Following reviews of construction in high-rise residential buildings, the construction sector is facing major change with calls for a significant update of regulations. Hywel Davies reports
Category: Opinion
Taking stock
As CIBSE Journal enters its 11th year, an unprecedented level of activity in legislation and policy is affecting building services engineers in the UK and worldwide. Hywel Davies looks at what is happening
Missing opportunities
Last year was a very busy one for government statements of intent, but what has actually been confirmed – and what can we expect in 2019? Julie Godefroy rounds up the latest policy developments
SAP 10: Other factors to consider
Lower carbon factors for grid electricity, in draft SAP 10, will profoundly affect how designers provide heat and power to buildings. Remeha’s general manager, Mike Hefford, puts the case for monthly intensity calculations
Building a safer future
Hywel Davies assesses the implications of the government’s fire safety implementation plan
Pump assemblers must step up to the mark
Mechanical and electrical consultants risk breaking the law unless they ensure packaged plant systems – and not just individual components – are CE Marked, says Gary Wilde, of the British Pump Manufacturers’ Association
Skills for the future
Digital construction and zero carbon buildings are changing how the building services industry develops its engineers, says Hywel Davies
Highlighting the line of duty on building designs
Engineers have a duty to act with reasonable skill and care, but that doesn’t necessarily mean their designs are fit for purpose under the law, says CNS Consult’s Vincent Fogarty, who summarises designers’ legal obligations
Carbon’s X factor
The mass uptake of heat pumps and widespread comfort cooling could be the consequence of lower carbon factors, says WSP’s Mark Grace
EPCs – call for evidence
CIBSE wants better enforcement and detailed recommendation reports, says Sara Kassam