UK: Environment Agency starts consultation on UK HPR1000 design

WOBO members have been provided with the opportunity to participate in the consultation process. As regulators of the nuclear industry, the Environment Agency and the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) are working together to make sure that any new nuclear power stations built in the...

Life Cycle Cost Analysis

WOBO and it’s members recognise the benefits from a BIM-based approach applied within the development process. The final version of our latest article titled “BIM-based approach to conduct Life Cycle Cost Analysis of resilient buildings at the conceptual stage” is now available online in the...

ICC: Code Council approves 2020 edition of solar thermal standards

As part of WOBO’s collaboration – ICC has provided information on the Solar Thermal Standards update. The International Code Council (ICC) and the Solar Rating & Certification Corporation (ICC-SRCC) announced the completion of the updated editions of ICC 901/SRCC 100, ICC 900/SRCC 300 and ICC...

Fire Safety in conjunction with Fire Technology

WOBO is pleased to provide the opportunity for members and fellow professionals to view developments reported in this publication. The aim of Fire Technology is to push forward the frontiers of knowledge and technology by encouraging interdisciplinary communication of significant technical developments in fire protection...

The British Standards Institution: BSI Flex 8670 – Hackitt findings – Comments requested

Fire Safety competency and consistency are key. The British Standards Institution (BSI) is currently operating a six week consultation period.  Please note that the latest document is the 2nd version of BSI Flex 8670 and the result of our project Advisory Group reaching consensus on the...

New: International Association for Fire Safety Science [IAFSS] Working Group on Human Behaviour in Fires

WOBO recognises the value of research in respect of fire safety.  IAFSS provides an opportunity for participation. New International Association for Fire Safety Science [IAFSS] Working Group on Human Behaviour in Fires A new Working Group on Human Behaviour in Fires (HBiF) has recently been...

MERIT 2021: The International Construction Business Game

WOBO recognises that success comes through teamwork.  MERIT 2021 provides an opportunity to reinforce skills bith individually and within the team. The International Construction Business Game Registration Now Open Registration for MERIT 2021, the annual construction business game supported by The Institution of Civil Engineers, The Chartered...

Japan: Decarbonising energy: Japan’s road to net-zero

WOBO Governor David Gibson thanks Future Power Technology for their link to the January 2021 edition of their magazine In late October, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga – who won power in a leadership election following former PM Shinzo Abe’s resignation announcement in August –...

Europe: A Guidebook To European Building Policy

WOBO thanks Judy Zakreski , Vice President Global Services, ICC for providing the link to this publication. Buildings are responsible for approximately 40 percent of the energy consumption and 36 percent of the carbon dioxide emissions of the European Union (EU). On average, Europeans spend...

OSHA has tips for safely handling cryogens and dry ice used in storing COVID-19 vaccines

WOBO members and fellow professionals assisting in the vaccine process should review this document Cryogens and Dry Ice Cryogens are substances used to produce very low temperatures [below -153°C (-243°F)], such as liquid nitrogen (LN2) which has a boiling point of -196°C (-321°F), that are...

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