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NEW BUILDINGS AND
BUILDING CONTROL

Dublin Fire Brigade’s Fire Prevention & Community Fire The Building Control Regulations 1997 to 2015 set
Safety Section work in conjunction with the Building out procedures and controls which require owners,
Control Authorities in the four Dublin Local Authorities builders, and registered construction professionals to
- Dublin City Council, Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County demonstrate that the works or buildings concerned
Council, South Dublin County Council and Fingal County have been designed and constructed in compliance
Council. with Building Regulations.

Building Control Regulations apply to the construction With the advent of the Building Control Amendment
of new buildings and to existing buildings, which Regulations (BCAR) in 2014, there is now greater
undergo an extension, a material alteration or a material oversight and accountability of the construction of
change of use, with some exceptions. A Fire Safety building and works.
Certificate application is required where these changes
occur, to demonstrate compliance of the works with The Building Control Management System was created
Building Regulations Part B (Fire). Fire Prevention by the National Building Control Office (NBCO), to
Officers process Fire Safety Certificate applications, to enable online applications of Fire safety Certificate
establish if compliance with the Building Regulations applications. The BCMS can be accessed here https://
B1-B5 is demonstrated, for all the newly constructions nbco.localgov.ie/
or extended buildings in the Dublin region since 1992.

A Fire Safety Certificate once granted indicates that a
building if built in accordance with the design which
was submitted, will be in accordance with Building
Regulations. It is the responsibility of the designer, the
builder and the owner to ensure that the building is built
in accordance with the Fire Safety Certificate and the
Building Regulations.

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