Building Control
The technical architecture supporting the enforcement of building regulations, structural safety, and on-site compliance inspections.
Building Control may have a small public-facing presence, with the bulk of its stack serving a highly technical, field-centric service. Its architecture should prioritise offline-capable mobile applications for site inspectors, the ingestion of complex 3D technical drawings (BIM), and rigid, immutable audit trails to comply with Building Safety Act and the Building Safety Regulator (BSR) requirements.
The LGAM technology stack
Delivering this journey requires specific capabilities focused heavily on mobile workforce enablement and secure data storage. The technology stack to deliver this, when aligned to the Local Government Architecture Model, might include the following elements:
| LGAM Layer | LGAM Element | Context in Planning | Enabling Technology (Example) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Forms | Offline-first tablet applications allowing inspectors to log site evidence (photos, notes) in basements or rural areas without 4G/5G. | Mobile Inspection App / Offline Forms Engine |
| Data and Information | Document and records management | Highly secure, scalable storage capable of handling massive BIM and CAD drawings, often subject to commercial confidentiality. | Secure EDM / BIM Repository |
| Corporate Areas | Geographical | Dynamic routing algorithms to optimize the daily schedules of field inspectors across the borough. | GIS / Dynamic Scheduler |
| Integration | API Gateway | Linkages to the national BSR to automatically pass high-risk building data upstream. | National Gateway Integration |
| Capabilities | Payments | Processing inspection fees and taking payments for regularisation certificates. | Corporate Payment Gateway |
| Capabilities | Workflow | Managing the statutory timeline of inspections from commencement to completion. | Core Case Management System |