A number of top companies from across the North East have come together in order to help advance the promotion of the construction industry to women. The companies got together for this recruitment drive at an event which took place at Hartlepool College of Further Education. The North East branch
28 April 2016 | Herpreet Kaur Grewal Edinburgh City Council has awarded a contract to inspect the city’s walls to Amey – despite the provider being a part of the consortium responsible for safety issues at 17 of the city’s schools. Gordon Allan, Amey’s business director for consulting in Scotland
Progress is continuing to take place with the construction work on the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon improvement programme. This £1.5 billion improvement work has been taking place since November 2016. A year later it has been announced that the temporary bridge that has been erected over the A14 at Swansea
The multi-award winning, female-led Hussain Architectural Design founder, Saira Hussain attended the House of Commons last week for a debate. covering a range of different topics, the debate was hosted by Virendra Sharma MP and was attended by a number of other MPs such as Baroness Verma, Caroline West, Keith
Interior design and decor changes seasonally throughout the years just like fashion. Today’s modern trends are definite proof of this – the interior of your home practically reflects the time in which we exists. Since we are always trying to make ourselves feel more comfortable and still keep up with
The groundworks and civil engineering company, M. Lambe Construction have announced that they will be strengthening their apprenticeship scheme. This improvement will be made with an investment by the company in Premier Training Centre. This training centre has been created in collaboration with Thoughts of Others, who is a respected
ARCHICAD has been named as the BIM Product of the Year for the seventh year running. Created by GRAPHISOFT, the leading building information modelling software developer for architects has revealed that their latest version of ARCHICAD 21 has been awarded with the accolade of BIM Product of the Year award
The groundworks and civil engineering company, M. Lambe Construction have announced that they will be strengthening their apprenticeship scheme. This improvement will be made with an investment by the company in Premier Training Centre. This training centre has been created in collaboration with Thoughts of Others, who is a respected
Date and location 14 – 16 June 2016, Health and Safety Laboratory, Harpur Hill, Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 9JN Course overview This qualification replaces the popular CIEH Level 3 Award in Training Skills and Practice (TSP) and is now the NEW recognised minimum requirement for trainers wishing to register to deliver
Equistone Partners Europe Limited is known for being one of Europe’s leading mid-market private equity investors. The company has announced that they have invested in BFT Mast Climbing, which is a leading UK independent specialist for the specification, rental and installation of Mast Climbing Work Platforms, BFT Mastclimbing. Equistone has
A number of top companies from across the North East have come together in order to help advance the promotion of the construction industry to women. The companies got together for this recruitment drive at an event which took place at Hartlepool College of Further Education. The North East branch of the National Association of Women in Construction announced their continuing Professional Development event. Tis event saw 13 women from the construction industry invited to take part in a series of hands-on bricklaying and joinery challenges. The women invited to take part in this event ranged from students to Managing Directors. Research has shown that women only make up 12.8% of the construction workforce in the UK. Earlier in the year a survey was commissioned by the housebuilding company Keepmoat that illustrates only 13% of women aged between 16-25 would consider going into a career in construction. The organisations that attended this recruitment and promotion drive at Hartlepool College for Further Education included Construction Excellence North East, WSP Seymour Civil Engineering, Seymour Architects, Working Well together North East, Emerald Architects, Gateshead Housing Company and Lambert Smith Hampton. There were also six Construction and Built Environment students from Hartlepool College that assisted with the challenges held as part of the event. The Head of Construction at Hartlepool College for Further Education, John Cartwright hosted the event and has said that these occasions are an essential part of the work needed to inspire the next generation of learners as well as demonstrate to female students just how successful they can be and the opportunities on offer. There is a rich variety of roles and opportunities available in the construction industry and it is important that more women are encouraged to consider this industry as a career path. Events such as this one helps to dissolve misconceptions that the construction industry is a career path just for men.
