Business & Management

This is the last issue of 2024, before we begin our centenary year celebrations in 2025.

The CABE Board is run by members and is pivotal to the implementation of the Association’s strategy for the future.

New member benefit the CABE Competency Management System (CMS) launched in October and is the perfect tool for professional self-assessment.

CABE Past President Stewart McArthur attended the launch of the Scottish Building Standards Hub.

The Construction Leadership Council (CLC) is warning the construction sector to avoid amending contracts to include "onerous and/or difficult to insure" terms.

Louise Wren, BSF Lead, gives an update on the partnership with CABE and evidencing competence collaboration.

The Court of Appeal has ruled in favour of a contractor that terminated a contract with its employer following repeated late payments.

Paul Eslinger FCABE C.Build E, Director of the Wessex Environmental Partnership Ltd, on what he has learned

The Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE) will announce the 2024 Structural Awards winners on 8 November.

The 2025 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering is inviting designers aged 14-24 to create an iconic trophy that captures the essence, creativity and wonder of engineering.

CABE is pleased to announce a new equivalent membership agreement with the Malaysia Board of Technologists (MBOT), which is based in Putrajaya, south of Kuala Lumpur.

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

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

With insurance markets hardening globally in recent years, construction professionals have reported finding it a challenge to access the right level of insurance cover.

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.

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

RSK Wilding wonders if biodiversity net gain and conservation covenants are actually understood, despite now being a statutory part of planning and development.

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.

CABE congratulates Emma Sykes, Liam Nolan and Mitchell Heys from the University of Salford and Todd Beckett from the University of Huddersfield.

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.