Government is planning a major industry briefing day to set out its plans to reorganise its sprawling office estate into a series of regional hub buildings. Its ambitious office closure and relocation plan is expected to generate up to £900m of fit-out work over the next seven years. Read more here.
This week’s Notes include information on the Construction Market Report on the UK Healthcare Sector, the Paris Climate Agreement and the CLC Report on Innovation Workstream. Read the Notes here.
FIS members are invited to get involved in the Architects Hub at London Build. This free to attend event is taking place at Olympia, London on 26 and 27 October. Come along for the opportunity to network with thousands of architects, contractors and developers; the attendee list can be viewed at www.londonbuildexpo.com/attendees/
To find out more, visit their website: www.londonbuildexpo.com/visit/architects-hub/
We would like to understand what CPDs are offered by our members and develop a process to help promote them. Therefore could members let us know of any CPD presentations that you offer to architects or others in the construction sector?
Please complete the form here and return it to Erika Skinner erikaskinner@thefis.org by the end of October. An example of the information required is given in the first row. If you require any further information, please contact joecilia@thefis.org
You are invited to the Plasterboard Waste Workshop on Monday 21 November from 10.30am to 12.30pm at the Saint Gobain Innovation Centre in London. The workshop is free to attend but bookings will be on a first-come, first-served basis.
Working with the Plasterboard Sustainability Partnership (PSP) we would like to hear your views on the causes of plasterboard waste, and importantly, what measures can be adopted across the sector to reduce waste and save money. Plasterboard manufacturers will be in attendance to understand what measures they can take too.
The workshop is looking to identify examples and share good practice measures across the sector. For example, we hear stories of drylining being installed before a building is watertight, leading to wet and damaged boards requiring replacement; it seems obvious that this should be avoided, yet it still occurs.
For bookings email erikaskinner@thefis.org or, if you have any questions or suggestions, please email joecilia@thefis.org
More information about the Plasterboard Sustainability Partnership can be found within the Sustainability section of the FIS Knowledge Hub here.
FIS members can benefit from a £200 saving when using The People’s Pension for automatic enrolment, provided by B&CE Financial Services.
When members sign-up, the one-off charge will be reduced from £500 + VAT to £300 + VAT by using the following code:
ZS3-35GG
