NEWS | DIGEST IN BRIEF Engineers struggling with mental health as stress rises Hackitt worried change wont happen Dame Judith Hackitt has raised concerns that the change she called for in her review of Building Regulations and fire safety will not be delivered. Writing in a briefing paper for property manager FirstPort, she said: Its really important we keep this dialogue going because the longer we go, post-Grenfell, the more concerned I become that we will allow this to fall away and we will not respond appropriately to change this broken system of ours. In its response to the Hackitt review in December, the government promised to implement her proposals in full. Almost all measures were subject to a consultation this spring, but no updates have been released by the housing department so far. BESA programme seeks to train people to offer colleagues support Many building services engineers are nding it hard to cope with stress in the face of increasing time and nancial pressures, according to the current CIBSE Graduate of the Year. Reanna Taylor (pictured), who is also chair of the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) Future Leaders group, said more engineers were being forced to work long hours to keep on top of workloads. The additional stress and weight of responsibility were contributing to growing mental health problems, she added. The BESA group has been rolling out a programme of mental health rst aid training. This is a huge priority area for us, Taylor told a meeting of the Society of CIBSE Patrons. Employers and colleagues need to be more vigilant so they can spot when someone is really struggling. Stress levels are rising as project times become more compressed and relatively Commissioning services guide To help site managers supervise commissioning activities, the NHBC Foundation, in collaboration with BSRIA, has launched At your services what to expect duringcommissioning. While commissioning must be carried out by specialists and competent installers, the new guide aims to help site managers engage more closely with the commissioning process, and to ask the right questions at the right time. It aims to give them the tools to be inquisitive about the commissioning activities they should expect to see on their sites. Brexit stockpiling Manufacturing stocks of finished goods were reported as significantly above adequate, at their highest balance since the financial crisis, according to the latest monthly CBI Industrial Trends Survey. The survey of 279 manufacturing firms revealed that order books further deteriorated compared with the previous month, with total orders reaching their lowest balance since October 2016. Export orders worsened to a balance not seen since July 2016. Anna Leach, CBI deputy chief economist, said: These results provide further evidence that manufacturers have been stockpiling at a rapid pace as part of their Brexit contingency plans. Taylor: Engineers are being forced to work long hours junior engineers are being given responsibility for increasingly large packages of work. It is so important that people are trained to understand how to offer support. Taylor also told the Patrons that the industrys record on diversity was improving. Women in engineering are denitely on the rise, she said. That is fantastic because they bring freshness, new ideas and enthusiasm. PAST-PRESIDENT GRAHAM MANLY DIES It is with great sadness that CIBSE Journal learned of the death of Graham Manly OBE (pictured), past-president of CIBSE and of the HVCA now BESA in May. Graham was a dedicated CIBSE member, and known to many Journal readers. Our thoughts are with his family at this time. The July edition will include a full obituary honouring his contribution to the industry, Institution and wider society. Antarctic wharf phase complete Ramboll and BAM have completed the rst construction phase of the new wharf being built for RRS Sir David Attenborough on Rothera in the Antarctic. Ramboll is working as technical adviser on the project for the British Antarctic Survey alongside construction partner BAM. The team have dismantled the existing wharf and installed six of the 20 beams required for the new wharf. The work is part of a programme of works known as the Antarctic Infrastructure Modernisation, and Ramboll has used the experience of working in the extreme environment to inform lean designs in buildings elsewhere (see page 34). 10 June 2019 www.cibsejournal.com CIBSE Jun19 pp10-11 News.indd 10 24/05/2019 18:50