28 April 2016 | Herpreet Kaur Grewal Edinburgh City Council has awarded a contract to inspect the city’s walls to Amey – despite the provider being a part of the consortium responsible for safety issues at 17 of the city’s schools. Gordon Allan, Amey’s business director for consulting in Scotland said: “As an approved supplier to the Scottish Excel Framework [a procurement organisation dedicated to serve all local authorities and related organisations across Scotland], Amey was invited to tender for this contract and was named preferred bidder after a competitive bidding process.” Under the contract Amey will be “drawing on our consultancy expertise to catalogue the location and condition of retaining walls throughout Edinburgh so that the council’s maintenance team can develop a formal inspection and proactive maintenance schedule”. Councillor Alasdair Rankin, convener of the finance and resources committee, which made the award, said Amey has been “vetted as an ‘approved’ company to bid for the work”. Source link
Progress is continuing to take place with the construction work on the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon improvement programme. This £1.5 billion improvement work has been taking place since November 2016. A year later it has been announced that the temporary bridge that has been erected over the A14 at Swansea will be taken down this week. This bridge has been an essential asset to the work carried out in this area as it has been used to carry 160,000 cubic meters of construction materials from the south to the north of the A14 over the course of the last 2 months. Highways England has commented on the construction work taking place to upgrade the road between Ellington and west of Huntingdon, which is the Milton junction on the Cambridge Northern Bypass. The use of the temporary bridge has helped the team working on the programme to carry out work and to prepare for the construction of the planned Swansea Interchange while trying to have a minimal impact on people’s journeys. The use of the temporary bridge has been just one of a number of different solutions that have been but in place in order to keep people moving on this route, and cause as little disruption as possible while the improvements are being made. The bridge will be taken down overnight and there are expected to be closures of the A14 when this takes place, on Monday 20th November, Tuesday 21st November and Saturday 25th November between junctions 24 and 31 from 9pm to 5am. The construction work on this road is expected to be completed by March 2021. The road has narrow lanes and a 40mph restricted speed limit in order to offer safe working conditions while the building work to improve the A14 is carried out while also ensuring that traffic is still able to make use of the roads.
The multi-award winning, female-led Hussain Architectural Design founder, Saira Hussain attended the House of Commons last week for a debate. covering a range of different topics, the debate was hosted by Virendra Sharma MP and was attended by a number of other MPs such as Baroness Verma, Caroline West, Keith Best and Paul Scully. Paul Scully The debate held in the Commons looked at a number of topics such as immigration, Brexit, the NHS, and Housing. Of course it was the focus on Housing that was of most interest to Saira Hussain. The founder of the multi-award winning Architectural and design company has said that more work needs to be done in order to overcome the housing challenges seen at the moment. It has been estimated that around 10,000 new homes would need to be built every year in the North West of England alone in order to keep in line with the growing population. This means that the Government need to be looking into intensive and widespread house building in order to meet the demand for housing that is leaving a lot of younger people stuck renting. Saira Hussain has said that she has spoken to a number of different people living in Lancashire and Manchester feel it is impossible to get onto the property ladder. At the moment the lack of housing stock is creating a demand, which is in turn driving up housing prices. On top of this, research has been carried out that shows that housing prices are set to increase by well over a quarter over the course of the next four years. This housing price increase is a reflection on the feeling that what the government is doing isn’t enough. The lack of sufficient action means that there will continue to be a shortage of homes, and therefore a demand that increases prices. There is also the question of where the new homes go. Most people suggest that building on brownfield is the solution, but this still doesn’t offer enough scope to meet the demand. Therefore, construction needs to go up, in the form of skyscrapers, or out, in to greenfield land when required.
