The Building and Industrial Services Pipework Academy (BISPA) is working with the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) to proactively tackle pipework and installation challenges in the UK building and industrial services market, by joining the prominent trade association as a Bronze Affiliate member.

The BESA is the leading trade organisation for building engineering services contractors – representing the interests of firms active in the design, installation, commissioning, maintenance, control and management of engineering systems and services in buildings.

BISPA was established to support the building and industrial services industry by improving the awareness of pipework related issues and innovations. They offer a free project pipework specification review service, as well as providing CIBSE CPD approved courses on pipework, corrosion, installation and Building Information Modelling (BIM).

The new membership provides the perfect platform for BISPA to engage with the pipework users, working closely with the BESA to raise awareness of correct technical specifications and contribute practical knowledge and insights to the trade association’s national pipework guidance documents.

In addition, BISPA will be partnering with the BESA to jointly promote a variety of CPD training initiatives, with the aim of improving pipework awareness within the market place.  Furthermore, BISPA will be supporting the BESA National Conference Exhibition and Awards in November, as well as participating in numerous regional events throughout the next year, to promote emerging technologies such as BIM and VR.

Mark Owens at BISPA commented: “The main goal of our membership is to create a dialogue with specifiers and end users, so that we can help them understand the risks to their projects due to incorrect or poorly defined pipework specifications. This is a significant issue for the UK market as it can lead to poor quality or non-compliant products being used, this may then result in installation, performance and service life issues and can add delays and additional costs to installations.

“For example, we’ll be working to highlight the risks associated with non-compliant imported cold-formed products, as well as the problems with galvanic corrosion as a result of mixed carbon and stainless steel systems and the use of VR for CPD training. We’re pleased to be partnering with such a prestigious trade organisation to help promote best practice within the building and industrial services industry.