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BESA conference will focus on the ‘four Rs’ T
he eighth Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) Annual Conference will take place on Thursday, 17 October at the
Brewery in London. It will set out to: ‘Inspire a better building engineering services industry for a safe, sustainable, and effi cient future’ with a broad programme of technical and topical seminars. Presenters and debaters will seek to deliver the ‘four Rs’ of Roles, Responsibilities, Risks and Rewards giving delegates an insight into growing legislative pressures and the associated contractual risk, but also highlighting the growing business opportunities available to building services specialists. This year’s conference will feature more panel discussions and fewer lengthy PowerPoint presentations in response to calls from previous delegates and members that the Conference should focus as much as possible on practical sessions with clear takeaways. The Association will be showcasing its ‘Play it
Safe’ awareness campaign that helps all supply chain members identify their specifi c roles and responsibilities under the Act. Net Zero will be another key topic but again with a strong focus on ensuring the industry has the right breadth of skills and experience to meet the unprecedented challenge of retrofi tting and refurbishing the UK’s existing 30 million buildings to meet climate change goals. The latest developments around heat pump technology along with the transition towards lower global warming refrigerants, including increased safety fears linked to fl ammable gases, will dominate one highly anticipated session. Having a suitably diverse and fl eet footed
workforce came over as the main preoccupation of building engineering employers at last year’s BESA Conference, so once again BESA’s young engineers – represented by its growing NextGen Network – will take a prominent role. They will lead several sessions with a particular emphasis on emerging technologies and the need for more industry mentoring.
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As ever, the theme of Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) will feature prominently, but this year the session will focus specifi cally on retrofi tting buildings to address the growing health crisis caused by poor standards of ventilation and air fi ltration, particularly in the social housing sector. The topic of commissioning will be in the spotlight with leading practitioners sharing their frustrations over the continued lack of time and resources given to this essential service while also explaining the latest developments.
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