Retrofit contract administrator
A retrofit contract administrator is described by RICS in their 'Residential retrofit standard: RICS Professional Standard UK', published in March 2024 as 'The appropriately qualified and competent professional with responsibility for monitoring the construction and/or fitting of the retrofit installation(s) and associated building works, such as repairs prior to installation of EEMs at the property chosen for retrofit, e.g. an RICS member, engineer, architect or similar.'
This standard follows on from PAS 2035, first published in 2019, and most recently in 2023, which describes the role and tasks involved with retrofit. It is also a precursor to the British Standard of the field which is currently in development; BS 40104 Assessment of dwellings for retrofit.
Figures by the Trustmark from November 24, indicate that some 225k retrofit assessments have already been carried out in the UK, presumably by retrofit assessors, though this is not defined in the statistics and presumably the reason for further standardisation.
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