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With insurance markets hardening globally in recent years, construction professionals have reported finding it a challenge to access the right level of insurance cover.

September saw Carl Pearson LLM MBCS and Laura Richardson CMgr MCMI begin their new roles within CABE as Associate Director, Legal, Governance and Operations, and Associate Director, Marketing and Communications, respectively.

CABE congratulates Emma Sykes, Liam Nolan and Mitchell Heys from the University of Salford and Todd Beckett from the University of Huddersfield.

In June, CABE sailed through a second surveillance audit, ensuring the Association remains on track to retain its ISO 9001 certification.

CABE is delighted to announce that Dr Hywel Davies HonFCIBSE joined CABE in August as Head of Technical Insight.

In August, Jackie Macaulay will step down as CABE’s Chief Operating Officer. She has led CABE’s operations for the past six years, working closely with the management team CEO Richard Harral (formerly Technical Director) and Dr Gavin Dunn (former CEO).

At this time of year, it’s always good practice to check in on your CPD progress to date. 2024 is the first year CABE altered its CPD year to run from 1 January until 31 December, and all fee-paying members (excluding Retired) must upload a minimum of 35 hours of CPD within that time.

CABE’s Hong Kong Chapter enjoyed its latest CPD opportunity on 27 May – an evening seminar called The Internet of Things (IoT) and its Application on Building Automation Systems (BAS).

Jeremy Barlow MCABE C.Build E, Building Control Manager, Class 2F/4 Registered Building Inspector/Technical Manager at East Midlands Building Consultancy (EMBC)

A reminder that, as per the CABE Code of Professional Conduct, CABE members are required to notify the Association within 14 days if any of the following circumstances are impacting them or the business they operate:

There is now a one-stop-shop for all essential membership services.

CABE is pleased to welcome Anthony Oloyede C.Build E FCABE and Jaspal Virdee-Dhanjal IEng C.Build E FCABE to the Association’s rostrum of in-house course trainers.

Missed Futurebuild 2024? Don’t miss out on the insights shared at the event – the two CABE curated speaker sessions are now available to view on YouTube.

President Richard Smith, CEO Richard Harral and Academic and Research Director Dr Nikki Ghadiminia recently visited the Asia Pacific Region.

Anthony Oloyede FCABE, trainer on CABE’s Plan Interpretation Workshop in July, tells us his story

CABE is proud to announce that the Fire Safety Practitioner Certificate Course – one of the Association’s fire safety training opportunities – is now an Institution of Fire Engineers (IFE) Recognised Training Course.

The new CABE app has launched, giving members access to CABE services. View your account, update your profile, record your CPD or peruse the ‘What’s On Guide’ directly from your mobile. The app also holds the latest Building Engineer journal, as well as back issues for your reference – perfect for reading on the go.

On 22 February, CABE Hong Kong members attended a talk given by Ir Kenneth Li, Executive Director at WSP (Asia) Ltd, on fire engineering and fire safety within building design.

Mark Snelling has been appointed as the new President of the Association for Project Safety (APS).