In this Opinion piece, Priscila Escobar, Mechanical Design Engineer at HAKI, discusses the important considerations to be taken when sourcing scaffolding products. Globalisation is allowing organisations around the world to be in dialogue with each other on an hourly basis.
In this Comment piece, Robert Candy, CEO of the Scaffolding Association, talks about the uncertain journey that our sector must now travel. Having provided unprecedented financial support to businesses during the Covid-19 pandemic, the Government is now releasing the country
The National Federation of Builders (NFB) has called for major reforms to the CITB in order to support skills in the sector. The decision follows concerns raised by the NFB’s Major Contractors Group in May and underling concerns raised by
The complex question of how to bring Scotland’s workforce safely off furlough and back to work is examined in detail in the latest guidance to be issued by the CICV Forum. With the Scottish Government authorising a phased easing of
The Specialist Engineering Contractor’s (SEC) Group – representing the largest value sector in UK construction – has welcomed publication of the Construction Leadership Council (CLC) Industry Roadmap to Recovery Plan. SEC Group wants to see an industry and government response
The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) welcomes the publication of the Construction Industry Council’s (CLC) Roadmap to Recovery plan, which was published on the 1st of June, as an important step in the recovery of the British construction sector. A
After three consecutive months in which construction contract awards research by Builders’ Conference defied all logic and exceeded all expectations, the severity of the COVID-19 crisis has finally caught up. Builders’ Conference CEO Neil Edwards reports on the dawning of what
The Construction Products Association (CPA), who represent the UK’s manufacturers and distributors of construction products and materials, have released their Spring 2020 Construction Industry Forecast. The Spring forecast found that 60% of planned construction output was lost in April, due
Colliers International, a leading real estate services company, proposes easing of planning restrictions to give hotel owners the opportunity of repurposing. With the hotel and hospitality sector being one of the sectors hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, could this
Last year’s safety alert from the HSE highlighting the importance of preventing unauthorised access onto scaffolding has strengthened the requirement for scaffold contractors to review site security and make sure safety measures are in place. Stacey Underhill from the Scaffolding
