15 April 2024
New BESA guidance will ‘revolutionise ...
The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has launched a new specification for ventilation hygiene as part of its ongoing efforts to ...
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5 April 2024
BESA Backs Calls For Greater Net Zero Urgency
The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has echoed the concerns expressed by the UK’s Climate Change Committee (CCC) that current ...
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19 March 2024
BESA calls for swift resolution to planning ...
The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has welcomed the government’s decision to head off a potential collapse of the country’s ...
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13 March 2024
Building engineers will save more lives than ...
A leading respiratory illness expert has claimed that facilities management and building services engineering will have a greater influence on ...
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4 March 2024
Apprentices can power Scottish renewables ...
The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has urged building services employers to take advantage of the campaign created by this year’s ...
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4 March 2024
BESA mourns rob lambert
The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has paid tribute to Skanska UK technical operations lead Rob Lambert, who died recently.
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29 February 2024
BESA backs ‘Olympic class’ skills challenge
The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has been selected as an organising partner of the WorldSkills UK competition that celebrates ...
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28 February 2024
BESA gets a fix on alternative support ...
The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has published technical guidance designed to help contractors make more informed decisions when ...
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8 February 2024
Every building should be treated as high ...
Many contractors are still ignoring safety regulations despite repeated warnings that measures introduced by the Building Safety Act are already in ...
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8 February 2024
Make 2024 the year of retrofit, says BESA
The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has urged the UK government to focus on ways to accelerate growth in the number of whole ...
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1 February 2024
BESA urges employers to ‘walk the walk’ on ...
The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has called for building services employers to seize the opportunities created by this year’s ...
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30 January 2024
BESA ‘disappointed but not surprised’ by ...
The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has criticised the government’s decision to reject calls for a new Clean Air Act .The House of ...
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24 January 2024
Building Safety Act already changing the ...
2024 will see significant change to the legal liabilities of building services contractors because of new powers introduced under the Building Safety ...
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15 January 2024
New year boost for heat network training
The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has launched an industry-wide training scheme for heat network engineers backed by government ...
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21 December 2023
BESA condemns ‘nonsensical’ cuts to ...
The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has reacted angrily to the Welsh Government’s decision to cut funding for technical ...
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7 December 2023
The Building Safety Act will not create two ...
The construction industry will not be able to operate a two-track system under new building safety legislation, according to the Building Engineering ...
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1 December 2023
BESA backs 'new and improved' degree ...
Substantially revised degree apprenticeships for building services engineering will help employers plug critical skills gaps and launch more young ...
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30 November 2023
BESA welcomes Chancellor’s support for ...
The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has welcomed plans for a £50 million scheme to “stimulate apprenticeship training” in ...
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15 November 2023
BESA offsite group rises to the challenge
The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has produced new guidance to address the technical challenges faced by engineers when designing ...
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8 November 2023
BESA creates key building safety role
Rachel Davidson has been appointed to the new position of Director of Specialist Knowledge at the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA).
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18 October 2023
BESA takes the industry’s temperature
The Building Engineering Services Association has launched a major survey of its membership and the wider industry to better understand the ...
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18 October 2023
Built environment ‘desperate for an upgrade’ ...
Buildings should be made to work better for social and economic reasons; not just to meet safety and climate change goals, according to the President ...
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10 October 2023
Clients more focused on net zero than ...
Construction clients are more focused on meeting their net zero goals than complying with the Building Safety Act, according to a new study carried ...
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28 September 2023
Building engineering workers accept 10% pay ...
Operatives across the building engineering services sector can now look forward to a considerable uplift in their pay and conditions thanks to an ...
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