LICENSING UK CONSTRUCTION
Lead times increased, work was delayed. The project took another three weeks to complete. “This could have been avoided,” McAllister explains. “Of course, there are builders out there who are not accredited and are good at what they do. But it’s not worth taking the risk hiring them when there is no code of conduct or standards to adhere to, and no recourse as a client if something does go wrong. “The Government should step in and
regulate the industry and protect the term ‘builders’ by driving minimum standards higher.” The FMB and TrustMark do a good job at ensuring their members uphold high standards but there is a
large market of builders that are not members and, therefore,
are not held accountable for poor- quality work or unethical practices. “We have around
7,000 FMB members,
which is a drop in the ocean compared with
how many builders are operating in the UK,” says Jeremy Gray, Head of Policy and Public Affairs at the FMB.
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