[frank doherty]

I understand that, I recall it being used in recruitment spheres amongst others.

When Government defines the Golden Thread within the UK construction industry, in order to make best efforts to avoid a future disaster like Grenfell, best efforts should be made to avoid dilution of the message. The phrase the golden thread has been used for a specific purpose by Dame Judith and the UK Government, and has traction, there’s no need to use it for planning information – is my honest view.

It would be fairly simple to find another, as effective, but less confusing term, I would have thought?

Building Regulations Advisory Committee: golden thread report – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

 

 

[frank doherty]

We need to be careful in terms of definitions, to avoid dilution. The “Golden Thread” is about building regulation compliance. It is NOT related to buildings in general, or planning legislation or purpose.

The Planning process may be ready for digitisation, but confusing what the golden thread is all about, is part of the reason for the golden thread being developed post Grenfell in the first place.

Don’t get me wrong, digitisation of every element of the construction process and post occupancy processes and monitoring is absolutely positive. And yes, it should all come together in digital twinning, however that ends up looking.

Planning is absolutely a thread in the cord of information of a buildings journey through its life, but in the context of current focus of building and fire safety, it’s not the golden one, so please don’t try and shift focus away from building regulatory compliance.

Building Regulations Advisory Committee: golden thread report – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

 

[frank doherty]

The Building Standards Division of Scottish Government would be interested in how we can help ensure statutory requirements (societies minimum requirements for buildings) can be embedded in Digital Twins. This goes beyond the Golden Thread requirements, including energy performance and sustainability for example, and is relevant to jurisdictions out with England, where statutory systems have similar aims, but different mechanisms. Digital Twins should be the place where the memories of compliance with statutory requirements reside, in an accessible and robust way.

[frank doherty]

• Who are you? Frank Doherty, and I work wholly in Scotland
• What is your industry and profession? I work in construction, and am a chartered surveyor with too many years experience in building standards, currently working with Scottish Governments Building Standards Division, leading on digital strategy
• Where do you plan to use your new Digital Twin Knowledge? Personally/professionally? Professionally, to improve the level of compliance with statutory standards (the minimum which should be achieved) for health, safety, wellbeing and energy efficiency in buildings.
• Why have you decided to join the DTHub? As with most things in life, you have to be in it, to win it. If we want to reap the benefits of digital twins as a society, we need to start with basic requirements, and building regulations set those for physical buildings.
• Have you participated in any of our meetups, or events? Yes, webinars. Well, we are still in a pandemic, and they are all the rage just now!
• Do you have any examples of work that you have done using Digital Twins? Not yet, no, but see a future where digital twins could hold accessible information on compliance with statutory requirements of building regulations.

[frank doherty]

why is building and fire safety being referred to under “planning” when planning and building control are two separate professions and disciplines?