Current status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 14 July 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on introducing a legal requirement for (a) a clerk of works to oversee the construction and (b) architects or other design professionals to verify the safety, of public buildings.
We have no current plans to make this a legal requirement. We will publish guidance towards the end of this year setting out the importance of employing the appropriate professional expertise and the factors to be considered in assessing what constitutes appropriate.