FOUR BRIGGSAMASCO employees have signed up to take on one of the UK’s most popular fundraising feats, the Multiplex Three Peaks Challenge. The challenge will see Allan Doris (Glasgow Branch Manager), Lee Virgin (Operations Director London/South), Kenny Scott (Plant Fitter) and Shona MacMillan (Area Safety Advisor) climb the three highest peaks of Scotland, England and
Site preparation and enabling work has begun on the delayed £155m Bristol Arena as a main contractor for the site has been confirmed. The arena is the focal point of the Brabazon Hangars scheme to transform the city’s historic former Filton Airfield into a live entertainment and cultural hub for the South West. The initial
Construction training body CITB is sitting on a £100m cash pile despite the industry’s ongoing skills crisis. The £102.6m of current assets in the bank are detailed in the CITB’s latest set of accounts for the year to March 31 2023 which were published recently. The training body is funded mainly be levy income from
NEW GUIDANCE on Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) in Listed Buildings has been launched by Purcell. The document, which has been endorsed by the Twentieth Century Society, Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB), and the Institute of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC), has been led by Max Thomson, Building Surveyor at Purcell in collaboration
THE SUSTAINABLE and Traditional Buildings Fair is set to take place on Saturday 11 May 2024 at the Tywi Centre, Dinefwr Farm in Llandeilo. From 10am, experts, suppliers, and contractors will provide essential insights and solutions for making homes more sustainable. In Wales, where 1.4 million homes consume 27% of all energy, the demand for
A construction company in Kent has been fined £25,000 and ordered to pay £83,842.34 in costs after after a subcontractor fell and died from his injuries. Mark Tolley, 51, fell nearly two metres through an opening in a scaffold on 5 July 2017 while working on the construction of six houses on Smarden Road in
‘MUST DO BETTER’ seems to be the overall verdict on the construction industry’s progress on building safety and culture change, according to the Industry Safety Steering Group (ISSG) chaired by Dame Judith Hackitt. The ISSG’s fourth report on built environment culture change progress, published today, says the construction industry and broader actors in the system
As the cost of living rises across the United States, people are beginning to look for modern housing solutions. For many, buying a traditional home is not financially feasible, and building one themselves costs more time and money than most people have. Thankfully, there are other options out there. Metal shouses are a smart and
A NEW Residential Retrofit Standard launched by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) will help its members to advise customers on retrofit options in UK homes. Following an eight-week consultation period, the new standard was developed by a team of experts in response to a demand for high quality, residential retrofit advice. It will
A CONSTRUCTION firm in Kent was fined after a sub-contractor fell from a scaffold and died from his injuries. Mark Tolley, 51, fell 1.8 metres through an unguarded opening in a scaffold on 5 July 2017 while installing vertical hanging tiles on one of six new houses on Smarden Road in Headcorn, Kent. He sustained
