Bricklayers, surveyors, carpenters; just a few of the professions who use different types of spirit level as an essential part of their toolkit. Used to ascertain whether a surface is level on a horizontal surface or plumb, or for vertical accuracy, the history of the spirit level is thought to date back as far as the ...
Taylor Wimpey have managed to beat rival bids from Berkeley, Balfour Beatty, Lendlease and C&C Properties & Pinnacle Group for the £1bn Winstanley and York Road Scheme in Battersea. Situated next to Clapham Junction’s railway station, the Scheme is being promoted as the flagship project in the Government’s ...
Skanska UK is the first UK contractor to trial hi-tech hard hats on its sites. The DAQRI Smart Helmet, that looks like a cross between google-glass technology and a hard hat, provides users with data and information overlaid on their goggles. The helmet is being billed as “the world’s first wearable machine ...
Roy Hardaker, a self-employed builder, has been given a suspended jail sentence due to one of his employees falling from a flat roof of a building. In 2013, Jason Fogarty, a casual employee of Hardaker, was working on a flat roof replacement project. The roof replacement was complete and the two men were ...
The Construction Skills Network report from the CITB is predicting growth of 1.7% over the next five year. This is equating to around 179,000 new jobs in the construction industry and is set to top the 2.6 million mark. It should be noted that these positive figures depend upon three large projects: ...
New regulations have been released this week stating that from April 2017, all large companies will have to publicly report their payment performance and payment practices twice a year. They will also need to include information on the average time taken to pay supplier invoices. Failure to report will be a criminal offence....
In February 2016, the H&S Executive released new Health & Safety Guidelines in respect to all workplaces throughout the UK. The guidelines were put in place due to concerns that penalties imposed for Health & Safety offences were previously set too low and sentencing was therefore frequently inconsistent....
Last week, the Government published information on how much funding councils will receive for the next financial year in respect to the £1.2bn local roads funding, and what the funding will be spent on.
The Transport Minister, Andrew Jones, has tied the funding into the country’s economic plan. He advised that the ...
The Joint venture between Ferrovial Agroman and Laing O’Rouke has been given the go ahead to start work on tunnelling the Northern Line Tube extension between Kennington and Battersea in March 2017.
This venture hopes to make up for lost time on the project, since work was originally planned to start in Summer 2016 ...
What Is It?
Used as an effective and quick means of identification, colour coding is used in everyday life from traffic lights to brand awareness to professions including electricians who rely on colours for wire and resistance recognition.
Although many uses can be identified, the use of colour coding poses a strong weight...
In a country where it is possible to read text messages on your watch, pay for your lunch through your mobile and download an app for nearly everything, it is no surprise that technology has also had an effect on the construction industry, evolving the way work is undertaken, and improving traditional systems. Take a look at ...
Over the last few months, the country has been waiting in anticipation for the start of the Olympic Games. For the last few weeks, talk of athletes, sports and medal tables has dominated everything from the newspapers to office chat. As we watch our UK Olympians through their highs and lows, have you ever considered the work ...
