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Ardingly’s giant redwood tree has been adorned with 1,800 lights with a lantern on the top, made by local school children. The dressing of the tree marked the start of preparations for Wakehurst’s most popular event of the year, the Glow Wild lantern festival. The decorating of the 110ft (33m) tall Redwood began when the facelift Bront 61 & Bronto 50 truck mounts arrived at ... more
Facelift is auctioning off the beautiful oak wood owl carving created by local business Pixie Mushroom. Measuring at just over 3m high, this carving is a real statement piece. The proceeds will be going to Chestnut Tree House Childrens Hospice based in Sussex. The piece took over 9 hours to complete. To see the video created by Brighton based company, LatestTV please click here To make a bid on ... more
Falls from height remains one of the biggest causes of workplace fatalities across the globe. In the UK alone, 26% of accidents reported in 2016 happened as a result of falling from height. Tower Safety Week was established by PASMA to contribute towards the reduction of falls from heights by promoting towers as a safe way to access height when trained and skilled to do so. Facelift offers a ran ... more
The construction industry has committed to implement industry-wide strategies on recruitment, apprenticeships and training in order create a skills system fit for the future. Build UK Chief Executive Suzannah Nichol MBE delivered the results of the Construction News Summit Skills Hack, which brought together 40 industry representatives to agree solutions to tackling the industry’s skills ... more
Levels of client and contractor satisfaction rose in 2015 and project predictability improved, but profitability has taken a hit and productivity continues to drag, according to a report commissioned by the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB). The 2016 UK Performance Report, carried out by Glenigan who surveyed over a 1,000 industry representatives on projects completed in 20 ... more
An independent review which aims to find solutions to the construction industry’s structural problems has been published today. Led by Mark Farmer, the Farer Review examines the construction labour model and suggests it has given rise to underinvestment in training and development, a lack of innovation, and issues in raising productivity. It concludes that workforce attrition, exacer ... more
A cherry picker has been stolen from Samuel Smith's Brewery in Tadcaster. North Yorkshire Police reported that thieves entered the site in a white van and hooked up to a trailer which was carrying the cherry picker, before driving away. "Due to a quick response from North Yorkshire Police and bordering police forces, the cherry picker was located a short while later," said a pol ... more
Working at height has been taking an artistic turn in London’s East End of late, as street artist Stik got on board a Multitel SMX250 to create a major new mural inspired by the old-school denizens of the now highly gentrified Shoreditch. Famous, as his name suggests, for creating simple ‘stick men’ portraits created three giant stick figures on a wall on Old Street. See his ful ... more
Facelift has teamed up with Access International magazine to run the Access Photograph of the Year competition - aimed at celebrating the unique bird’s eye view perspectives enjoyed by those using powered access equipment. The judges are looking for a thought-provoking photo that demonstrates the safe use of powered access machines. It will need to show best practice, so all relevant safety ... more
If you’ve visited Facelift’s Hickstead depot in the past few weeks, you may have noticed a feathered friend surveying his surroundings from on high. That’s because local business Pixie Mushrooms Chainsaw Carver have carved a very impressive owl figurine into one of our oak trees. This will soon be auctioned in order to raise money for the Chestnut Tree House Children’s Hos ... more
