Judy Zakreski, Vice President of Global Services, International Code Council, America provided an update reflecting the impacts of COVID-19 to the Scottish Government Building Standards.
The COVID-19 pandemic with which the world is still contending has impacted every aspect of life, and the construction and building safety industry are no exception. Every country – and in some countries, individual jurisdictions – have navigated a different approach to construction in the time of a pandemic. Many countries, including the United States, Australia and many countries across Europe and Asia, allowed construction as an essential activity during the pandemic. Others, namely Scotland, but also others spanning the globe including New Zealand, South Africa, Mexico and Saudi Arabia, had at least a partial halt on all residential and commercial construction in response to the pandemic. In all cases, building regulators…….