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A new CPD webinar on Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) is now available for CABE members.

Excellence and ingenuity were recognised at last week's CABE Awards – we found out more about the winners.

The Housing Associations’ Charitable Trust – tackling the financing challenge of energy efficiency in UK social housing – and the Enfield Council with environmental charity Thames21 – protecting communities from extreme weather by bringing new life to neglected waterways – were just two of the winners of the 2023 Ashden Awards.

Titi Oliyide CEng MIET won the IET Young Woman Engineer of the Year Award 2023.

HSBC UK is the first bank to be awarded the Construction Industry Council’s Inclusive Environments Recognition Certification.

Mark Tambini FCABE is the new Head of Building Regulations Policy at Llywodraeth Cymru/the Welsh government.

Since the publication of the HSE’s approach to enforcement when issues of non-compliance or serious risk are identified, secondary legislation for the in-occupation phase has passed through the parliamentary process.

Professionals working in Building Control in Wales can now go online and register as a Registered Building Inspector (RBI) with the Building Safety Regulator (BSR).

Following its report Housing Horizons, which showed England is the hardest place in the developed world to find a home, the Home Builders Federation has published a report to show government policy-makers how to boost the supply of new, energy efficient and high-quality homes across the country.

The myth that heat pumps do not work well in low temperatures has been dispelled by research from Oxford University and the Regulatory Assistance Project thinktank.

EngineeringUK has launched the Climate Schools Programme. This provides teachers in state-funded secondary schools with the resources, knowledge and confidence to address climate change and help students to both explore solutions and discover how engineering and technology are key.

It is a pleasure to have this opportunity to communicate with CABE members for the first time in my role as Interim Chief Executive Officer.

AXA UK is providing bodycams to contractors so they can record essential remedial work on buildings that contain flammable cladding and insulation.

The New Homes Quality Board (NHQB) has launched the New Homes Quality Code in Northern Ireland.

Philip White, the GB Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Director of Building Safety, will continue in his current role leading the Building Safety Regulator (BSR) on a permanent basis. He will continue to perform the duties of the Chief Inspector of Buildings.

In November, Causeway Technologies launched a campaign for mental health provision to be included in health and safety and social value procurement conditions in construction contracts.

The Association for Specialist Fire Protection (ASFP) has launched its Competence Framework, a free library of information that defines passive fire protection activities across the building life-cycle, providing a benchmark for competence.

Principal Accountable Persons (PAPs) and Accountable Persons (APs) must ensure they have met their legal duties under the Building Safety Act 2022 or face enforcement action for non-compliance, the new Building Safety Regulator (BSR) has warned. 

The engineering profession has been rated as one of the top five most trusted professional groups in the latest Ipsos Veracity Index, the longest running poll on public trust in key professions in Britain.

Darragh O’Brien TD, Ireland’s Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, has signed EU (In-Building Physical Infrastructure for High-Speed Electronic Communications) Regulations 2023.