Delivering a new building code for a Middle Eastern government

A Middle Eastern government needed a major transformation of its national building code to improve its use and content. The new building code needed to deliver the following objectives:

• Encompass the needs of multiple government departments in one, unified, building code
• Ensure cost-effectiveness and incentivize best practice
• Support uptake through easy to navigate, high quality and illustrative content

BSI, along with partners Arup and Gensler, standardized and unified the current standards, regulations, guidelines, codes, and circulars related to building design, construction and permitting. The project included the following key steps:

• Detailed review and analysis of existing information and benchmarking
• Workshops, focus groups and approvals
• Gap analysis and recommendations for the new code
• Development and production of the new national building code