to support the application of building for life by local authorities and others, the department for communities and local government commissioned cabe to deliver a programme to create a national network of accredited assessors across local authorities in england. cabe developed a training and accreditation programme and drafted a code of conduct which accredited assessors were required to sign up to. by the end of 2010, cabe had trained 497 local authority professionals and had accredited 301 assessors in 194 local authorities to carry out formal assessments.