Experts have questioned how a new report aiming at tackling the competency issues in the industry would work in practice. The Competency Steering Group's interim report, Raising the Bar, published on Friday last week, made 67 recommendations looking to establish a new building safety competence committee and come up with competence frameworks to apply to all those working on high-risk residential buildings. But Steve Cooper, a director at fire engineering consultant Tenos and member of a competence steering group working group, said the aims of the report were "laudable" but its implementation will be problematic.
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