Advance copies of the new CIBSE and BSRIA commissioning water systems guides are now available to order at reduced prices. These guides are intended to ensure that water distribution systems are effectively commissioned whilst complying with the latest Building Regulations.

A major refurbishment project encompassing the installation of Daikin Altherma heat pump and solar thermal renewable technologies in 60 South Tyneside Housing properties wins National Energy Action (NEA) award in the North East Region.

Despite many people feeling the pinch this past year, it is reassuring to see that support was still rife for the fundraising efforts of Plumb Center and Parts Center with an outstanding £100,000 raised for Action for Children.

The Risk Factory is to receive a boost from the Gas Safety Trust as it pledges to sponsor the community safety education centre for the next three years.

August data signalled a further expansion of the UK construction sector, with the seasonally adjusted Markit/CIPS Construction Purchasing Managers Index£ (PMI£) posting 52.1.

Following its acquisition of a leading gas certification body early in 2010, BSI, the UKs premier standards body, is now operating an Appliance Laboratory that offers a comprehensive range of testing and certification services covering all types of gas, electric, oil and solid fuel appliances for domestic and commercial use.

The HVCA has appointed David Frise to the new senior post of head of sustainability.

Birmingham-based building services provider JS Wright has won a £400,000 contract to provide the mechanical services for a ground-breaking modular hotel scheme in the citys Jewellery Quarter.

As talk of a double dip and plummeting house prices abound, figures just out from Safestore, the UKs leading self storage company, illustrate that more and more people are selling up and moving into rented, to sit tight and await the outcome of a significant drop in house prices.

Smaller businesses across the UK are being invited to discover how they can harness the full potential of the internet through a series of free events.

A landlord has been fined for putting the lives of his tenants and others at risk by illegally fitting a gas boiler.

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has issued an alert to employers who use its Employer CD-Rom to help run their payroll systems.

Rod Macdonald, chairman of international multidisciplinary engineering consultancy Buro Happold, has initiated a process which is leading to a parliamentary inquiry into the poor design and quality of the products currently available for the construction of our built environment.

A workman who falsely claimed to be a registered gas engineer has been fined £8,000 after installing gas appliances at an address in Hackney, East London.

IBD Distribution, the Dorset-based distributor of energy efficient HVAC systems, has been appointed as an Approved Solution Provider and nationwide distributor for the Polypipe Ventilation range of whole house ventilation and heat recovery systems.

Employees at a leading south coast building services engineering consultancy shut down their computers and picked up a paint brush to take part in a community team building event.

Four new trustees have been appointed by the Gas Safety Trust to strengthen its core expertise and help create effective partnerships and programmes that are pivotal to its gas safety strategy and new direction.

Underfloor heating specialist Uponor has defied challenging trading conditions in the plumbing and heating industry to boast a 15% increase in overall sales for the first six months of the year and predicts further growth for the remainder of 2010.

There is mounting concern in the heating industry that the demise of Home Information Packs is leading to a marked reduction in the number of completion certificates being issued for controlled service installations.

Eu.bac, the European association of manufacturers for intelligent building systems, is opening an office in Brussels.