A NEW VERSION of a guide setting out the routes of entry into construction for young people attending or leaving school in Scotland is published. The Scottish construction sector needs to recruit over 20,000 new entrants each year to maintain output. Employers that understand the routes of entry into the industry are well placed to offer
ENTRIES are now open for CUPA PIZARRAS’ Best of the Best competition 2023. In its third year, the competition is designed to showcase talent in the roofing industry by selecting champions from the UK, France, Belgium and the ‘Rest of the World’, before ultimately pitching them against one another to find the ‘Best of the
AN APPARENTLY straightforward re-roofing project on a domestic property resulted in a near miss with potentially fatal consequences for neighbours. The work involved the contractor removing a chimney stack, during which debris was heard falling down the chimney’s flue by the occupiers of the neighbouring property. Despite this, the party chimney stack was completely removed and
THE ROYAL INSTITUTION of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) is launching its manifesto for the built environment in the lead-up to the next UK general election According to the United Nations, the built environment generates around 40% of global carbon output. Responding, RICS is introducing new standards, guidance and toolkits that will speed up the decarbonisation of
THE WOOD RECYCLERS Association (WRA) has issued a special checklist for roofing contractors, with the NFRC, to help roofers disposing of certain waste wood items. The guidance follows the withdrawal of RPS250 on 1 September, 2023, meaning certain waste wood items cannot be disposed of in the normal wood recycling chain. The waste wood items
BETWEEN THE RECENT uplift to Part L of the Building Regulations and the ongoing energy crisis, rising consumer interest in solar roofing solutions is providing new opportunities for trade contractors. This is according to the latest data from Building Superstore, the dedicated trade account service of online builders’ merchant CMO Group PLC. Shining a Light
ENGINEERED PANELS in Construction (EPIC) will be attending the RCI Show 2023 to unpick some of the key considerations and explore ‘what good looks like’ through its new Code of Practice for the Installation of Steel-Faced Sandwich Panels. Code of Practice Guide In recent years there has been a major focus on competency across the
DAVE JESSOP LTD, an industrial roofing and sheet metal fabrication business based in Hull, has been successfully acquired by a private investor. Operating for over 30 years as a family-run business, Dave Jessop has experienced in the industrial, domestic and agricultural markets. Manufacturing and supplying a range of roofing solutions, key products include bespoke sheeting, guttering
BOOSTING PRODUCTIVITY in the construction sector could generate £45bn of additional added value each year for the UK, equivalent to 2% of UK GDP or the cost of building 220,000 houses a year. That’s one of the findings of a report published by the Construction Leadership Council (CLC). The report explores the potential for the
THE GOVERNMENT‘s announcement that Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) will be delayed means small and medium sized construction businesses will be collectively sighing in relief, says the NFB. The House Builders Association (HBA), the housing arm of the National Federation of Builders (NFB), has been the most prominent supporter of BNG and hopes that its five-year ‘building
