AN INDEPENDENT training provider is celebrating its ‘good’ rating following its first Ofsted inspection. Eastern Region Roof Training Group (ERRTG) is an independent training provider based in Baylham outside Ipswich and has delivered roofing apprenticeships as the direct provider since 2020. There are currently 31 apprentices on the roofing programme with a planned, next cohort
Government must get a grip on the haphazard implementation of environmental regulations to unlock house building, says a new Lords report. There is a real risk that the Government will miss both its housing targets and its environmental ambitions. It should be possible to deliver both new development and improve the environment, but a lack
TIME IS RUNNING OUT for high-rise residential building registration with the Building Safety Regulator (BSR), the organisation is warning. It will be a criminal offence for any qualifying building not to be registered with the new regulator after 1 October 2023. Registration opened in April 2023. Buildings in England that are 18 metres tall or
IN SEPTEMBER, the Construction Leadership Council’s Product Availability working group reports building materials availability has returned to pre-covid levels. Building Materials Availability Mineral wool has come off allocation and returned to normal supply. Looking ahead, a major supplier is investing £50m to increase capacity for glass mineral wool [Knauf Insulation] to support anticipated demand from
THE SECOND EDITION of its Whole Life Carbon Assessment for the Built Environment (WLCA) standard is now published by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). First published in 2017 for the UK’s built environment sector, this 2023 edition is a global version of the standard that provides a considerably more developed understanding of the
EJOT’S range of high performance concrete anchoring solutions, at the heart of which is its globally renowned LIEBIG heavy duty anchors, is now available for main contractors and public sector project teams to specify and procure with confidence through the Constructionline platform. In being approved as a Constructionline Premier member by the industry-leading procurement and supply
PREMIUM slate manufacturer SSQ has announced that its range of Riverstone slate products is fully compliant with forthcoming changes in fire safety regulations. This compliance provides architects and specifiers with added peace of mind when choosing SSQ’s slate products. One of SSQ’s standout offerings is the Weather Pro, a lightweight and low pitch slate system.
NFRC WAS ALERTED to the waste wood problem five months before the rule change, the Wood Recyclers Association has confirmed. The Wood Recyclers Association (WRA) said it gave a presentation in London to the National Federation of Roofing Contractors (NFRC) on the 26 April, 2023 – five months before the rule change which reclassified common
NEW TIMBER WASTE rules have the potential to bring the UK roofing industry to a standstill. From 1 September 2023, old roofing materials made from softwood were re-classified as hazardous waste, and skip companies and their waste receivers are refusing to take it. New Roof Timber Waste Rules On 1 September, the Environment Agency withdrew
THE GOVERNMENT has launched a £1 billion fund called the Great British Insulation Scheme to install insulation in up to 300,000 homes. Homes with lower council tax bands and less energy-efficient homes will be offered upgrades – such as roof, loft or cavity wall insulation – to help cut their energy bills by an average
