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Interior Installer Apprenticeship – webinar for employers
CITB deliver the Interior Installer Apprenticeship; there is availability for Autumn 2021 starts at the Bircham Newton campus, near King Lynn, and further courses are planned for 2022. Two different pathway options are available within this Apprenticeship - Drylining...
Digital right to work checks delayed until April 2022
The Home Office announced this week that the end date for adjusted digital right to work checks has been delayed again, to 5 April 2022. The official guidance can be found here. This follows extensive campaigning by the Recruitment and Employers Confederation and...
Collaboration to support better specification and raise profile of FIS and its community
Tuesday this week saw FIS relationship with Barbour ABI take on a new level with #TakeoverTuesday, a social media event which saw the FIS take over the Barbour ABI social channels. The initiative enabled FIS to promote new Specifiers Guides, the Acoustic Verification...
Places available on Interior Systems Installer Dryliner Fixer Boarder Apprenticeship in Leeds
There are places available on the Interior Systems Installer Dryliner Fixer Boarder Apprenticeship training course starting Monday 27 September 2021 at Leeds College of Building North Street Campus. This is a block release course. If you are interested contact the...
Sites become smart
CSCS and Build UK have published a six-page guidance document on ‘How to be a Smart Site’ to help realise the benefits of using Smart Technology to check cards carrying the CSCS logo. It covers how to check cards that are already using Smart Technology, how to...
Road haulier: HGV driver shortage
The Department for Transport and Cabinet Office are seeking input for an urgent review of the HGV driver shortage. DfT and Cabinet Office are asking all operators who employ HGV drivers to complete the following DfT haulier survey...
CPA publishes results of industry Consultation on new Code
The Construction Products Association (CPA) has released the results of its industry-wide consultation on the new Code for Construction Product Information (CCPI). The 65 page report – downloadable at www.buildingsafely.co.uk – details feedback from 35 trade...
Cracking noises from residential timber floor structures constructed with engineered ‘I’ joists
The Gypsum Products Development Association (GPDA) has been investigating the noise phenomena of cracking noises from residential timber floor structures constructed with engineered ‘I’ joists spanning between solid masonry walls lined with plasterboard on gypsum...
Final transition for UKCA Marking delayed
It has been confirmed that the final transition to UKCA Marking from CE Marking will be delayed by 12 months allowing time for legislation to pass through Parliament, industry to prepare for change and the newly formed UK Approved Bodies to put in place the necessary...