CIAT has been approached to provide knowledge and opinions on the development of a new BSI Flex for a competence framework for sustainability in the built environment.
The Department for Environment, Food, & Rural Affairs will begin a consultation regarding how to implement the new policy, with the expectation for sustainable drainage systems to become a requirement for new developments beginning in 2024.
The latest Building Insights LIVE round table focused on the circular economy in construction, featuring Chris Halligan MCIAT representing CIAT and its Climate Society.
A mapping tool that provides contractors and their suppliers with a central database of local Materials Exchange Platform (MEP) projects to help cut waste by finding a home for unused materials has been launched.
The Construction Industry Council (CIC) and the Edge have published an underpinning framework for developing discipline-specific sustainability competence requirements across the sector.
The Cargo building, a 324-apartment residential property in Liverpool, has been awarded the Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM) In-Use residential certification – the first of its kind worldwide.
