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What changed, when, and what a UK contractor should do about it: standards and ISO revisions, Building Safety Act practice and the documents that get reviewed. Written by Craig Collier, MCIOB, CQP MCQI, MAPM. The guides are the evergreen how-tos; this is the dated record. RSS feed.
ISO 9001:2026 has been published: what it means for a UK contractor's QMSISO 9001:2026 is published; the UK adoption is not yet listed. Why your certificate is unaffected, what to do this quarter, and how our QMS handles it.
ISO 19011:2026: what changed for internal auditsBS EN ISO 19011:2026 replaces the 2018 auditing guidelines. What we have checked, what we have not, and eight audit steps that do not depend on the text.
Why your ITP keeps getting rejected (and the ten-minute fix)Five faults that get a construction ITP returned, and the ten-minute pass that fixes them: measurable criteria, current editions, hold points, sign-off.
Standards move: 14 UK construction standards that changed in 2025-26 and where they biteFourteen British and industry standards that changed in 2025-26, verified on 17 September 2026, what replaced each and which quality documents they affect.
The £10k/month question: what a small contractor actually needs before its first ISO 9001 auditThe minimum document set and a realistic 90-day timeline for a small contractor's first ISO 9001 certification audit, with what usually goes wrong.
Building Safety Act Gateway 2: the evidence pack reviewers actually open firstThe order the Building Safety Regulator's team reads a Gateway 2 application, and what each document must prove to survive the reading.