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An international alliance of five green building organisations has published a new report that outlines how sustainable finance can be unlocked to enable the rapid and wide-scale transition of low-performing building stock to a decarbonised future. 

CABE is encouraging members to complete a survey which aims to explore the mental health crisis in engineering.

The Properties Division of Northern Ireland’s Department of Finance has made changes to Part E (Fire Safety) of the Building (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024 and to Technical Booklets E (Fire Safety 2012) and R.

Following the Scottish budget in December 2024, Liz Hamilton, Senior Land and Planning Manager of Scottish housebuilder AS Homes, said: “We welcome the decision in the Scottish government budget to reverse the £200m cut to housing.

Change at the top has provided the opportunity to review the overall strategy of CABE, taking national and global context into account.

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has published a Remediation Acceleration Plan to tackle the building safety crisis following the Grenfell Tower fire.

CABE patron Lord Lytton has spoken in the House of Lords debate on the Grenfell Tower Public Inquiry Phase 2 Report.

2025 marks CABE’s centenary since originally being established as the Incorporated Association of Architects and Surveyors.

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Warringtonfire’s flagship fire resistance testing facility at Birchwood Park in Warrington is set to open in January 2025 with 50 new jobs including maintenance engineers and technical officer positions.

Ministers have been urged to overhaul the “nightmare” compensation scheme for flood victims after it emerged that nearly 80% of businesses in some parts of England had been denied support.

The Construction Leadership Council (CLC) has announced a comprehensive restructure of the Industry Competence Steering Group (ICSG) to enhance competence and safety standards across the built environment.

The Building Safety Regulator is to undertake a fundamental review of how building regulations guidance is produced, updated, and communicated to the construction industry.

A tenant recently reported collapse of their precast concrete canopy over the front door of their house, prompting a safety report from CROSS UK.

Ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP29), new guidance from Pledge to Net Zero highlights three practical ways for environmental and engineering professionals to estimate the greenhouse gas emissions attached to their designs and advice.

The Building Safety Reform Team is continuing to develop policy for the proposed Building Safety (Wales) Bill.

The Association for Specialist Fire Protection (ASFP) has addressed the challenges arising from the removal of the national classes for fire resistance in Approved Document B (England).

Speaking at the Sir James Wates Lecture for the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB), Dame Judith Hackitt DBE FREng said the Final Report of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry is a final call to construction to step up and address its problems, or face further intervention and regulation.

The Higher-Risk Buildings (Keeping and Provision of Information etc) (England) Regulations 2024 set out the requirements for providing information about a Higher Risk Building (HRB) known as the ‘Golden Thread’. CABE's Head of Technical Insight, Dr Hywel Davies, provides a guide for ‘Accountable Persons’ for an HRB and what they need to be doing now.

Elements of certification, inspection and testing service provider BM TRADA is to cease operating, it has been announced.