Approved certification

If you're doing building work on your home you can get certain design and construction work certified by Approved Certifiers.

They'll give you a certificate that says it meets Building Standards. This can be given to your council as part of your application for a Building Warrant.

Find an Approved Certifier by searching the Certification Register.

Approved Certifier for Design

An Approved Certifier for Design makes sure the house's structure and/or energy efficiency meet building standards.

If they do, they'll give you a Certificate of Design for Structures and/or a Certificate of Design for Energy.

Approved Certifier for Construction

An Approved Certifier for Construction can do building work for you, and certify that their work meets building regulations. They can do work on:

the electrical installation
drainage
heating
plumbing

If you have any questions about building standards, contact your local council's Building Standards office.

Find out about building standards

Aberdeen City Council Aberdeenshire Council Angus Council Argyll and Bute Council Clackmannanshire Council Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (Western Isles) Council Dumfries & Galloway Council Dundee City Council East Ayrshire Council East Dunbartonshire Council East Lothian Council East Renfrewshire Council Edinburgh Council Falkirk Council Fife Council Glasgow City Council Highland Council Inverclyde Council Midlothian Council Moray Council North Ayrshire Council North Lanarkshire Council Orkney Islands Council Perth & Kinross Council Renfrewshire Council Scottish Borders Council Shetland Islands Council South Ayrshire Council South Lanarkshire Council Stirling Council West Dunbartonshire Council West Lothian Council

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