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Engineering & Building Services Skills Authority Ready to Support Government’s Plan for Skills Change in Construction

Engineering & Building Services Skills Authority Ready to Support Government’s Plan for Skills Change in Construction

02 April 2025

EBSSA has welcomed the recent announcements by the Government and the Chancellor for skills in the construction sector. At an engineering services skills forum held online on Monday 31st March — organised by Actuate UK on behalf of EBSSA — representatives from across the engineering and building services sector were briefed on the Government’s Plan for Change. The forum provided an opportunity to discuss how the sector will respond to the evolving skills landscape and contribute to the Construction Skills Mission Board.

Actuate UK joins elementalLONDON 2025

Actuate UK joins elementalLONDON 2025

17 February 2025

Engineering services alliance, Actuate UK, has partnered with Lyrical Communications, the team behind InstallerSHOW, to support their new event elementalLONDON as they prepare for their debut show. 

EBSSA supports culture change on competences & standards for built environment under new structure

EBSSA supports culture change on competences & standards for built environment under new structure

09 December 2024

Engineering & Building Services Skills Authority supports culture change on competences & standards for built environment under new structure. The Engineering and Building Services Skills Authority (EBSSA) will continue to work on ‘raising the bar’ on individual competence within the built environment as part of the new industry competence structure under the Building Safety Regulator (BSR).

Actuate UK welcomes retentions reporting legislation

Actuate UK welcomes retentions reporting legislation

10 October 2024

Engineering services alliance, Actuate UK, has warmly welcomed the new secondary legislation which will require reporting of cash retentions held by the large construction companies under the Payment Reporting Regulations.

Actuate UK welcomes critical Net Zero report at five year anniversary

Actuate UK welcomes critical Net Zero report at five year anniversary

02 July 2024

Engineering services alliance, Actuate UK,  warmly welcomes the landmark report ‘At a Crossroads: Pathways to a Net Zero Future’ published by the Mission Zero Coalition. The report throws a spotlight on clean energy and power generation. The engineering services industry, as part of the supply chain, are key to delivering this aspect of the UK’s net zero ambitions. Actuate UK contributed content of the report as a supporter of the Misson Zero Coalition.

Engineering & Building Services Skills Authority unveil work to codify competences & standards for industry

Engineering & Building Services Skills Authority unveil work to codify competences & standards for industry

29 January 2024

The Engineering and Building Services Skills Authority (EBSSA) are inviting multiple installer disciplines to begin codifying standards and competences for the sector. This initiative is part of wider industry and government efforts to ‘raise the bar’ on individual competence within the built environment in line with the new post-Grenfell competence regime established by the Building Safety Act.