Chris Leslie, MP for Nottingham East, visited a local building site yesterday as part of week-long campaign to get more people into the construction industry. Mr Leslie visited the Nottingham Biosciences Centre – a brand new specialist science facility – during Open Doors 2016, a joint initiative between the Construction
13 August 2016 – by Estates Gazette Office take-up has slowed across the key regional office markets, but availability remains at historically low levels. EGi Research looks at how the markets fared in the run-up to the EU referendum Take-up across the UK’s six largest regional office markets took a
10 June 2016 | Martin Read The Building Engineering Services Association (the BESA), the Electrical Contractors’ Association (ECA) and the CIBSE Patrons are joining forces with the Samaritans to address mental health and workplace stress concerns in the building engineering services industry. According to BESA chief executive Paul McLaughlin, 80 per
Chris Leslie, MP for Nottingham East, visited a local building site yesterday as part of week-long campaign to get more people into the construction industry. Mr Leslie visited the Nottingham Biosciences Centre – a brand new specialist science facility – during Open Doors 2016, a joint initiative between the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) and Build UK. Open Doors runs from Monday 13 to Saturday 18 June gives future bricklayers, architects and civil engineers an exclusive, behind-the-scenes look at some of Britain’s top building sites. The event is expected to attract thousands of visitors during the week and will cover around 130 sites across England, Scotland and Wales. More workers are urgently needed in the industry, as CITB predicts over 230,000 new construction jobs will be created in the UK over the next five years. Chris Leslie MP said: “I thoroughly enjoyed my visit today. It just proves how successful and rewarding a career in construction can be. After experiencing Open Doors 2016, I would encourage everyone to consider a career in construction.” Suzannah Nichol, Build UK Chief Executive, said: “I joined the industry after a visit to a local construction site and hopefully Open Doors can get even more young people and others looking for something new to get involved in one of the many careers we have to offer. “Construction is a great place to be and the buzz onsite is infectious. We are so pleased to give Open Doors visitors that same buzz and the chance to see what the industry is all about.” Lorraine Gregory, CITB Partnerships Manager, said: “Open Doors is an excellent way of inspiring more people to consider a career in construction. It is a great opportunity to showcase just how rewarding a career in the sector can be. “There is no better time than now, with over 15,000 new construction jobs expected to be created over in the East Midlands over the next five years. “Anyone interested in pursuing a career in construction should visit the industry website – Go Construct.” To sign up for an Open Doors event visit opendoors.construction. Twitter: @OpenDoorsUK #opendoors16 Source link
13 August 2016 – by Estates Gazette Office take-up has slowed across the key regional office markets, but availability remains at historically low levels. EGi Research looks at how the markets fared in the run-up to the EU referendum Take-up across the UK’s six largest regional office markets took a tumble in the run-up to the EU referendum, although not as badly as the 40% decline seen in London. Take-up fell by 19.1% between Q1 and Q2, and by 27% compared with the same quarter last year, to 929,000 sq ft. Rolling annual take-up slowed to 4.6m sq ft. All the content from this weekís magazine, including this article, is available in the new app. But despite the take-up slowdown, availability still stands at just 11.2%, well down on trend. Alongside the economic fallout and uncertainty, future regional office take-up could depend on how willing or able landlords are to negotiate with prospective occupiers on lease lengths and rents. Over the past three years, average rents have increased by 17.7% in Birmingham, 25% in Bristol, 24.1% in Glasgow and 10.4% in Edinburgh. Click here to see the data Source link
10 June 2016 | Martin Read The Building Engineering Services Association (the BESA), the Electrical Contractors’ Association (ECA) and the CIBSE Patrons are joining forces with the Samaritans to address mental health and workplace stress concerns in the building engineering services industry. According to BESA chief executive Paul McLaughlin, 80 per cent of engineering services firms believe workplace mental health will have a serious impact on their businesses over the next five to ten years. The figure comes from an occupational health survey carried out by BESA and ECA that also suggests 31 per cent of companies find on-site mental health issues “hard to manage”. “As an industry, we have made impressive progress on workplace safety in the past 20 years,” said McLaughlin. “But on health – and mental health in particular – we still have a long way to go. Mental health is the forgotten health and safety issue.” The three bodies’ initiative is to be marked by a jointly-hosted seminar in central London, which the ESA’s McLaughlin will chair. Will Skinner, the Samaritans regional partnerships officer who will lead an interactive session at the seminar, says that callers to the Samaritans range from individual tradespeople to senior managers feeling the isolation of leadership. Many small and medium-sized firms are also struggling to cope with stress created by tight deadlines and cash flow issues. CIBSE Patrons chairman David Fitzpatrick pointed out that the impact of stress was apparent throughout the supply chain. “For an industry that already has serious recruitment issues, tackling mental health has to be a priority,” he said. Paul Reeve, CA director of business, added: “In order to make construction-related professions more attractive to a wider section of the population – particularly women, ethnic minorities and school leavers – we need to make sure we cover all aspects of worker wellbeing.” “With workplace mental health now an established issue, the sector needs to work together to help contractors manage these issues”. The mental health seminar will take place at St Matthew’s Conference Centre, 20 Great Peter Street, London SW1P 2BU on Thursday 21 July from 5.00 pm. Bookings can be made here. Source link
