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The Golden Thread and building passports are both ways to maintain good information about a building, so how do they differ?

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Evacuating disabled residents in an emergency

Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans (or PEEPs) have had far less attention when it comes to lessons learned from the Grenfell Tower fire – but that is about to change, says Peter Crush

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Making water safer

We speak to recent CABE Webinar presenter Pete Tyson – Commercial Director of the Water Hygiene Centre Ltd – about how the construction sector can help mitigate the risk from waterborne pathogens.

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Higher education has pivotal role in supporting the UK’s Plan for Change

UKC3 programme director calls on the sector to ramp up its collaboration with the Institutes of Technology and further education to accelerate the integration of academic learning with industry requirements.
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Property developer prosecuted for health and safety failings

Property developer Nofax Enterprises has been ordered to pay £63,000 plus £25,622 in prosecution costs after the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) uncovered numerous safety failings at a construction site in London.

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The Wider View May 2025

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SCSI boards and committees election

CABE Members who are also registered building surveyors in Ireland wil...

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CCC reveals ambitious home energy targets

The Climate Change Committee (CCC) has published its Seventh Carbon Budget report, which features ambitious home energy targets.

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West Yorkshire businesses and colleges think local

A partnership between West Yorkshire’s Mayor and seven colleges will u...

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Can EDI initiatives help to solve the skills gap?

Equality, diversity and inclusion has, until very recently, been seen as a vital part of business. In fact, no self-respecting organisation would be seen without it – and there is a good reason for that, Denise Chevin discovers.

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Updating policies to prevent harassment in the workplace

Daniel McAfee, Head of Legal Operations at Lawhive, says construction carries a heightened risk of workplace harassment. Employers need to take heed and update policies and culture
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Five tips for making the industry female-friendly

Jackie Janssen, Head of Communications at the Considerate Constructors Scheme (CCS), highlights five best practices helping to make the construction industry more accessible to women

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Technical

Get your house in order with a BIM strategy

How can building information modelling (BIM) transform facilities management? Perhaps that is best explained through the buildings themselves, says Microsol Resources.
CABE news

CABE’s Presidential walk for charity

On 22 March 2025, CABE President Richard Flynn, CEO Richard Harral and Vice President Paul Grinyer alongside family and friends took on a 10km walk in Killarney, Ireland, to the stunning Torc Waterfall in Co Kerry.
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100 years of CABE: hot topics in 1965

CABE turns 100 years old this year. To mark this milestone, Building Engineer takes a look back at the journal through the years.
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The Golden Thread vs building passports

The Golden Thread and building passports are both ways to maintain good information about a building, so how do they differ?
Environment

Mapping soil pollution

An extensive British Geological Survey 40 years in the making shows the effects of environmental pollution on the soil across the UK.
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Outgoing CABE President Richard Flynn bids farewell

All good things must come to an end, and as I write this, my final welcome as your President, it is with a sense of great pride and honour that I reflect on the past 12 months as CABE President in our centenary year.
CABE news

Find a building engineer

Are you aware of the Association’s ‘Find a building engineer’ directory?
Accessibility

The challenges and opportunities of being deaf in the construction industry

Building Control Surveyor Helen Booker-Hunt has forged a successful career while being profoundly deaf. Matt Lamy asks what difference it has made professionally.

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Outgoing CABE President Richard Flynn bids farewell

All good things must come to an end, and as I write this, my final welcome as your President, it is with a sense of great pride and honour that I reflect on the past 12 months as CABE President in our centenary year.
CABE news

CABE's new membership director on her plans for the future

Sharon Spice is the new Membership Director at CABE – here she discusses her plans for the role.