Interior design and decor changes seasonally throughout the years just like fashion. Today’s modern trends are definite proof of this – the interior of your home practically reflects the time in which we exists. Since we are always trying to make ourselves feel more comfortable and still keep up with trends, redecorating our home is a normal part of everyday life. Adding a pop of color or removing it, using oversized elements or simply accentuating a corner in the living room with a small seating chair – everything is available on the market and made even easier with online shops nowadays. Still, some trends seem to have been better accepted than others, and following are the ones that have definitely deserved the fame they recently achieved. Texture A major trend in today’s modern homes is the presence of all kinds of texture. You could achieve this effect by simply adding some massive curtains and letting them hang in a way that makes them multidimensional. Any other decor items that can appear as multi-dimensional is just as likely to work. For those of you on a tighter budget can start off with an unusual picture frame. An easy trick that is not often used but can look fantastic is hanging your frame sideways so that the corners point towards the ceiling and floor. Obviously, when using this technique the picture must still be placed correctly and not be slanted as well. Those with a decoration fund can spice things up with multiple light fixtures or even chandeliers. It doesn’t have to require the US Powerball lottery jackpot – its prizes will most likely get you on the real estate market rather than the flea market looking for crystals. Exotic Elements The tropical theme is a never-ending source of inspiration, and even though they haven’t been present in every season, it is time to bring them back. You could take it slow and purchase a neutral-colored sofa with a few green and yellow pillows. On the other hand, you could just as well spice things up and get a chair or a small yet thick rug with a tiger or zebra pattern. Green In the spirit of social preservation, that is one of the most urgent matters of modern time, people are trying to make their homes green and eco-friendly. Keep a few green plants or create a rooftop garden, use up all the sun by installing windows to that whole part of the home, or just use cotton instead of synthetics when choosing fabric – these are little steps that will make quite a difference for your home décor and the environment. Sharp & Geometrical This trend reflects a completely different subject, that of gender equality. As women are becoming equally engaged in professional affairs as men, there is nothing to stop men from including themselves in home affairs. This gave birth to the more masculine design elements, distinguished for their sharpness and geometrical tendencies. Functionality is dominating as this trend will solely allow you to buy what you need, not what you want. Antiques As much as it is in the past, every great designer has ultimately claimed the rightful place antiques should take up in your living room. It represents an appreciation of historical values and excellent craftsmanship, creating an air of timelessness.
The groundworks and civil engineering company, M. Lambe Construction have announced that they will be strengthening their apprenticeship scheme. This improvement will be made with an investment by the company in Premier Training Centre. This training centre has been created in collaboration with Thoughts of Others, who is a respected provider of care and education services located in Birmingham. The training centre will allow for the specialist to develop their own bespoke training and apprenticeship programmes in order to offer young job seekers the practical experience that would be necessary and the skills required to pursue a full-time career in the construction industry. The Director of M. Lambe Construction, Michael Lambe said last year, The Department for Education estimated that around 9,000 people who are aged between 16-24 living in the West Midlands were not considered to be in any form of education, employment or training. Therefore it is vital for a wide range of successful businesses like M. Lambe Construction to provide opportunities to the younger generation with the opportunities to pursue a full-time career. The Birmingham-based business currently employs 32 apprentices and trainees that are working across the company, in various stages of education and development. 15 of these apprentices have joined the company in the last 12 months. The Apprentices at M. Lambe Construction offers ‘on the job training’ with an experienced mentor complimented by the practical theory in the classroom. Through this additional investment, the company has the opportunity to really develop a high quality programme that will be able to add value to their education while also being fully prepared to work on one of the groundworks and civil engineering center’s construction sites. Premier Training College is a vocational college and a Birmingham Adult Education Service subcontractor which has been set up in order to offer learners full time education and apprenticeship courses. It is seen as vital that more work is put into encouraging younger people to take a career in construction.
ARCHICAD has been named as the BIM Product of the Year for the seventh year running. Created by GRAPHISOFT, the leading building information modelling software developer for architects has revealed that their latest version of ARCHICAD 21 has been awarded with the accolade of BIM Product of the Year award at the Construction Computing Magazine Awards. This in the twelfth annual Construction Computing Magazine Awards to take place in the United Kingdom. GRAPHISOFT has won this prestigious award for the seventh year in a row, which indicates the quality of the product on offer by the building information modelling software. The Construction Computing Awards is affectionately referred to as The Hammers, with winners nominated and then voted for by professionals across the industry as well as real users in order to make sure that the quality of the winning product is the highest quality. This Awards scheme is one of the few awards that cover the use of IT in design and construction. The Awards programme are also celebrated for showing the actual users’ experiences with products that are used for delivering projects. GRAPHISOFT’s latest award is well-deserved and a demonstration of the quality of the product, that embodies the idea of OPEN BIM as well as the power of interfacing with a range of other software products. It is great to see ARCHICAD recognised by its users and readers as a part of this annual competition. The success of the company at these awards year after year, recognises the value that has been attached by designers for the regular improvements made to ARCHICAD. Along with this highly coveted award, one of the company’s client, Bond Bryan Digital has won a third BIM Project of the Year for the LEGO Architecture meets BIM project that was carried out this year.
