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COVID-19 case management guidance
The CICV has produced a new open source guidance document, which is now available to download on the CICV website. Aimed at employers, it gives advice on case management of COVID in the workplace. FIS Chief Executive Iain McIlwee commented: FIS is a member of CICV on...
FIS update Risk Register
To mark World Quality Week, at the FIS North West Regional Conference in Manchester today, FIS relaunched the FIS PPP Risk Register, a key tool in the FIS Product Process People (PPP) Quality framework. The FIS PPP Risk Register gives people a structured framework to...
Tall Building Working Group publishes report on impact of building movement on drylining
FIS and the Tall Building Working Group (TBWG) have published a report which investigates the causes of noise emanating through the fabric of some tall buildings, identifies methods of remediation and provides guidance for affected buildings. The Tall Building Working...
Construction output expected to fall significantly in 2023 amid looming UK economic recession
Construction output is forecast to fall by 3.9% in 2023 following a rise of 2.0% in 2022, as activity currently continues at a high level. The fall for 2023 is a sharp downward revision from -0.4% in the Lower Scenario of the CPA’s Summer Forecasts. This is mainly due...
Free innovation training
CITB has funded the Innovation Driven Procurement Project to offer 40 SME and micro‐businesses free training, coaching and mentoring to help improve productivity and increase procurement opportunities. Businesses interested in participating must sign up by the end of...
Lens Blog: Conflict Avoidance
FIS Consultant Len Bunton continues with the theme of getting paid, and what options are open to FIS members. These monthly Blogs are designed to help FIS Members avoid common traps and build on our focus on collective experience. My Blogs to date have attempted to...
Get ready for Open Doors!
HS2’s Long Itchington Wood Tunnel site hosted the launch of Open Doors 2023 showing more than 20 students from local colleges what a career in construction might look like! As well as catching a glimpse of ‘Dorothy’, the tunnel boring machine currently excavating a...
FIS launch innovation awards
FIS has launched its all-new Innovation Awards, which are open to all companies operating in the finishes and interiors sector. The Awards aim to focus on ideas that help support improvements in efficiency, productivity, performance, quality or perception of the...
CLC Industry Sponsors Role Recruitment
As part of its desire to increase engagement with business leaders across the sector, CLC is to launch an open recruitment competition to select four industry sponsors (one for each of our priority workstreams- below). 1. Building Safety 2. Net Zero and Biodiversity...