Recent News

WOBO is pleased to provide members and fellow professionals with a link to the Masters in Renewable Energy in the Marine Environment and the opportunity to advance their qualifications  Renewable energy plays a more and more important role. At a social level, renewable energy contributes to...

WOBO is pleased to provide the link to the National Model Code provided by the Australian Building Codes Board in response to the Building Confidence Report of Australia. The National Model Code sets the standards of behaviour for building surveyors performing statutory functions. At their...

WOBO has been advised by the United States Department of Labor in respect of OSHA’s new leadership.     James Frederick Deputy Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health James Frederick has worked in safety and health for three decades, including twenty-five years with the...

WOBO members and fellow professionals have the opportunity to download a technical publication from ROCKWOOL® Introduction The concept of the roof as the fifth façade, to highlight the increasingly important role it plays in the overall architectural design of the building, has gained traction in recent...

WOBO has been provided with a revised link to the CROSS website and structural papers. New CROSS website launches in March Over the last year we have been working on a project to improve CROSS. In the first half of 2020, this involved doing user...

WOBO members and fellow professionals have the opportunity to participate in this free event online. HSE presents a free energy conference in February… book now! As part of their ‘Safety Excellence in Energy’ series, HSE is hosting a free online conference this February… Safe Net...

WOBO members and fellow professionals will find significant benefit from the links to the  U.S. Code Adoption Database The International Code Council launched two online building code tools for building safety professionals and the public to access free information about building code usage in their...

WOBO members and fellow professionals acknowledge the work of the Scottish Building Standards and the application of automatic fire suppression systems in response to the Grenfell Fire Report. Work on fire safety, including greater provision of automatic fire suppression systems, has been taken forward as...

WOBO Governor David Gibson thanks Judy Zakreski, Vice President of Global Services at the Interantional Code Council for this update. The National Building Code has been updated with criteria, including structural designs, necessary to ensure all types of buildings are constructed safe and earthquake-resilient. The...

UK water companies have joined forces as part of the international Race to Zero campaign – pledging to deliver a net zero water supply for customers by 2030. Water UK is the first industry trade body to be made just one of 20 official partners...