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According to a National Audit Office (NAO) report, there are risks to the effectiveness of a government policy, launched in February, to make sure developers in England protect or improve biodiversity on land they are developing.

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

The increased weight of cars has seen a safety warning issued over the capacity for older multi-storey and underground car parks.

Proposals to strengthen provisions in the Building (Scotland) Act 2003 have been met with mixed views.

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.

Registered social housing landlord Kingdom Housing Association has accessed £50,000 of funds through the Social Housing Fuel Support Fund (provided by the Scottish government and delivered through the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations) to support customers with fuel debts.

EngineeringUK’s research report – Graduate Outcomes – uses the latest data from HESA to explore engineering and technology graduates’ activity 15 months on from graduation.

A member of the public who leaned on iron balustrade on a seaside promenade fell four metres onto the beach when the railings gave way. Another member of the public below narrowly avoided being struck by the person and the falling railing.

A report from the National Access & Scaffolding Confederation (NASC) has revealed that 80% of scaffold accidents among its members are due to manual handling, slips, trips and falls from height.

CABE is delighted to announce that the first content to gain CABE Approved CPD
recognition is Coopers Fire’s Active Fire Curtain Barrier webinar.

The Welsh government has published revised versions of the standards, rules and codes for the building control profession. These are the:

The award-winning innovators creating solutions to the biggest climate challenges will be announced on 27 June. This year’s ceremony will be part of London Climate Action Week. Visit b.link/AA_24

RICS has published Code of Conduct Rule 4 guidance for professionals in a bid to boost diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in the surveying profession.

BSR has published further information for Accountable Persons/Principal Accountable Persons in England on what they must do to comply with S.89 of the Building Safety Act 2022 and how to apply for a Building Assessment Certificate (BAC). This includes what information they need to submit: the resident engagement strategy, information about the mandatory occurrence reporting system and the safety case report.

The Construction Industry Training Board’s Top 100 Influential Women in Construction Awards return for 2024.

The Tall Buildings Conference and Awards 2024 will be held on 25 June. These superstructures are an integral part of modern urban environments, showcasing advancements and technologies.

Leeds Beckett University will work with YORhub to create a supply chain engagement toolkit. This aims to increase the number and diversity of regional SMEs with access to public sector procurement frameworks, reducing the over-dominance of large firms and introducing innovative solutions in a sector that is slow to change. It is a two-year Knowledge Transfer Partnership part-funded by the government through Innovate UK.

From 29 June M+, Asia’s global museum of contemporary visual culture in the West Kowloon Cultural District in Hong Kong, will present I. M. Pei: Life is Architecture, the first major institutional retrospective of Chinese-born American architect Ieoh Ming Pei (1917–2019).