Business & Management

The Welsh government has teamed up with three universities to launch new degree apprenticeships in Construction Management, Civil Engineering, Quantity Surveying, Building Surveying and Real Estate. With the Welsh construction sector alone needing an extra 11,000 workers by 2028, the apprenticeships come at a crucial time.

In June, CABE sailed through a second surveillance audit, ensuring the Association remains on track to retain its ISO 9001 certification.

Paul Eslinger discusses the need for evidence and why, as professionals, we need to question everything.

Rural house prices have risen by 29% over the past five years, far outpacing growth in rural wages, while only 8% of rural housing stock is classified as affordable, compared to 19% in urban areas.

The Environmental Policy Forum has set out ten priorities for the new UK government:

I hope you all enjoyed your summer break and return to the workplace refreshed and rested. It is appropriate that this month’s journal focuses on wellbeing, covering topics such as mental health, stress, working outside and heatwaves in cities.

In August, Jackie Macaulay will step down as CABE’s Chief Operating Officer. She has led CABE’s operations for the past six years, working closely with the management team CEO Richard Harral (formerly Technical Director) and Dr Gavin Dunn (former CEO).

At this time of year, it’s always good practice to check in on your CPD progress to date. 2024 is the first year CABE altered its CPD year to run from 1 January until 31 December, and all fee-paying members (excluding Retired) must upload a minimum of 35 hours of CPD within that time.

CABE’s Hong Kong Chapter enjoyed its latest CPD opportunity on 27 May – an evening seminar called The Internet of Things (IoT) and its Application on Building Automation Systems (BAS).

Jeremy Barlow MCABE C.Build E, Building Control Manager, Class 2F/4 Registered Building Inspector/Technical Manager at East Midlands Building Consultancy (EMBC)

A reminder that, as per the CABE Code of Professional Conduct, CABE members are required to notify the Association within 14 days if any of the following circumstances are impacting them or the business they operate:

The Association of Noise Consultants has received a number of enquiries seeking clarity over the acoustic requirements of Approved Document O (ADO) ‘Overheating’ England. In response it has produced a Q&A document.

This is my first message since my appointment as CEO was announced at the presidential inauguration in May.

The winners of the 2024 Top 50 Women in Engineering Awards (WE50) have been announced.

There is now a one-stop-shop for all essential membership services.

Kirri Porter-White, CABE’s Head of Competency and Learning, reviews the membership CPD audit

The Department for Education has proposed several changes to apprenticeship funding rules for the 2024/25 academic year, focusing on additional learning support, subcontracting and functional skills for apprentices with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

The Society for the Environment celebrated its 20-year anniversary and awards on 4 June.

CABE is pleased to welcome Anthony Oloyede C.Build E FCABE and Jaspal Virdee-Dhanjal IEng C.Build E FCABE to the Association’s rostrum of in-house course trainers.