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    Government announces major shake-up of Building Safety Regulator

    The UK Government has announced a major shake-up of the Building Safety Regulator (BSR), which aims to accelerate housebuilding and unlock delays.
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    CROSS UK Report: Shear assessment of transfer slabs

    This report relates to punching shear assessments of flat slabs used as transfer slabs to support transferred columns (ie columns above the transfer slab that are misaligned with the columns below). The reporter is concerned some design engineers erroneously use the principles of uniformly loaded slabs to assess punching shear.
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    Water table

    The Independent Water Commission has published its interim report, which sets out the scale of change needed to reform the water sector.
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    Certified safe — but is it? Lessons from CROSS on third-party certification

    A reporter conducting a fire risk assessment of a school encountered inadequate firestopping.
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    Technical insights: an update from Hywel Davies

    CABE Head of Technical Insight Hywel Davies works to inform and influence policy, standards and guidance in the profession – here’s what that means for members.
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    New course from the Door & Hardware Federation

    The Door & Hardware Federation has created a new Level 3 Award in Compliance & Safety of Fire Resisting Roller Shutter Doors training course.
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    New procurement framework

    A new competence framework for construction procurement professionals has been published.
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    Complexity versus competence

    Fire Engineer Andrea White discusses complexity versus competence in fire safety – and how the gap between them has widened during her time in the industry.
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    Fire safety standards update

    There has been an update in fire safety standards that significantly affects the design and specification of steel fire doorsets.
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    ASFP introduces new membership category

    The Association for Specialist Fire Protection has announced it is introducing a new membership category.
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    BCIA needs you

    The Building Controls Industry Association (BCIA) is looking for additional End Point Assessors to support the development of apprentice BEMS Controls Engineers.
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    A short guide to fire doors

    Howarth Timber’s Emily Green has compiled a short guide on the importance of properly specified, fitted and maintained fire doors.
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    CROSS UK REPORT: Incorrect firestopping by third-party certificated contractor

    Collaborative reporting for safer structures. Report 1197: Incorrect firestopping by a third-party certificated contractor
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    The importance of CPD following the annual audit

    Kirri Porter-White, CABE’s Head of Competence and Learning, explains how the CABE CPD audit is about maintaining standards
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    Your pathway to SocEnv chartership

    The Society for the Environment registers and champions professionals with proven competence in their environmental work.
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    Why having access to the BSI’s database is invaluable

    Prism Fire Risk Management’s Tony Bolder ACABE says, as a CABE member, having access to the British Standards Institution’s database is invaluable
  • Hackitt urges professional bodies to push new building safety competence standard

    The Building a Safer Future author welcomes the launch of the Engineering Council’s competency register for professionally qualified structural and civil engineers this month, which has been developed in response to her report recommendations.
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    Could modern slavery be in your organisation?

    Action Sustainability’s Operational Toolkit: Combatting Slavery in the Built Environment aims to keep modern slavery off sites and out of the construction industry supply chain
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    Why data templates are key for CE/UKCA marking transition

    Lars Fredenlund, CEO of Cobuilder, believes data templates are key for the CE/UKCA marking transition
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    The psychology of safety in construction

    A groundbreaking project completed by Leeds Beckett University and Aggregate Industries UK is informing best practice around safety in the UK construction materials industry.

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