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An innovative educational programme aimed at preserving traditional building skills needed for protecting our historical built environment has today reopened for applications. 

A contractor was killed by an electrical explosion while carrying out an asbestos survey - Global Energy Nigg has been fined £80,000 after a court case.

The Society for the Environment (SovEnv) podcast, known as EnvCast, is designed to provide insight into the backgrounds, roles and career journeys of registered environmental professionals.

One of the major issues for EV drivers currently is the charging network infrastructure in the UK.

The Sustainable Energy Association (SEA) and its partners have called on the UK government to ensure its policy on transitioning buildings to net zero, including heating systems and smart controls, reflects a diverse range of low-carbon technologies. 

The Local Authority Building Control (LABC) has secured more than £20 million in new burdens funding to develop and build capacity in public service building control, it has been announced.

The absence of a complete continuous cladding support system may have contributed towards a repeated failure of modern cladding in severe – but not exceptional – winds, that caused a hazard to public safety when the panels fell to the street below.

We speak to recent CABE Webinar Wednesday expert Douglas Masterson about how the right architectural ironmongery on fire doors can be the difference between life and death

A structural retrofit of a 1960s London tower has extended the building upwards by 70% to create new work and retail space as well as social housing. We speak to the structural engineers behind the innovative and sustainable design

The Welsh government has launched a consultation on proposals to amend the statutory guidance (Approved Document J) supporting Part J of the Building Regulations to require that carbon monoxide (CO) alarms are fitted alongside the installation of flued fixed combustion appliances of any fuel type in all residential dwellings.

At the end of January, Housing Secretary Michael Gove gave developers a six-week deadline to sign up to remediate homes that are 11m or above that have been built in the past 30 years (making mid-March the deadline). Further legislation creates a Responsible Actors Scheme preventing developers from operating and gaining building control approval if they fail to sign up.

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities’ (DLUHC) consultation on proposed changes to Approved Document B (ADB) of the Building Regulations closes on 17 March 2023.

Since February, low-rise developments seeking structural warranty cover are required to meet new and updated guidance on parapet walls, balconies and basements.

While Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures show 49,000 unfilled positions in construction, a survey of 2,000 18-29-year-olds in the UK by construction data platform NBS revealed that 56% consider construction an attractive career. So why are more not choosing it as a profession?

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has announced government investment of £32m in a new Heat Network Efficiency Scheme, which will make existing heat networks in England and Wales more energy efficient.

Every household will be within a 15-minute walk of green space or water under the new environmental improvement plan (EIP) for England set out by the government.

Responding to the initial findings of the Regulator of Social Housing on damp and mould, Councillor Darren Rodwell, Housing Spokesperson at the Local Government Association (LGA), said: “Councils continue to fully support efforts to inspect homes and drive up standards in both the social housing and private rented sector.

Following the commencement of the Fire Safety Act 2021 in England and Wales, the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 came into force on 23 January 2023 and were made under Article 24 of the Fire Safety Order 2005.

Throughout January and February, the Association has been busy with regional and national AGMs.