation is keen to work with the construction industry to create a general builder qualification<\/a> which could recognise the highest standards of professionalism in the industry.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A new research survey has revealed that around 80% of housebuilders are supportive of stringent measures being introduced to safeguard against \u2018cowboys\u2019 in the construction industry. The Federation of Master Builders (FMB) has issued a warning that there is a need for regulation and that the UK\u2019s construction industry would welcome the introduction of a… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":217,"featured_media":16850,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[61,6],"tags":[72,341],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/zh-hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16845"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/zh-hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/zh-hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/zh-hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/217"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/zh-hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/zh-hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16845\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/zh-hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/zh-hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/zh-hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/zh-hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}