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The Building Research Establishment’s 2025 BREEAM Awards will be held on 5 June.

Open Doors 2025, from Build UK in partnership with the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) and CSCS, is returning on 17-22 March.

The Construction Products Regulation (CPR 2024) updates the existing EU rules in this area, providing an opportunity to adapt standardisation to new technical developments.

The London Borough of Haringey is bucking the trend by building more than 700 new council homes, with aims for 3,000 homes by 2031 and more than 2,000 already underway or completed.

The Republican Party in Ireland has announced its new cabinet – and a member of CABE has been appointed as Super Junior Minister with responsibility for International and Road Transport, Logistics, Rail and Ports.

The newest additions to the CABE Board were announced during the Association’s AGM on Saturday 8 February 2025.

CIC Chair Dr Wei Yang, an internationally renowned town planner and urban designer, has been awarded an OBE in the New Year Honours’ List.

Collaborative reporting for safer structures. Report 1298: Fraudulent use of calculations from another engineer. Building control raised alarm of attempts made by another engineer to pass off work as their own

Research by AXA UK has highlighted the areas of England most vulnerable to climate risks posed by extreme weather, with London top for both flooding and heat, Sheffield residents at high risk of flooding and Bristol and Birmingham homes vulnerable to heat.

Housebuilders Story Homes and Bellway Homes have secured planning permission for a residential development in Poulton-le-Fylde, with 30% of both schemes to be affordable homes for people with a connection to the local area.

Are you setting goals for 2025? Consider applying to become a Chartered Environmentalist (CEnv) with the Society for the Environment.

Building Engineer reports daily on industry news at buildingengineer.org.uk. Here’s a round-up of recent articles.

The government in Westminster has made housebuilding one of its priorities to boost economic growth and alleviate the housing crisis – but who will be there to build, asks David Adams?

The Labour government in England has hit the ground running in terms of planning, policy and infrastructure. So, what issues in the built environment have not been addressed?

A new report from the National Engineering Policy Centre (NEPC) emphasises the importance of reducing the UK’s reliance on imported critical and scarce materials such as lithium and magnesium by increasing domestic recovery, reuse and recycling.

Two recently published reports have drawn attention to volumetric modular construction and the importance of undertaking further research into the method’s fire safety performance. 

EMCOR UK has received the Health & Safety Award at the Considerate Constructors Gala Awards. Notably this award was handpicked by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents.

Geoff Keal, CEO of TerraQuest (the operators of Planning Portal), noted: “The inaugural Planning Portal Market Index report by TerraQuest revealed that more than one million homes have been granted planning permission by local authorities since 2015 – but they have never been constructed.

Ross Wilson, Real Estate Litigation Partner at Spencer West, discusses the legal aspects of remediation work and cost considerations

Provision of single-sex toilets in non-domestic buildings in England is now regulated under Building Regulations. Hywel Davies explains the new requirements.