The basis for safe, accessible, appropriate, and durable development are a well defined building regulatory framework, together with comprehensive land use planning and building controls and standards. Recognizing this, the World Bank and Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) conducted a Building Regulatory Capacity Assessment (BRCA) to review existing regulatory frameworks and identify actions that can address gaps as well as optimize regulatory systems and processes. Informed by a combination of a literature review, field visits and consultations with experts and stakeholders in the government and private sector, the Sierra Leone's BRCA aims to identify priority actions to strengthen the country's building regulatory framework. This report presents the findings and recommendations of the BRCA, in order to provide a high-level assessment of the current building regulatory context.
Authors
Reid,Robert Curle Jesse, Sakoda,Keiko, Muchadenyika,Davison, Kibirige,Moses K.
- Disclosure Date
- 2024/07/25
- Disclosure Status
- Disclosed
- Doc Name
- Building Regulatory Capacity Assessment for Sierra Leone
- Pages
- 85
- Product Line
- Advisory Services & Analytics
- Published in
- United States of America
- Rel Proj ID
- 1W-Building Regulation For Resilience Program: Phase 3 -- P176068
- TF No/Name
- TF0B4930-Building Regulation for Resilience Program Phase 3,TF0B7077-Building Regulation for Resilient, Green and Inclusive Built Environmen,TF0B9188-Building Regulation for Resilience for Armenia,TF0C3018-BRR - A Global Status Review of the Building Regulatory Environment
- Unit Owning
- Disaster Climate Risk Management (IDURM)
- Version Type
- Final
- Volume No
- 1
Table of Contents
- 1.6 Drivers of Risk in the Built Environment 21
- Section 2 22
- Pillar 2 Legal and Regulatory Framework 22
- 2.1 Section Outline 23
- 2.2 Legislative Framework Overview 24
- 2.2.1 The Legislative Framework in Sierra Leone 25
- 2.2.2 Development and Maintenance of Regulation 27
- 2.3 Spatial Planning Requirements | 2.3.1 Risk-Sensitive Land Use and Physical Planning 28
- 2.3.2 Risk Information Management 30
- 2.4 Building Code Requirements 33
- 2.4.1 Structural and Geotechnical Design 34
- 2.4.2 Fire Safety and Prevention 35
- 2.4.3 Universal Accessibility and Inclusive Design 37
- 2.4.4 Green Buildings 38
- 2.4.5 Construction Materials, Products, and Methods 39
- 2.5 Pillar 2 Recommendations 40
- Section 3 44
- Pillar 3 Implementation Mechanism and Capacity 44
- 3.1 Section Outline 45
- 3.2 Urban Planning and Building Control Process 46
- 3.2.1 Control Mechanisms: Approvals and Enforcement 47
- 3.3 Institutional Capacity Assessment 50
- 3.3.1 Key Ministries and Departments Regulating the Built Environment 51
- 3.3.2 Other Government Entities and Third Parties Involved 54
- 3.4 Construction Industry Capacity Assessment | 3.4.1 Design Professionals 57
- 3.4.3 Education and Certification of Built Environment Professionals 59
- 3.4.2 Builders or Contractors 58
- 3.5 Insurance and Liability System Overview 60
- 3.6 Pillar 3 Recommendations 61
- Section 4 64
- Intervention Areas, Recommendations, and Implementation Plan 64
- 4.1 Section Outline 65
- 4.2 Intervention Areas and Associated Recommendations 66
- 4.3 Priority Actions to Implement the Recommendations 68
- 4.4 Implementation Plan 78
- 4.5 Closing Comments 79
- References 80
- Annex 1 83
- Common Construction Materials and Methods in Sierra Leone 83
- Acronyms 4
- Glossary 5
- Executive Summary 7
- Implementation Plan 9
- Section 0 10
- Introduction 10
- 0.1 Background, Objective, and Audience 11
- 0.2 Methodology 12
- 0.3 Report Structure 13
- Section 1 14
- Pillar 1 Country Characteristics 14
- 1.2 Country Context 16
- 1.3 Risk Profile 18
- 1.4 Urbanization Profile 19
- 1.5 Construction Materials and Methods 20
- 1.1 Section Outline 15
