Scottish Government’s Building Standards Division awards

At the Local Authority Building Standards Scotland (LABSS) AGM held at Peebles Hydro, 17 May 2019, Orkney Islands Council were successful in the Building Standards Division (BSD) National Building Standards Performance Excellence (Small Verifier) category.

The BSD awards for 2018/2019 are made against the following performance indicators:

• Percentage of first reports issued within 20 days.
• Percentage of warrants issued within 10 days from receipt of all satisfactory information.
• Improved customer survey rating.
• Timely Key Performance Outcome Data reporting.

Worth noting the team have consistently achieved close to 100% against the first two criteria.

The Councils Principal Building Standards Officer, Jack Leslie was extremely proud to accept the award from Stephen Garvin head of BSD on the team’s behalf, saying “it’s a great team achievement and just recognition for everyone’s hard work and dedication during the past year”.