A PLAN TO SUPPORT the net zero challenge and get young people into high-skilled, well-paid jobs has been launched today 20 April by the Construction Leadership Council (CLC). In its new Skills Plan, CLC highlights what the construction and built environment industry has to offer. Construction drives the UK economy, employing 2.7million people and contributing
CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY COUNCIL (CLC) North East and Construction Alliance North East (CAN) contractor members are calling on local authorities and procurement chiefs to end ‘closed shop’ framework practices. Architects, builders and contractors expressed concerns about regional planning and procurement systems at a Circular Economy in Action meeting on 6 April. They want to see improved education
IN THE ROYAL INSTITUTE OF BRITISH ARCHITECTS (RIBA) latest Future Trends survey, architects’ outlook for future workloads is improving. The private housing sector expects its workload to increase for the first time in six months, as do small practices for the first time in nine months, and all but one region feels the same. Despite
ASPIRING ROOFER, Oliver Greenwood from Glossop has been named one of the 10 apprentices competing to be crowned Screwfix Trade Apprentice 2023. The national award aims to highlight the hard work and dedication of trade apprentices across the UK and Ireland. The champion will receive a career-boosting £10,000 trade bundle made up of tools, tech
PROJECT STARTS FELL by nearly half (-46%) in the first quarter of 2023 against the previous year, according to the latest Glenigan Construction Review. The April Review highlights the consistently weak construction start performance as the industry navigates a depressed economic landscape. Construction Starts Q1 2023 Averaging £5,067 million per month, work commencing on-site fell
A CLADDING SUBCONTRACTOR has been sentenced along with a principal contractor after a worker was hospitalised for nearly two weeks. The man was working as a lift supervisor at a construction site at Eskdale Terrace, Jesmond, Newcastle, on 22 January 2020 when he was struck by a 124kg panel. The worker had been using a tower
THE PASSING OF A NEW LAW scrapping the UK’s safety regulations, including Working at Height rules, may yet be stopped, it has been reported. The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill, sponsored by Brexiteer, Jacob Rees-Mogg, completed its committee stage in Parliament and is waiting to go back to the House of Lords for further
AS MPs DEBATE ‘Asbestos in workplaces’ today (Wednesday), the TUC is calling for a national plan to remove asbestos from all public and commercial buildings. The parliamentary debate takes place just days after an inquest found that former MP Alice Mahon died of an industrial disease linked to asbestos exposure. Following her death from malignant mesothelioma,
SCOTT BADER has announced the formation of a new office in Turkey. The new office, based in Istanbul, has been established to offer Scott Bader’s distribution partners and customers local expertise in the growing composite, adhesive and functional polymer markets in Turkey and Central Asia. The company will work in partnership with Turkish distributors such as
SOLAR AND INTEGRATED ROOFING PROVIDER, Forster Group, has partnered with renewables expert, Chris Roberts to help develop its operational strategy. As a technical expert, Chris Roberts will help to maximise the company’s offering to clients, while driving forward its commitment to quality standards and to supporting a smart, affordable energy transition. Clean Energy Expert Chris
