As students across the country get stuck into the new academic year, UK Construction Week is celebrating education and training of all kinds – highlighting that there is more than one way to build a successful and rewarding career in construction. Key to this is the UK Construction Week Career
Looking forward to seeing you at the show in a few weeks’ time!
Dooria, headquartered in Oslo, Norway, has three door factories in Sweden and employs approximately 200 people. It will become part of Jeld-Wen’s North European business unit, which has 17 sales and production units in seven countries. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. “This acquisition is aligned with our mission
It is the company’s third batching plant and has capacity to mix more than 50 m3 per hour. Eastern Concrete was set up by Tom Baker in 2002 with headquarters in Stowmarket. It runs a fleet of 30 volumetric and ready-mix trucks as well as two Cifa concrete pump trucks.
The new type of concrete has been first used as part of an innovative track-laying system for the mainline link between Glasgow and Edinburgh. Hope was approached to develop the bespoke mix to complement the innovative Slab Track Austria system and ensure rapid track replacement work in the 330-metre long
As students across the country get stuck into the new academic year, UK Construction Week is celebrating education and training of all kinds – highlighting that there is more than one way to build a successful and rewarding career in construction. Key to this is the UK Construction Week Career Centre, a dedicated area within the Build Show where house builders, construction firms and other industry experts will be on hand to offer construction specific careers advice to visitors. Covering apprenticeships, on-going training and professional development, the centre will cater for all levels – from seasoned professionals scoping out their next move, to new starters looking for their first break into the construction sector. Supported by a host of industry bodies, the Career Centre will give visitors a useful insight into a variety of career paths in building, civil engineering, integrated technology installation and other crucial construction trades. Key partners include the Home Builders Federation, the Institute of Civil Engineering and the Women’s Engineering Society, as well as construction skills and apprentices network K10 and major UK house builder Cala Homes. Visitors will also be able to gain inspiration by hearing the stories of other people who have built a career for themselves in the industry. For example, Heidi Perry, a generator engineer at building machinery supplier Finning, will be sharing her experiences as a female apprenticeship in a male-dominated industry. Heidi, who took up an apprenticeship after sixth form college, commented: “Finding an apprenticeship wasn’t easy so I applied to Finning to work in the parts department. It wasn’t my ideal job but it was a foot in the door. Luckily, at my interview they asked if I’d prefer to work on the machines and I landed an apprenticeship working on diesel standby generators. “Now I travel across the country fault-finding, servicing, working on the electrical control systems or fixing broken parts. Apprenticeships are a great way to learn. If you’re thinking of making the move into construction, do it. It’s brilliant fun and you won’t regret it.” Nathan Garnett, show director commented: “Employing more than 2.2 million people, the construction industry has been the major force behind the UK’s economic recovery – and with £125 billion of public sector and infrastructure projects in the pipeline, the demand for skilled workforce is set to create even more employment opportunities in the years to come. The Career Centre at UK Construction Week will be a really useful source of information for visitors looking to take advantage of this booming work market.” Bringing together nine shows under one roof, UK Construction Week will be the biggest construction trade event the UK has seen in years. Taking place at the Birmingham NEC from 6 – 11 October (with the trade only days from 6 – 8 October) the event will unite 1,000 exhibitors with an expected audience of 55,000 visitors. Visitors will be able to attend the Build Show (incorporating Civils Expo), Timber Expo, the Surface and Materials Show, Energy 2015, Kitchens & Bathrooms Live, Plant & Machinery Live, HVAC 2015, Smart Buildings 2015 and Grand Designs Live. For more information please visit www.ukconstructionweek.com or follow @UK_CW on Twitter.
Looking forward to seeing you at the show in a few weeks’ time!
Dooria, headquartered in Oslo, Norway, has three door factories in Sweden and employs approximately 200 people. It will become part of Jeld-Wen’s North European business unit, which has 17 sales and production units in seven countries. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. “This acquisition is aligned with our mission to grow and expand our door and window manufacturing capabilities in Europe,” said Jeld-Wen president and chief executive Kirk Hachigian.
It is the company’s third batching plant and has capacity to mix more than 50 m3 per hour. Eastern Concrete was set up by Tom Baker in 2002 with headquarters in Stowmarket. It runs a fleet of 30 volumetric and ready-mix trucks as well as two Cifa concrete pump trucks. In 2012 it acquired the two ready-mixed concrete plants of Allen Newport in Fornham Park, Bury St Edmunds and Waterbeach, Cambridge.
The new type of concrete has been first used as part of an innovative track-laying system for the mainline link between Glasgow and Edinburgh. Hope was approached to develop the bespoke mix to complement the innovative Slab Track Austria system and ensure rapid track replacement work in the 330-metre long Winchburgh Tunnel section of the track. The floor of the Victorian tunnel had to be lowered to accommodate overhead cables as part of the electrification of the line, Scotland’s busiest passenger route. This is part of the Edinburgh to Glasgow improvement programme (EGIP). To meet the specifications of the project, Hope’s researchers designed HopeFlow Rail, a high-performance, self-compacting concrete that has the properties required for fixing the Slab Track system into place, including extended workability and high early strength. It uses a blend of selected aggregates, cement and specialist admixtures. Slab Track is a specialist precast concrete rail system used widely to develop high-speed rail links throughout Europe, Hope said. More than 470 metres of Slab Track has been laid on the Winchburgh Tunnel project. Hope believes this first application for its HopeFlow Rail product will lead on to more rail based projects for it throughout the UK in the coming months. David Morrow, Hope’s business manager for Scotland, said: “When we were tasked with this challenge we were determined to make it work, and bring another innovation to the sector by developing this high-performance and first-of-its-kind product. “When designing HopeFlow Rail we took into consideration all of the attributes needed for the concrete, ensuring it was strong, free-flowing and had a sufficient working time. “We’re proud to have our product used to develop the first Scottish high-speed mainline and we believe this will be the first of many projects which uses the product and help to make a difference to rail improvements throughout the UK.” dex
