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2024, 2023, 2022 and 2014 are the UK's warmest years on record, according to the Met Office's analysis. In fact, the ten warmest years in the UK since records began in 1884 have all occurred since 2000. The chances of a summer matching the 2022 heatwave in this country could, according to the Met Office, be greater than 50% by 2050.

Dan Rossiter FCIAT has been appointed to join the Fundamental Review of Building Regulations Guidance panel, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has announced.

The House of Lords Industry and Regulators Committee is running an inquiry into the work of the Building Safety Regulator to understand what is and is not working well, and how the BSR can work more effectively.

The Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists (CIAT) has today announced its support for regulation of embodied or ‘whole life’ carbon in construction, through the proposed 'Part Z' Building Regulations, as an essential step to delivering a net zero built environment sector.

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has added a point of “clarification” to its interim update on the practical implications of the Supreme Court’s judgment on the definition of sex in the Equality Act 2010, in relation to the provision of single sex toilets in the workplace.

This week marked eight years since the Grenfell Tower fire, in which 72 people lost their lives.

The Supreme Court has handed down a judgement in a case involving its first consideration of the Building Safety Act 2022.

The Institute has published a suite of templates to support Members in advising clients on their legal duties under the Building Regulations (England) and the CDM Regulations.

A fundamental review of building regulations guidance in England, including the Approved Documents, has been announced by the government.

Statutory guidance for building regulation in England has been recently updated and published.

The Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists (CIAT) welcomes the publication of the Final Report of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry.

Stage 1 consultation on determining the principles for a Scottish equivalent to the Passivhaus standard.

Update to the guidance introduces a new height threshold for the provision of a second staircase in all new buildings over 18 metres.

A new edition of the Technical Handbooks has been published which implements the Scottish Government's New Build Heat Standard.