Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 2 May 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
Modern Construction Methods: Discussion
Mr. Des O'Toole:
We are a bit of an outlier in how our technical guidance documents are written. They are very prescriptive. Some other European jurisdictions use more performance-based eurocodes. It is just done slightly differently. In order to bridge the gap, I think we need to showcase the technology, get our design practitioners familiar with the systems and get our fire officers and local authorities in to see and understand the detailing and how these systems work. Maybe through derogation or some sort of demonstration buildings that are minded in terms of where they are erected - Mount Lucas might be an opportunity to do that - I think we need to do something. If we wait for the regulations to be reviewed, amended and changed, it will take time.
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