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Construction Industry Council and the Edge, a built environment think tank, have published the Competence Framework for Sustainability in the Built Environment to underpin the development of discipline-specific, sustainability competence requirements across the built environment and the natural sector.

CABE Past President Joseph Birt has been appointed as Chair of the Historic Buildings Council.

The next step in Wales's adoption of the Building Safety Act's principles and laws has seen a consultation issued by the Welsh Government on proposed changes to the building control regime and building regulations in Wales.

Launched with the full approval of the Building Safety Regulator, CABE’s Scope Extension Scheme has been designed to give registered building inspectors a route to evidence competence to undertake restricted functions on additional building categories.

House by house, building by building, retrofit is still being approached as a piecemeal solution to the climate crisis. Denise Chevin asks, how can it be scaled up?

CABE turns 100 years old this year. To mark this milestone, Building Engineer takes a look back at the journal through the years.

Nominations are now open for the SocEnv Awards 2025.

The Association for Specialist Fire Protection has launched the sixth edition of the Yellow Book: Fire Protection for Structural Steel in Buildings.

It’s easy to talk about retrofit, but what are you doing about it? ‘Plenty,’ says CABE. Take a look at the modernisation of CABE HQ

Are you a Registered Building Inspector looking to shape the future of the profession? The Building Control Working Group (BCWG), established in 2023 to support the Industry Competence Committee (ICC), needs your expertise!

Last year, the Environmental Audit Committee sought views on how the UK government’s proposed reforms to planning policy and housebuilding targets might affect environmental protections and current approaches to sustainability.

Collaborative reporting for safer structures. Report 1344: Collapse of concrete canopy over house entrance

CITB has announced its consensus procedure will start on 17 March 2025 and continue until 9 May.

The government in Westminster has suspended 39 businesses from fitting new solid-wall insulation in homes after it was alerted to reports of poor-quality work.

A new report from Collaborative Reporting for Safer Structures UK (CROSS-UK) has outlined recommendations to minimise the fire risk posed by scaffolding that features timber boards and plastic wrapping and which is erected around in-use buildings.

Students with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) show a higher interest in technology and computing careers compared to their non-SEND peers, according to a new study.

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Seán Canney Hon FCABE has been appointed as Minister of State at the Department of Transport by Ireland’s Taoiseach.