Mark Snelling MCIOB, CertIOSH, FAPS, started in construction, setting up his own construction health and safety consultancy in 1995. He is President of the Association for Project Safety, a founder director of the Building Safety Alliance and the health, safety and fire consultant to the Property Institute. Since 2021 he has worked in building safety providing guidance, consultancy and training to professional bodies and others. His current focus is on competence and competence management which has included his membership of British Standards Institute [BSI] steering committees developing competence frameworks and standards including BS8670, PAS 8671, PAS 8763, and BS 8674. He is a member of the new industry organisational capability standard steering group and BSI’s CPB/1 Committee which is responsible to the BSI Standards Policy and Strategy Committee (SPSC) for standardization needs for competence in the built environment.