The new Building Safety Minister, Rushanara Ali, marked the return of parliament on yesterday (2 September 2024) with a written ministerial statement. As well as extending the recognition of CE marking for construction products, it made a commitment on evacuation of disabled and vulnerable people and on changes to fire testing classes and sprinklers in care homes.
The Department for Education (DfE) has released a list of top employers of apprentices, which includes The British Army, BAE Systems, Amazon and Network Rail.
Southwark Council has informed residents living in the remaining three Ledbury Towers that it will move them to suitable alternative housing as a safety precaution after the council identified an increased fire risk onsite.
Ofwat has proposed that three water companies will be fined a total of £168m for failing to manage their sewage treatment works and sewerage networks appropriately.
The Scottish government is seeking industry views to determine the principles for a Scottish equivalent to the Passivhaus Standard in the first of a two-stage consultation.
Two contractors that failed to ensure the safety of an engineer who was part of a team replacing a Trisomat screen have been been fined a total of £76,000 after the machine toppled forwards crushing the self-employed worker.
The built and natural environment think tank The Edge, in collaboration with several professional engineering institutions and other organisations, has issued a call for for changes in engineering education to promote a sustainable future.
The project of 85 social dwellings in Cornellà de Llobregat (Barcelona) built from wood by the Peris+Toral arquitectes practice has won the Construmat 2024 Prize, which recognised the best works erected according to sustainability criteria.
Three research initiatives led by the National Manufacturing Institute Scotland (NMIS) have received a £14m funding boost through Glasgow City Region Innovation Accelerator programme. The projects are supported with £5.4m from the UK government and up to £8.6m from industry partners.
In April, the desert city of Dubai experienced its heaviest rainfall in 75 years. More than 142mm of rain fell in one day (the equivalent of a year and a half’s rainfall), causing flash flooding of roads and buildings.
Dura Composites was awarded a King’s Award for Enterprise in the Innovation category for its glass reinforced polymer walkway grating products. The range has up to 33% less embodied carbon and is fully recyclable and lightweight – making installation safer, easier and more cost-efficient.
iov42’s 2024 Deforestation Regulation Readiness Survey is based on responses from those with active involvement in importing timber and related commodities in the UK, Germany, France, Belgium, Austria and Italy.
With over 400,000 retrofitters required to upgrade 27 million homes across the UK by 2050, former and current military personnel are being offered a career in retrofit.
