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Facelift recently had the honour in assisting with a special job, when the team was asked to help a street artist to reach the required height to produce a mural in honour of the victims of the recent Manchester Arena attacks. The artist, Russell Meeham, also known as Qubek, created a huge image of 22 of Manchester’s famous worker bees surrounding a heart simply saying ‘MCR ... more
A report from the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) into migration and the construction industry has revealed that a third of firms employ migrant workers, saying they have comparable skills to British workers and are more readily available. Some employers (22%) also said they have a better work ethic. However, only 1% of firms said they specifically try to recruit migrants. The la ... more
This time four years ago the Facelift team was making short work of monastery maintenance, with a little help from some of our Multitel SMX 225 and SMX 250 models. We used the machines to carry out thorough maintenance work at St Hugh's Parkminster Monastery in West Sussex, the only post-Reformation Carthusian monastery in the UK. Play the video of the Multitels at work. This ... more
Facelift has assisted a housing association in Manchester in the removal of potentially dangerous cladding after the Grenfell Tower fire in London. It removed cladding at Blackfriar Court in Salford. This came after checks on the cladding found it to be combustible and therefore unsafe. ... more
Disruption on our railways is the bane of the British commuter’s life. So at Facelift, we do our bit to keep it to a minimum through the work of our Facelift Rail Team. With more than 20 years of experience in dealing with the UK’s rail infrastructure, depots, stations and structures, our team are able to help our clients reach even the trickiest spots in the UK’s ra ... more
CSCS has set out its policy for accepting the Government's Apprenticeship Trailblazer Standards, as a route to obtaining the relevant skilled worker card. This policy has been developed in line with the changing apprenticeship system in England. The employer-led 'Trailblazer' Standards will replace the current Specification of Apprenticeship Standards for England (SASE apprenticeships) with t ... more
An ex-British Telecom worker who suffered a major electric shock while working near overhead power lines in a Sussex village has won a compensation pay-out, The Hastings Observer reports. Cherry picker operator Ian Andrew Milroy was injured while working in Catsfield, near Battle, in August 2009. The 57-year-old suffered a cardiac arrest, brain damage and burns when he was shocked. He has a ... more
A London based roofing company has been fined after a 56-year old worker fell through two storeys onto a concrete floor. Southwark Crown Court was told how 56-year old Ali Mucoj, while working for Wessexmoor Ltd, had been completing roof work at a site on Glycena Road in London, when he fell from an unguarded rear roof and suffered multiple injuries including internal bleeding on the brain ... more
A North East-based contractor, Pyeroy Ltd, has been fined due to failings in their work at height rescue planning. Plymouth Magistrates Court heard that on 21 October 2013 Mr Keith Stevens, aged 57, was helping to dismantle temporary roofing at Devonport Naval Base using a mobile elevated work platform (MEWP). His colleagues found him trapped between a roof beam and the controls of the MEWP. ... more
A North West welding and metal fabrication firm has appeared in court after a worker suffered life threatening injuries after falling through a fragile roof. Manchester and Salford Magistrates’ Court heard that an employee of John Fowler & Son (Blacksmiths & Welders) Ltd fell eight metres through a fragile roof of a timber storage shed, whilst attempting to carry out minor ro ... more
