The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is set to release a safety alert highlighting new scientific evidence from the International Agency for Research on Cancer suggesting that exposure to all welding fumes causes lung cancer, [read more…]
A leading provider to major construction and utilities firms, Develop Training Limited (DTL), says too few businesses are making a commitment to apprenticeships despite government initiatives to promote them. DTL, which has centres in Linlithgow [read more…]
BSG (Building Safety Group), the UK’s largest construction safety group, has reported a 33% year-on-year rise in the number of ‘Hand Arm Vibration’ breaches recorded on construction sites. The increase is based on over 42,000 [read more…]
Hire company Boels Rental opened a new depot in Stoke-on-Trent on 25 February 2019. The company already had a branch in Stoke, but thanks to continuous growth the location on Hyde Park soon became too [read more…]
This year sees Minster Surfacing Ltd celebrating its 20th anniversary and the company is aiming to mark the milestone by building on an impressive 2018, as Bruce Spencer-Knott, Managing Director, recently outlined to Construction Industry [read more…]
To win a single RoSPA Gold Award is noteworthy in anyone’s book. To win ten consecutive RoSPA Gold Awards and be awarded the RoSPA President’s Award for it is all the more impressive. This is [read more…]
A common requirement in the construction sector is the production of H-section or I-section structural beams by joining three plates. Often the material will be rusty mill scale plate that has to be welded directly [read more…]
Wienerberger, the leading supplier of wall, roof, and landscaping solutions, is proud to announce the addition of the SVK Fibre Cement Façades range to its façades offering in the UK. Versatile by design, these precision-engineered façade solutions offer an [read more…]
In early February 2019, Shell and MachineMax launched a new digital service that will help construction and mining companies to maximise the profitability of their off-highway fleets using smart sensors and next-generation analytics. Together the [read more…]
The UK’s leading manufacturer of access equipment, WernerCo, has announced the appointment of Access Platform Sales (APS) as its exclusive distribution partner for its BoSS® X-SERIES in the UK & Ireland. Both companies have long [read more…]
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