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As 2024 rolls towards winter, two of the Royal Academy of Engineering’s most esteemed awards have been opened for nominations for next year.

In February, reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) was identified in 234 education establishments in England.

Two companies have been fined after a 16-year-old worker was exposed to asbestos.

The Construction Industry Training Board’s (CITB) consultation with the construction industry on Levy Proposal options for 2026-29 will run until 24 October.

On 4 September, the Grenfell Tower Public Inquiry: Phase 2 Report was published. It is the culmination of a process that has exposed widespread systemic failings in the construction industry, emergency services, housing services and the government, as well as in product testing, manufacture and certification.

The Scottish Government is seeking views on the introduction of a tax on new residential developments, to be paid by housebuilders.

The UK government has announced a new growth and skills levy that will replace the existing apprenticeship levy and introduce new foundation apprenticeships.

Bentley Systems’ 2024 Going Digital Awards will be held on 9 October in Vancouver.

The Lighting Industry Association and Industry Committee for Emergency Lighting have launched the ICEL Product Certification Scheme, designed to provide independent verification of emergency lighting products.

A week before publication of the final Grenfell report, two fires were reported on multistorey residential buildings in east London.

Christmas is only 11 weeks away and the inevitable countdown to year’s end has begun – however, the speed of change refuses to slacken.

Amey has been awarded a new £30m contract with the Department for Infrastructure Rivers, the drainage and flood defence authority for Northern Ireland, to deliver water and engineering services across the region for up to five years.

Many small- and medium-sized enterprises aspire to become more sustainable and contribute to a net-zero future, but often don’t know where to begin.

Citizen testing of rivers across Britain has found 75% are polluted from water companies and agricultural runoff.

Broadnook Garden Village – Leicestershire’s newest purpose-built community – has a range of initiatives to improve wellbeing and the standard of living, including more than 50% open green spaces, almost 12 hectares of land designated to woodland planting, 500 trees planted with thousands more planned, car-free pedestrianised zones and planned allotment spaces.

Today (Friday 20 September 2024) marks 20 years since the first Chartered Environmentalist (CEnv) certificates were signed.

Mina Hasman has been appointed as the new Chair of the Construction Industry Council’s (CIC) Climate Change Committee. Hasman is the Sustainability Director at Skidmore, Owings and Merrill.

Tara Page, the Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists’ Chief Executive, has written to the Northern Irish Assembly opposing the accelerated passage of the Defective Premises Bill, which would retrospectively extend liability for defects in houses and apartments from six years to 30 years.

Wates Group has enhanced its paternity leave policy from eight weeks to 12 weeks, and this can be taken any time within the first two years of the child being born or adopted.