As the body designated by the Secretary of State in England and Welsh Ministers in Wales, CICAIR Ltd maintains and operates the Construction Industry Council Approved Inspectors Register (CICAIR).
CICAIR Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Construction Industry Council (CIC) and the approval process it operates provides applicants with a route to registration as an Approved Inspector.
Approved Inspectors are companies that can provide an alternative to obtaining building regulations approval from a local authority and Approved Inspectors are the only Building Control Bodies to be approved, independently monitored and regulated by CICAIR under the Building Act 1984 to carry out building control work in England and Wales.
Approved Inspectors registered with CICAIR Ltd are qualified to undertake building control work in accordance with Part II of the Building Act 1984 and the Building (Approved Inspectors etc.) Regulations 2010.