Representatives from our nominated charity CALM raised nearly £4,000 thanks to the generous donations of our members.
We were treated to an amusing after-dinner speech by Miles Jupp, who then went on to announce the winners of the awards. See who won below:
Operable Walls Silver – Style Moveable Partition Specialists for its contract at Adobe in London
Operable Walls Gold – Ezyglide for its installation at The Ivy, London
Specialist Joinery Silver – Stortford Interiors (UK) for its installation at Quadrant 4 in London
Specialist Joinery Gold – Laser Essex for its contract at The Office Group’s White Collar Factory in London
Heritage Silver – Hayles and Howe for its contract at Piccadilly Theatre in London
Heritage Gold – Ornate Interiors for its installation at Oldham Town Hall in Lancashire
Fibrous and GRG new build Silver – Hayles and Howe for its project at Leathersellers Hall in London
Fibrous and GRG new build Gold – Simplicity Abutments for its contract at Bloomberg, London
Steel Framed Systems Gold – Atkin Trade Specialists for its installation at the Apartments in Schooner Way, Cardiff
Plastering Gold – Taylor Hart for its contract at the University of Birmingham
Drywall Construction Residential Silver – Ridge Interiors for its project at Mayfair House in London
Drywall Construction Residential Gold – Measom Dryline for its contract at Rathbone Square, London
Drywall Construction Commercial Silver – Mansell Finishes for its installation at Birmingham Conservatoire
Drywall Construction Commercial Gold – Stortford Interiors for its contract at Which in London
Suspended Ceilings Silver – BPC Interiors for its ceilings installation at Falcon, London
Suspended Ceilings Gold – Brian Hendry Interiors for its contract at Hawkhead Care Home in Renfrew
Partitioning category Silver – Lusso Interiors for its contract at the University of West England in Bristol
Partitioning category Gold – Optima Contracting for its partitioning installation at Bloomberg in London
Interior Fit-Out under £1M Silver – DSP Interiors for its contract at Robinson Structures in Derby
Interior Fit-Out under £1M Gold – Paragon Interiors Group for its project at PKF Cooper Parry in Solihull
Interior Fit-Out over £1M Silver – Worksmart Contracts for its fit out at Scotland House in London
Interior Fit-Out over £1M Gold – Veitchi Interiors for its project at Anderson High School and Halls of Residence in the Shetland Isles
Project of the Year was awarded to Ornate Interiors for its contract at Oldham Town Hall in Lancashire
All winners are featured in the June edition of FIS Focus. The full magazine can be viewed here.
We would like to thank all entrants and sponsors of the 2018 awards; entries for the 2019 FIS Contractors Awards will open in July.
Training Plans ceased on 31 March 2018. Employers have until the end of June to submit a final claim for any outstanding training that hasn’t already been claimed for Grant year 2017/18: https://www.citb.co.uk/grant/grants-for-training/
All short duration training from April 2018 will require employers to only claim courses that meet CITB’s short duration standard or those of a recognised accreditation body eg PASMA. But internal or external courses that do not meet CITB’s requirements (such as first aid, non-construction courses, customer service, toolbox talks etc) will not be claimable: https://www.citb.co.uk/grant/changes-grants-scheme-from-1-april-2018/
Employers will have the ability to bulk upload any training course that matches the new criteria for courses, they can do this on: https://my.citb.co.uk/en-US/
A short video guide is available at https://www.youtube.com/user/ConstructionSkills/videos?view=0&sort=dd&flow=grid
For assistance during this transition period email skills@thefis.org
The consultation of the draft Interior Systems Apprenticeship has now ended. Thanks to everyone who responded. This has now been submitted to the Institute for Apprenticeships.
If you are interested in being involved in the next stage of development, please email skills@thefis.org
The final report following the The Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety has now been published. Below we have highlighted some of the key points.
Whilst some of the recommendations can be delivered in the short term, some will require primary legislation and in the meantime industry must start ‘living’ the cultural shift that is required – the most important element of achieving that will be leadership from within industry.
The above reinforces the Product Process People (PPP) initiative about having evidence around compliance, competency and full test evidence. More guidance will be available shortly and what this means for FIS members, in the mean time download and read the full report here.
Having a skilled and talented workforce is essential to the competitiveness of the construction industry – firms need “the right skills, in the right place at the right time.”
With almost a fifth of those working in construction aged over 55 – the sector needs to develop the flow of new entrants into the industry to tackle skills shortages and deliver future projects. Work Experience is a great way to give people of all ages an initial taste of the industry, provide a stepping stone into longer term work or training.
The Build UK guide outlines how employers can ensure their legal obligations to health and safety are met. The guide is also designed to make it as easy as possible to provide work experience placements, building on the excellent work many will already be doing.
The draft Interior Systems Apprenticeship being proposed for the new Trailblazer Standard approach is now available for consultation. This has been developed with a wide group of employers over the past year and now requires further input from across industry before being submitted to the Institute for Apprenticeships on 23 May 2018.
Please respond with any questions or comments initially to skills@thefis.org
The deadline for response is Tuesday 22 May 2018.
