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Alison King Joseph
(PRESS RELEASE) – Key Stakeholders in the Construction Industry converge to revise the St. Lucia Building Code.
Engineers, contractors, public and private sector agencies come together for a national consultation to review the recommendations for St Lucia’s administrative section of the building code. Legislative amendments as well as an implementation plan and communication strategy is also being developed to support the recommendations.
Consultant Engineer to the GCCA/OECS iLAND Resilience Project, Alison King Joseph says that the consultation is timely, to ensure that people are safe in the face of extreme hazards.
St. Lucia’s building code was last reviewed in 2015. Joseph informed that there are provisions for the code that has not been incorporated in the most recent edition. These codes speak specifically to hazard loading like earth quakes and hurricanes. However, the consultations are seeking to increase compliance with the code and not necessarily the technical provisions. She explained that the current consultations remain relevant because of intense weather conditions.
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