Modern Building Services

4 MODERN BUILDING SERVICES MARCH 2021 CONTENTS Inside the MARCH 2021 issue Follow us on Twitter@MBS_magazine See www.modbs.co.uk for our digital issues and to search all of our news, features and product updates. News 5 BESCA has responded to growing demand for improved fire safety, New construction industry research, NBS and BBA announce strategic partnership, First development to achieve BRE’s new HQM ONE certification, Heating industry ‘not fit for purpose’, Business Community Helps Get People Back into Work, IOR Announces the First Keynote Speaker for its Annual Conference News Analysis 10 New report by FIDIC – What are the International Federation of Consulting Engineers are saying about global infrastructure needs 13 Construction Firms Closing - Huge increase in insurance premiums adds to growing pressure on construction firms 22 Carbon 28 New guidance on calculating embodied carbon of building services equipment Heating & Sustainability 14 Net Zero – a landmark moment 17 Building Services Trends for 2021 20 The benefits of prefabrication in a COVID-19 world Working Buildings 22 The Urban Sciences Building – a hard working building 25 Bringing buildings back into use, safely Smart Buildings 30 Open frameworks will ‘glue’ systems together 32 Do you understand the impact? 35 Dissecting the Role of Edge AI within a Smart Building What’s New 37 The guide to new products and up to date business news 30 20