CITB funding to train nearly 2,500 mental health first aiders for construction by 2020

2 July 2018 Email this article

The CITB has announced it has committed £500,000 to train 156 construction workers as mental health first aid instructors, improving the mental health and wellbeing of the British construction industry. The funding has been awarded to Building Mental Health - an industry initiative including Lendlease, Mace, Multiplex, Morgan Sindall and Laing O’Rourke via CITB’s Flexible ... more

ARCA now issuing Supervisor CSCS Cards

1 July 2018 Email this article

The Asbestos Removal Contractors Association (ARCA) has announced that it will be making available Asbestos Removal Supervisor CSCS cards under the ARMI Skills Card Scheme. Temporary Red cards and 5-year Asbestos Removal Supervisor Gold cards, are now available from ARCA, both as physical and virtual smartcards. The Asbestos Removal Supervisor (Trained) red card is valid for three years ... more

RoofCert accreditation available from the National Federation of Roofing Contractors

1 July 2018 Email this article

In a bid to combat unskilled and unexperienced people putting themselves and others in danger while completing roofing work, the National Federation of Roofing Contractors is working in partnership with the CITB to develop an accreditation programme. In a move helped to professionalise the roofing industry, RoofCert accreditation will prove that a contractor has the competency to carry ou ... more

Boost for Thousands of Workers as Agreement Reached on Industry's Largest Pay Deal

1 July 2018 Email this article

Around 200,000 construction workers across the UK will see their pay packets rise following agreement between employers and unions. The Construction Industry Joint Council Working Rule Agreement is the largest of its kind in the industry. The agreement is negotiated between employers and union representatives from Unite and GMB. As part of the ground-breaking two year pay and conditions settleme ... more

Road-rail access platform in moonlight flit

1 July 2018 Email this article

A road-rail access platform performed a moonlight flit earlier this month during an attempt to set it onto rails, reports the Construction Index. The magazine details how on Friday 8th June 2018, the road-rail maintenance vehicle ran away towards Bradford Interchange terminal station from the Britannia Street road-rail access point, with operator and machine controller in hot pursuit, shouti ... more

When you need more height

1 July 2018 Email this article

In another in its ‘death wish’ series, trade magazine Vertikal has shared this photo of two men in London trying to put up a banner with a combination of access equipment. The magazine notes how the workers over-extended a four metre scaffold tower extending the adjustable legs “to the point where they must be close to dropping out”, before adding an equally over-ext ... more

London Councils set to launch new and improved website for hauliers affected by the London Lorry Control Scheme

1 July 2018 Email this article

London Councils is in the process of launching a new and improved website for hauliers with the need to undertake business in London during the operational hours of the London Lorry Control Scheme. The new website is expected to be operational by December 2018. As part of the site, which it says will be a ‘one-stop shop for all your needs’, London Councils is set to enhance the w ... more

£10 to charity for all IPAF, PASMA and Ladder courses booked in July

1 July 2018 Email this article

We’re a charitable bunch here at Facelift, and this July we’re donating £10 for every IPAF, PASMA and Ladder training course booked. The money raised will be shared equally between three fantastic charities – The Royal Marsden cancer charity, which does everything from fund state-of-the-art equipment and ground-breaking research to fund better settings for patients to rece ... more

Facelift Flashback: Multitels make short work of monastery maintenance

1 July 2018 Email this article

Casting our minds back to June 2013, we were out using our brand new Multitel SMX 225 and SMX 250 models to carry out some much-needed maintenance at St Hugh’s Parkminster Monastery in Cowfold, West Sussex. With the machines’ compact size meaning that the team were easily able to navigate the narrow doorways of the monastery’s courtyard, we were able to ... more

Company fined after worker suffers spinal injuries

1 July 2018 Email this article

A roofing company has been fined after roof work at height was undertaken unsafely, leading to a worker falling through a roof light and suffering spinal injuries. Dudley Magistrates’ Court heard how people were working on the roof with no safety measures in place to prevent them from falling. Woodhull Roofing Ltd was contracted to carry out work for Sandwell Metropolitan Borough C ... more

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CITB funding to train nearly 2,500 mental health first aiders for construction by 2020

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RoofCert accreditation available from the National Federation of Roofing Contractors

Boost for Thousands of Workers as Agreement Reached on Industry's Largest Pay Deal

Road-rail access platform in moonlight flit

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London Councils set to launch new and improved website for hauliers affected by the London Lorry Control Scheme

£10 to charity for all IPAF, PASMA and Ladder courses booked in July

Facelift Flashback: Multitels make short work of monastery maintenance

Company fined after worker suffers spinal injuries

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