The groundworks and civil engineering company, M. Lambe Construction have announced that they will be strengthening their apprenticeship scheme. This improvement will be made with an investment by the company in Premier Training Centre. This training centre has been created in collaboration with Thoughts of Others, who is a respected provider of care and education services located in Birmingham. The training centre will allow for the specialist to develop their own bespoke training and apprenticeship programmes in order to offer young job seekers the practical experience that would be necessary and the skills required to pursue a full-time career in the construction industry. The Director of M. Lambe Construction, Michael Lambe said last year, The Department for Education estimated that around 9,000 people who are aged between 16-24 living in the West Midlands were not considered to be in any form of education, employment or training. Therefore it is vital for a wide range of successful businesses like M. Lambe Construction to provide opportunities to the younger generation with the opportunities to pursue a full-time career. The Birmingham-based business currently employs 32 apprentices and trainees that are working across the company, in various stages of education and development. 15 of these apprentices have joined the company in the last 12 months. The Apprentices at M. Lambe Construction offers ‘on the job training’ with an experienced mentor complimented by the practical theory in the classroom. Through this additional investment, the company has the opportunity to really develop a high quality programme that will be able to add value to their education while also being fully prepared to work on one of the groundworks and civil engineering center’s construction sites. Premier Training College is a vocational college and a Birmingham Adult Education Service subcontractor which has been set up in order to offer learners full time education and apprenticeship courses. It is seen as vital that more work is put into encouraging younger people to take a career in construction.
Date and location 14 – 16 June 2016, Health and Safety Laboratory, Harpur Hill, Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 9JN Course overview This qualification replaces the popular CIEH Level 3 Award in Training Skills and Practice (TSP) and is now the NEW recognised minimum requirement for trainers wishing to register to deliver most CIEH qualifications. The CIEH TPP covers the following topics: Inclusive teaching and learning approaches in education and training Ways to create an inclusive teaching and learning environment Planning inclusive teaching and learning Delivering inclusive teaching and learning Evaluating the delivery of inclusive teaching and learning Who should attend? This qualification is ideal for anyone who has never delivered training before or for trainers who want to reinvigorate their training skills. The qualification is also recommended as the ideal entry requirement to becoming a CIEH registered trainer. Information and booking A full programme and online booking form can be found on the CIEH Level 3 Award in Training Principles and Practice course page. Alternatively, you can email HSL Training or call 01298 218806. Source link
Equistone Partners Europe Limited is known for being one of Europe’s leading mid-market private equity investors. The company has announced that they have invested in BFT Mast Climbing, which is a leading UK independent specialist for the specification, rental and installation of Mast Climbing Work Platforms, BFT Mastclimbing. Equistone has announced that their now have a majority stake in the company and have invested in the Mast Climbing company alongside the current CEO and founder of the business Robin Head. The financial terms of this acquisition are undisclosed. BFT Mast climbing was first founded in Leighton Buzzard in 1997 and today has expanded to have a fleet of more than 650 motorised Mast Climbing Work Platforms. The business offers these platforms in order to deliver a cheaper, safer and more flexible alternative to the traditional scaffolding used on construction renovation and maintenance projects located around the UK. The company operate out of their central spot in Bedfordshire, while their experienced team carries out the specification, delivery and installation of MCWPs. The platforms can be used for light, medium and heavy duty requirements as well as the necessary training for users. Equistone Partners Europe has said that BFT Mastclimbing is an impressive family business which is run by an entrepreneurial management team that also operated in an unpenetrated market that has the potential for significant and rapid growth. The investment that has been made by Equistone will provide the further funding that BFT needs in order to increase their capacity and then expand their national coverage. The investment and expansion predicted by the company could help to convert more UK contractors to using the mast climbing technology on offer. This will allow the company to continue to offer a lower cost, safer and more flexible alternative to traditional scaffolding while looking to expand in the future.