Rebecca Crosland has been elected as the new chair of the Safety and Health Engineering Partnership (SHEP). She is only the second person to take up the role following Christopher Buxton, CEO of the British Fluid Power Association, who has ...
Read More »Business leader urges building engineering sector to ‘be prouder’ of its role in fighting climate change
Former CBI President Paul Drechsler has highlighted the key role the building engineering sector will play in addressing climate change but said it would need to compete harder for talent to address its skills challenges. Speaking at the annual Building ...
Read More »BESA elects new IOR president
The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has elected Graeme Fox as the next President of the Institute of Refrigeration (IoR). A chartered engineer with more than 30 years’ experience in the sector, Fox ran his own air conditioning contracting business ...
Read More »BESA calls for skills plan to back up heat strategy
The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has welcomed the Heat and Buildings strategy published by the government this week but says while its members and the wider built environment sector are ready to step up to the challenge of developing ...
Read More »‘Colossal’ skills drive required for Government’s £650bn Infrastructure Pipeline plan
The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has warned that whilst the government’s announcement of a record £650 billion investment in infrastructure projects over the next decade will be a massive boost for the buildings services sector, this will need to ...
Read More »BESA backs union’s calls for urgent action over ventilation in schools
The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has put its weight behind a call from six trade unions to take urgent action over ventilation in schools. In a letter to the Education Secretary, the unions have warned that there will be ...
Read More »BESA publishes IAQ target guidance to support the health and wellbeing of building occupants
The removal of most Covid restrictions in the UK has increased calls for clearer practical guidance and the setting of specific indoor air quality (IAQ) contaminant targets to support the health and wellbeing of building occupants. The Building Engineering Services ...
Read More »Trade bodies call for caution as restrictions are lifted
As businesses return to more regular working conditions following the lifting of lockdown restrictions, two engineering services bodies have stepped up their health & safety advice alongside a warning that the pandemic has still not relaxed its grip on the ...
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