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It's easy to make comparisons between a ceiling collapse in a historic building especially when they both occur in a theatre during a performance, but the collapse at the Piccadilly Theatre in November and the Apollo theatre in 2013 are markedly different. The failure...

A £1.9m support package for apprenticeships has been introduced in the Greater Manchester Combined Authority. 186 small businesses have received grants of £3,000 to help create new apprenticeship opportunities via Greater Manchester’s #SeeDifferent Small-to-Medium...

Guidance and links that you need to ensure that you are complying with the building regulations. Regulation 38 is a requirement under Building Regulations to provide critical fire safety information to the ‘responsible person’ at the point of first occupation or...

To address the largest number of questions we receive about the quality finish of plastering and drylining, we have produced the a technical note titled: How to improve the quality of internal finishes.  The key points to remember are Start with the specification...

‘Look Beyond’ has been announced as the theme for the 13th annual National Apprenticeship Week 2020 (the Week, NAW2020), taking place from 3 to 7 February 2020.  The week is run by the National Apprenticeship Service.  The ‘Look Beyond’ themed week will celebrate the...

Approaching seven million workdays are lost in the UK due to Musculoskeletal Disorders every year with construction topping the naughty list. To combat this, The Health in Construction Leadership Group has set out its stall for 2020 with a plan to reduce...

A proposed offer to industry stating what priorities CITB have identified in order to train and qualify the construction industry and how CITB levy will be collected for the next three years, 2021 to 2023, will be distributed in April 2020.  This is not a vote to...

This safety alert has been published by SCOSS the Standing committee on Structural safety who only send out this type of notice following an incident so its worth noting, especially where you are involved in installing glass as a barrier. There is a lot to take in but...

In response to a number of questions related to installing partitioning to the underside of beams coated with intumescent paint, the FIS Drylining Working Group has reviewed current guidance and issued a new Technical Notice. FIS Technical Director Joe Cilia said: ...