NBC&MSO Part M - Building Regulations: Remote

The objective of theNational Building Control and Market Surveillance Office (NBC&MSO) is to provide oversight, support & direction for the development, standardisation and implementation of Building Control and Market Surveillance of Construction Products (Construction Products Regulations EU 305/2011(S.I. No. 225 of 2013 andS.I. 682 of 2020)) as an effective shared service in the 31 Building Control Authorities who fund the Office.This is achieved through five pillars which includeInspection,Education Training,Compliance Support andMarket Surveillancepillars supported by theIS-BCMS(Building Control Management System) pillar.The overall vision is to promote a “Culture of Compliance with the Building and Construction Products Regulations” among owners, builders, designers and assigned certifiers to ensure “health and safety of people in or about buildings” i.e. safe, accessible sustainable and good quality compliant building stock.

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This will be a free hybrid event(in-person/live-streamed). The format is informal and discussion-based, consisting of live presentations with Q&amp;A sessions, MC on the day with interactive audience participation throughout, and ending with a roundtable discussion. Topics include:•	Part M Legislation and Regulatory Framework – Eoin O’Dowd, DHLGH•	Overview of the DAC Application process - Conor King - Louth County Council •	DAC Reports: Format, Structure, Wordings - Martin R. Ryan, ACFO - Cork County Council•	Access Strategies and Preparation of DACs -Eoin O’Herlihy - O’Herhily Access Consultancy •	Existing Buildings and Dispensations - Martin C Moore, ACFO - Tipperary County Council •	Part M and Historic Buildings - Speaker TBC•	Morning and Afternoon Q&amp;A SessionsSpeaker Biographies:Eoin O&#x27;Dowd:Eoin O’ Dowd is a Building Standards Advisor in the Building Standards Advisory in the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. He joined Carlow Fire &amp; Rescue Service in 2008, working primarily in the areas of Fire Prevention and Building Control. He was seconded to the Building Control Management Project in 2015, and joined Dublin Fire Brigade in 2016 as Senior Executive Fire Prevention Officer. Eoin joined the Department in 2018, where he has been working primarily in the areas of accessibility and fire safetyHe has a Diploma in Law, and is a Chartered Building Control Surveyor and Registered Building Surveyor. Conor KingConor King is Building Control Officer (Executive Engineer) in Louth County Council. He joined Louth County Council in 2018 as an Assistant Engineer in Operations and was promoted to Executive Engineer in Building Control in 2020. Before employment with Louth County Council Conor working with in Construction sector in the UK and Ireland:Ashville Construction Ltd, 2012 to 2014, mainly on commercial and office construction:o	Rush Bulb and Flowers Storage facility. o	Irish Military War Museum (Meath). Graham, 2014 – 2019, on heavy civil engineering projects in the UK: o	Biomass Handling and Storage Terminal. (Liverpool dock). o	Energy from Waste (Gloucestershire Incinerator). o	Bulk earthworks road construction (A6 Antrim). o	New port Terminal (Tilbury 2). Conor is a Civil Engineer graduating from Dundalk Institute of Technology with BSc Hons in 2012 and has completed the Certificate in Building Control Management from Carlow IT in 2021. Martin Ryan:Martin Ryan is an Assistant Chief Fire Officer with Cork County Council and has 20 years’ experience in Building Control. He has long experience in the inspection of many building types and the assessment of Disability Access Certificate applications. He places particular attention on compliance with Part B (fire), Part M (access) and Part L (energy) of the Building Regulations and strongly believes that granted FSC and DAC should be used by Building Control Officers as a tool aid inspections.Eoin O’Herlihy:Eoin O’Herlihy is a Chartered Engineer, an independent accessibility and Universal Design consultant/trainer and Managing Director of O’Herlihy Access Consultancy (OHAC www.accessconsultancy.ie). Eoin has over 18 years’ international experience advising on Universal Design and accessibility is an IAAP Level 3 Certified Expert Accessibility Professional in Accessible Built Environment. He is passionate about accessibility and making all aspects of society more accessible and usable for everyone. Eoin recognises that the barriers faced by people with disabilities and other user groups come in many forms (physical (e.g. public realm), attitudinal, technological, communication, transport, and employment) and aims to support organisations around the world to remove these barriers and create a more inclusive society. OHAC are currently working with a number of international corporate clients developing frameworks and strategies to promote inclusive workplaces. Part of our role includes: Benchmarking; creating roadmaps; stakeholder engagement; General and tailored disability awareness training (e.g. HR; Products and services; Inclusive workplaces; Technology and Buildings and Estates); Audits of existing workplaces; advice on new offices; general advice on Universal Design. Martin Moore:Assistant Chief Fire Officer with Tipperary Fire and Rescue Service working predominantly in fire prevention and building control. I’m a Chartered Building Engineer and Registered Building Surveyor with a Bsc. (Hons) in Architectural Technology along with Certificates in Building Regulatory Engineering and Building Control Management. Martin also lectures part-time in Fire Safety Engineering Design and Fire Safety Law with SETU. N﻿icola Matthews:Nicola Matthews, a Registered Architect, trained at the Dublin Institute of Technology, Bolton Street and subsequently at University College Dublin, where her specialist topic for the Master’s in Urban and Building Conservation was based on the construction of Georgian Dublin, which focused on the chronological development of Merrion Square and led to her contribution to the ‘Georgian Squares of Dublin” publication. City based research included the origins of the emerging modern city and led to the publication, with Dublin Civic Trust and the Heritage Council ‘ Aungier Street – Revitalising an historic Neighbourhood’. Other projects informing best practice include, a conservation Plan for the Mansion House Dublin, peer review of several Advice Series guidance manuals and the publication of guidance for the ‘Repair of Traditional Roofs’, the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage survey of county Kilkenny and the assessment/ of Kildare’s historic farmhouses to produce guidelines for their conservation, on behalf of Kildare County Council.

Nicola Matthews joined the Built Heritage Policy of the Department of Housing, Local Government &amp; Heritage, as a Senior Architect in 2017. The Senior Architect role is diverse and busy and includes the delivery of a range of progressive policies for cultural heritage including contribution to the Regional Assemblies, the National Heritage Plan 2030 renewal, the development of the National Policy on Architecture and representation on EU OMC working group and key contributor to the first EU architectural policy - Towards a shared culture of Architecture. This work at a European level has been an invaluable experience informing the consultation and writing of national policy, ensuring alignment with EU funding programmes and initiatives and providing a professional network of practitioners and policy makers. This work has led to Nicola been nominated as the national contact point for the New European Bauhaus in 2022, a new initiative of the EU Commission.

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