Have your say on the future of apprenticeship grants

2 September 2018 Email this article

The CITB is inviting the industry to have their say on the future of apprenticeship grants. In April of this year, CITB announced that it was reforming and simplifying many of the processes around its grants scheme, including making two changes to apprenticeship grants. First, from 1 April 2018, apprenticeships must be in a construction-related discipline and aligned to the CITB Scope Order, so ... more

Facelift flashback: Facelift assists with Fourth Plinth Cockerel Sculpture

2 September 2018 Email this article

This time five years ago we were tasked with the sort of job that you certainly don’t see very often…installing a 4.7 metre blue cockerel on a plinth in Trafalgar Square. To complete the job, we used a Nifty Heightrider 17 4X4 lifting platform. Capable of lifting two men and their tools to a working height of over 17m and with an outreach of 9.6 metres, this machine is also lig ... more

Manufacturer fined after workers exposed to asbestos

2 September 2018 Email this article

A machining manufacturer has been fined after workers were exposed to asbestos fibres whilst demolishing an internal wall. Birmingham Magistrates’ Court heard how the workers were asked to remove the internal wall by their manager. There was no asbestos survey or an up to date asbestos management plan for the premises. An HSE investigation found that asbestos insulation sheets were rem ... more

North Yorkshire company fined after contractor falls from height

2 September 2018 Email this article

A North Yorkshire-based company specialising in the installation of biomass heating systems and photovoltaic solar systems was sentenced this month after a worker suffered serious injury following a fall from height. Beverley Magistrates court heard how, on 27 March 2015, an operative was installing a flue system for a biomass heating system at a farm in North Yorkshire. He had attempted to work ... more

Cheese company fined after employee fell through fragile roof

2 September 2018 Email this article

A cheese company based in Orkney has been fined £8,000 after an employee was seriously injured when he fell through a fragile roof. Kirkwall Sheriff Court heard how, on 30 October 2017, an employee of Orkney Cheese Company Limited was asked by the general manager to retrieve a dead mouse from an unfloored loft area. After doing this by crawling along ceiling battens, he then placed his fo ... more

Five minutes with...Ray Schofield, Depot Manager, Newcastle

27 July 2018 Email this article

So, Ray, how long have you been with Facelift and what is your role? I have only been with Facelift for a month as depot manager at Newcastle covering the North East area, up into Scotland and across to Carlisle. As well as overseeing the safe and efficient running of the branch, I will be looking to promote new business in the area as well as maintain the great relationships we have with our cur ... more

Health and Safety Executive issues safety alert

27 July 2018 Email this article

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has issued a safety alert to the construction industry, scaffolding companies and scaffolding suppliers, urging immediate measures to prevent unauthorised access onto scaffolding and other work platforms to be taken – something that is especially important over the school summer holidays. The HSE recommends that relevant businesses carry out a full sit ... more

CSCS announce price rise for cards

27 July 2018 Email this article

The Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) will be increasing the cost of a card to £36 (inclusive of VAT) with effect from 1 September 2018. This increase applies to all cards administered directly by CSCS. Discussing the price rise, Graham Wren, CSCS Chief Executive said: “We have managed to maintain the current card price for the last eight years however inflationary press ... more

CITB research: industry must respond to Brexit skills challenge

27 July 2018 Email this article

Exclusive research from the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) shows that one in three firms are already feeling the impact of Brexit. This creates an urgent need for industry and government to collaborate on Brexit-related skills challenges, says the skills council CITB’s new Green Paper - Migration in the UK Construction and Built Environment Sector - found that while a growing ... more

Report backs further moves towards offsite construction

27 July 2018 Email this article

A report published by the House of Lords Science and Technology Select Committee has backed greater use of offsite construction (OSM), declaring that the UK construction sector’s business models are “no longer appropriate”. The Building for Change report challenges the Government to set out what conditions it will attach to the extra financial support for housing to drive the up ... more

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Have your say on the future of apprenticeship grants

Facelift flashback: Facelift assists with Fourth Plinth Cockerel Sculpture

Manufacturer fined after workers exposed to asbestos

North Yorkshire company fined after contractor falls from height

Cheese company fined after employee fell through fragile roof

Five minutes with...Ray Schofield, Depot Manager, Newcastle

Health and Safety Executive issues safety alert

CSCS announce price rise for cards

CITB research: industry must respond to Brexit skills challenge

Report backs further moves towards offsite construction

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