In situations where the principal contractor or other company involved in the project is no longer operational where, for example, the company has gone into administration, the assessor may be unable to obtain all the evidence to meet the requirements of BREEAM or HQM.
For some BREEAM Issues, it may not be possible to demonstrate compliance retrospectively, and in such cases, the relevant credits must be withheld.
However, in this situation, a lack of complete evidence will not, in itself, prevent the project from achieving a BREEAM rating and, where relevant, a prerequisite or minimum standard can be waived. For example:
INC NC V6 Man 03 Prerequisite – Legally harvested and traded timber
or
INC V6 Wst 03a – 1 credit to achieve an Excellent Rating
This is based on the project team demonstrating appropriate efforts to obtain the evidence from the company in administration and providing the following:
- Evidence of the company going into administration
- Evidence of compliance from the company in administration, where available
- Evidence of compliance from the date a new company was engaged
28 Oct 2024 - Title and general approach updated. Applied to NC V6.
