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From 9-19 June 2022, the University of Westminster’s Centre for the Study of the Production of the Built Environment (bit.ly/PRoBE) is hosting a delegation of women construction workers from North America.

Housebuilders are worried the focus on solar panels could increase development costs. The National Federation of Builders (NFB) has criticised the government’s energy strategy for increasing the use of solar panels rather than wind turbines – one of the cheapest forms of renewable energy – and described the decision as shying away from changing planning laws to facilitate onshore wind turbines.

The Society for the Environment (SocEnv) has launched its brand-new website – socenv.org.uk – alongside a new visual identity. These changes bring an improved user experience, greater accessibility and enhanced engagement for the environmental professional community.

James Cash takes a closer look at a project in northeast London that has become a textbook example for retrofitting cold and leaky older buildings

What can be done to update 1960s housing stock? Plenty, says Matthew Mayes, Architect Director at BDP

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is checking respiratory health on construction sites as part of a month-long campaign to reduce occupational lung disease.

The Welsh Government has released the new version of the Building Regulations and Approved Documents following a lengthy consultation period.

Collaborative reporting for safer structures. Report 1033: Overloading of existing steelwork frame

Embedding Sustainability 13-14 October 2022, Celtic Manor Resort, Newport

The British Board of Agrément has been running free webinars on the skills shortage in the construc-tion industry, and building engineers are invited to register for the next one, Connecting a Fragmented Construction Industry Through Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, which takes place on 28 June.

Alison Durie changed career from working in homelessness and social care to become a building surveyor. She graduated in 2021 with a First and won CABE’s Best Final Year Student award

CABE’s Annual Conference this year introduces our new academic research forum. The built environment is continually facing challenges, from the climate change emergency to reducing the embodied and operational carbon emissions of buildings.

It is my great honour to have been installed as President of CABE, witnessed by my wife Geri, two of my daughters – Grainne and Geraldine – my sister Fiona and my goddaughter Grace.

Improving energy efficiency of the nation’s homes is something of the Cinderella of the decarbonisation toolbox says Denise Chevin, but will it take a fairy godmother to get it to the ball?

The Built Environment Carbon Database (BECD) being developed by a consortium of professional bodies has entered the consultation phase of the project.

Robust reforms to fire safety have been announced by Priti Patel to strengthen fire and rescue services, putting the majority of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry recommendations into law.

The Construction Industry Council has opened a consultation to review its Code of Conduct for Approved Inspectors.

This annual award is made by the Women’s Engineering Society to the best chartered engineer in the following disciplines: engineering, applied science and IT.

Third-year Architectural Technology BSc student Madeleine Clarke won the West Midlands award at the Association of Women in Property 2021 Student of the Year Awards, an event that aims to increase and support the 15% of women who make up the construction and property workforce.

The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB), in partnership with STEM Learning, has launched an industry-specific ambassador scheme.