A new report from the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) reveals the building services sector is ‘turning the corner’, with mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) contractors increasingly optimistic about their future growth prospects. The Association’s latest annual Top 30 Mechanical and ...

Concerns expressed by the UK’s Climate Change Committee (CCC) that current economic and energy security issues could derail progress towards net zero carbon targets have been echoed by the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA).  In its latest report, the Committee ...

Employers are being urged to reset their approach to recruitment and take advantage of the business benefits delivered by apprentices. The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) is calling on building services employers to seize the opportunities created by this year’s ...

The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has given a cautious welcome to the government’s strategy for spending up to £2.5 billion on improving the energy efficiency of homes and public sector buildings. The Association said the investment “could be an ...

A collective failure to address diversity means the heating and hot water industry is missing out on crucial skills and putting its whole future at risk, according to the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA). Just two per cent of the sector’s ...

The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has elected Robert (Rab) Fletcher to serve as its President for 2022/23. The new President is mechanical services team manager at Fife Council Building Services. He has more than 30 years’ experience in construction ...

The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has partnered with the sector’s leading research body BSRIA to produce a comprehensive free guide for the use of refrigerant gases in building services. Written by BESA’s Head of Technical Graeme Fox, ‘Refrigerants in ...

The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has completed its trilogy of free guides designed to help building owners and managers protect occupants from health risks linked to airborne contaminants and viruses. ‘Buildings as Safe Havens – a practical guide’ is ...

The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has called on employers to pledge they will take on at least one apprentice this year in a bid to plug the industry’s alarming skills gap and ensure it has the right talent to ...

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 ...