With salaries rising and plenty of jobs available, building services engineers are seeking good pay and a healthy work-life balance in 2022. David Blackman analyses the Hays Salary Survey and asks industry leaders how they attract the best talent
Author: Alex Smith
A full-scale test
The Grenfell Tower tragedy has prompted discussion about the practicality and usefulness of full-scale fire tests of building products and assemblies. Hywel Davies considers the testing of building services systems
Cost model: Heating and cooling systems in industrial business parks
In the push to decarbonise, consultants are considering heat pumps and ambient loops to heat and cool business parks. Aecom’s Hannah Reynolds and Max Rattenbury examine the costs for an electric office and fulfilment centre just outside London
Jo Harris: Why competency will be at core of Guide M update
With strict new rules governing building safety, facility managers will need to ensure they are competent to fulfil key new roles. Jo Harris previews the newly updated ‘maintenance bible’ Guide M
A framework for change?
The Construction Playbook triggered an independent review of public sector procurement that recommends adopting framework structures and features to deliver better, safer, faster and greener outcomes in the public sector. Hywel Davies reports
Fresh start: the transformation of Bow Street police station into a luxury hotel
Turning a Grade II-listed Victorian police station and magistrates’ court into a luxury London hotel required innovative services design, as Andy Pearson explains
Made to measure: using digital twins to calculate heating demand in a Sussex village
A digital twin of an East Sussex village is being created by Buro Happold to assess how demand for heating and electric vehicle charging will affect the electrification strategy for rural communities. Andy Pearson reports
2022 preview: the clock is ticking
Over the next 12 months, the building services sector will be focusing on net zero targets, while ensuring building occupants are safe from Covid and other risks. Alex Smith looks at the main trends for 2022 and previews the guidance that will ensure CIBSE Members have the competencies to meet the challenge
Opening up building services to neurodiverse engineers
Ahead of new guidance on catering for neurodiversity in the built environment, which is due to be released in the spring, we speak to experts and an engineer with dyslexia to find out how the industry can help neurodiverse people thrive
Work-light balance: key changes to workplace lighting guidance
The most influential guide to lighting the workplace has had its first update for a decade. Helen Loomes outlines the key changes