Energy bill aims to boost heat pumps and networks
The government has announced moves to stimulate the market for heat pumps, and kick-start the development of heat network zones,…
28 July 2022
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Government’s ‘stunning fail’ on decarbonising buildings
28 July 2022
HSE red flags 50% of Gateway One planning applications
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has raised concerns about more than half of all applications it was required to…
30 June 2022
Call for infection resilience to be mandated in buildings
A new report by the National Engineering Policy Centre says the Building Regulations should be beefed up to require indoor…
30 June 2022
Privatisation eroded building control rigour, inquiry told
Privatisation ‘continuously eroded’ the ‘independence and rigour’ of building control activities during the three decades leading up to Grenfell, according…
30 June 2022
Government confirms heat network zones
In its response to the consultation on proposals for heat networks zoning, the government has said it will develop a…
30 June 2022
New boss and strategy for Cundall
Multidisciplinary engineering consultancy Cundall has appointed Carole O’Neil as managing partner. She will take up her new role at the…
30 June 2022
BCO Specification Guide set to lower occupancy density
Individual workers should be provided with more space and workplaces occupied less intensively, according to a new position paper issued…
30 June 2022
Industry backs net zero carbon standard
A cross-industry steering group, including CIBSE, is to develop a common standard for verifying UK buildings as net zero carbon. …
6 June 2022
New Building Regulations set to come into force
Building designers will have to consider new overheating tests much earlier in designs under the latest changes to the Building…
6 June 2022
Building Safety Act heralds ‘fundamental reform’
The Building Safety Act has completed its passage through parliament, heralding the ‘most fundamental reform’ of construction regulation in living…
6 June 2022
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