Climbing up the building career ladder
This week is National Careers Week – an opportunity for people (young and old) up and down the country to give some thought to their future career and increase their understanding of how they can [read more…]
£300m to be invested in Birmingham apartments
A specialist in the development of high quality city centre apartments has acquired its fourth Birmingham site. High Street Residential paid £19m for the larger of two plots earmarked for regeneration on the site of [read more…]
Change in enforcement expectations for mild steel welding fume spurs demand for clean air welding helmets and fume extraction products
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…]
National Apprenticeship Week sees firms still slow to train next generation
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…]
Building Safety Group reports 33% increase in Hand Arm Vibration breaches on construction sites
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…]
Boels Rental opens a new depot in Stoke
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…]
Minster Surfacing Ltd – Two decades of excellence
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…]
GMG Contractors – A shining light on safety
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…]
Taking a ‘smarter’ approach to welding structural beams cuts costs without compromising quality
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…]
Versatile by Design – Wienerberger launches SVK Fibre Cement Façades
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…]