{"id":133436,"date":"2023-10-12T14:20:12","date_gmt":"2023-10-12T13:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=133436"},"modified":"2023-10-12T14:20:12","modified_gmt":"2023-10-12T13:20:12","slug":"balfour-beatty-partners-cabe-boost-building-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/building-control-news\/balfour-beatty-partners-cabe-boost-building-safety\/133436\/","title":{"rendered":"Balfour Beatty partners with CABE to boost building safety"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Balfour Beatty has announced a new partnership with the Chartered Association of Building Engineers (CABE), joining the association as a new \u2018Premium Company Partner\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>The partnership comes at an important time for the construction and infrastructure industry, with the changes to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/building-control-news\/ready-for-october-building-safety-regulations\/132972\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Building Safety Act<\/a> (2022) set to take effect this month.<\/p>\n<p>This act will put the onus on individuals to prove that they are competent to work on Higher Risk Buildings, buildings that are at least 18 metres in height or have a minimum of seven storeys.<\/p>\n<p>The partnership builds <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/balfour-beatty-reveals-updated-diversity-and-inclusion-strategy\/132990\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Balfour Beatty<\/a>\u2019s development of training programmes for its employees. The company support its staff towards CABE membership and helps them to achieve Engineering Council\u2019s Higher Risk Building (HRB) Registration &#8211; a new scheme that provides proof of competence for those working on HRBs.<\/p>\n<h3>Gaining the best preparation for the Building Safety Act<\/h3>\n<p>By becoming a CABE Premium Partner, Balfour Beatty will gain access to new resources, including membership seminars tailored to employee requirements to help their development.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fire safety agenda is driving the biggest reforms and changes to our industry in decades, with key regulations moving through parliament, a new regulatory body announced, and new guidance being produced,\u201d said Lindsay McGibbon, managing director of Balfour Beatty\u2019s UK Construction Services Regional Buildings business.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThrough our partnership with the Chartered Association of Building Engineers, we will further enhance the strong processes and training we already have in place to ensure the safety of the projects we deliver \u2013 and the safety of anyone who comes into contact with them \u2013 supporting our people as the changes to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/fire-safety-act-2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Building Fire Safety Act<\/a> come into effect,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n<h3>Emphasising integrity and ethics<\/h3>\n<p>This partnership with CABE highlights Balfour Beatty&#8217;s commitment to improving the professionalism of its staff and maintaining high levels of professional integrity and ethics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the October changes to the Building Safety Act (2022) introducing duty-holding responsibilities: clients, principal contractors, principal designers, and those with maintenance responsibilities must now demonstrate that they are competent to work on Higher Risk Buildings,\u201d said Dr Gavin Dunn, chief executive of CABE.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCABE is in an ideal position to support Balfour Beatty staff meet their obligations, and with this partnership, CABE will be able to support their employees on their journey to proving competence,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Balfour Beatty has announced a new partnership with the Chartered Association of Building Engineers (CABE), joining the association as a new \u2018Premium Company Partner\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[306],"tags":[619,172800,636,753],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[172945],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-133436","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-building-control-news","7":"tag-balfour-beatty","8":"tag-building-safety-act","9":"tag-engineering","10":"tag-safety","11":"stakeholder_rel_tag-balfour-beatty"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Balfour Beatty partners with CABE to boost building safety<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Balfour Beatty joins CABE as a &#039;Premium Company Partner&#039; 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