Recent News & Press

Sails up! Testing, inspection, and certification company Bureau Veritas (BV) has delivered an Approval in Principle (AiP) to Zéphyr & Boréefor its first open-top 1,800 TEU containership, demonstrating the feasibility of using wind-propelled wing-sails on this type of vessel. The 185 metre-long container vessel is designed with five...

WOBO Governor David Gibson thanks IFSEC GLOBAL for their update. “Said to be able to detect fire before cladding is breached, Intelliclad’s internal fire alarm system is designed to remove the need for waking watch patrols, and has recently been installed in two apartment buildings...

Clarification – time and space. Safety expert, Dr Jonathan Evans, is demanding ministers disclose whether ‘highly dangerous’ cladding that failed fire tests commissioned by the Government in 2002, was used at Grenfell Tower. In September 2021, the BBC uncovered details of cladding products that failed...

WOBO thanks Jon Harman, Head of Renewables, Energy Division, for the link to the Whitepaper. European electricity markets saw soaring prices because of the cost of fossil fuels. The high cost of natural gas signalled an urgent need to move towards more sustainable fuels, and...

WOBO recognises and appreciates the support provided by model guidance. The ABCB has released a series of best practice model guidance publications in response to the Building Confidence Report At the request of Building Ministers, the Australian Building Codes Board (ABCB) prepared model guidance in response to...

WOBO Governor David Gibson congratulates BBA on their success. The British Board of Agrément has been given the greenlight to commence the issuing of UK Technical Assessments (UKTAs) – the first Technical Assessment Body in the UK to be able to do so. Confirmed by the...

Collaboration is key to the future!! President Paul Myers with OBOA (Ohio) and WOBO Member Jeffrey Rettberg at the Annual meeting of the Ohio Building Officials Association.  The Annual Meeting of the Ohio Building Officials returned as a face-to-face event after the covid hiatus.  The...

WOBO notes the developments taking place in Pakistan. The Code Council and the Pakistan Engineering Council, a regulatory body of engineering profession and engineering education, jointly announced the successful development of the Building Code of Pakistan (BCP 2021). Based on the 2021 International Building Code,...

Egypt plans for the future. Fossil fuels accounted for more than 90% of Egypt’s total energy consumption in 2016, but, as it looks towards the future, it is aiming to ensure that renewables account for at least 20% of supply by 2022 and 42% of...