Laing O’Rourke has called for more regular rapid testing across the construction industry to help find asymptomatic cases quicker and stop transmission. This support of the UK Government’s ambition to expand testing and target workers [read more…]
Leading staircase and door solutions manufacturer, Stairways Midlands, is reducing its lead time by up to 50% on staircases to better meet the challenging needs of the construction industry. It has used the last six [read more…]
Created by Engweld. New enforcement expectations require all businesses undertaking welding activities to ensure that effective engineering controls are provided and used correctly to control fumes arising from welding activities. It is now advised that larger [read more…]
Exactly three years ago the British Armed Forces finally opened all roles to women. Since then applications for the frontline have doubled and 20% of the 80,000 applicants the Army received last year were female. [read more…]
As the lessons of the Greenfell tragedy continue to be learnt, Jonathan O’Neill OBE, Managing Director of the Fire Protection Association (FPA), outlines how it is incumbent upon building owners, or anyone responsible for building [read more…]
Almost a third of construction firms in the UK have seen an employee move on because their mental wellbeing wasn’t being looked after, with one in five losing a key member of their workforce, according [read more…]
Detailed and realistic pricing is important to avoiding hidden costs and unforeseen delays on site, as James Brett, Managing Director of construction contractor, Edgeley Construction, outlines here. Whatever their project, every client wants the same [read more…]
Aberdeenshire’s Urquhart Joinery Services has built an excellent reputation for the high quality of its work – and demands the same exemplary standards from its truck supplier. It will therefore come as no surprise that [read more…]
New safety and impact protection equipment from specialist Brandsafe has been specified to support operations at a major strategic distribution centre in the East Midlands. The move sees the UK based company installing a range [read more…]
The year-on-year decline in construction apprenticeships threatens the UK’s ability to ‘build back better’ from the coronavirus pandemic, says the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) in response to the Department for Education’s apprenticeship and traineeship [read more…]
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