LABC – the membership organisation for public service building control – has welcomed the publication of the Building Safety Bill. The bill – based on last year’s draft bill – sets out the government’s proposals to make buildings safer and includes clauses introducing the professional registration of building control surveyors. Certain building control activities will…
Responding to the Private Tenancies Bill (Northern Ireland), Lesley Rudd, chief executive of Electrical Safety First commented: “This new Bill will finally afford tenants in Northern Ireland the same protection from electrical dangers that is already provided to PRS tenants in England and Scotland. The private rental market is now the second largest housing sector…
Leading training bodies the Scottish Electrical Charitable Training Trust (SECTT) and Scottish Joint Industry Board (SJIB) have saluted Scotland’s employers after a record number of apprentices were welcomed into the electrical sector. A total of 738 new entrants to the industry were recruited in 2021, confounding fears that recruitment could be a casualty of the…
The fastest rise in construction activity since 1997 risks being undermined by price increases and a shortage of building materials, warns the Federation of Master Builders (FMB), in response to today’s Construction PMI data. Brian Berry, chief executive of the FMB said: “The building materials shortage is disproportionately affecting small builders and threatening their recovery…
Toolstation have looked into what the UK public think about different tradespeople, surveying 1020 people who have hired them recently and getting their opinions on some important factors. Ranking tradespeople across categories such as: Most Tidy Most Punctual Hungriest More categories are featured in the full study, in the piece we find that plumbers received…
David Cowburn, Chief Executive Officer at NAPIT, reflects on the progress made by the electrical industry to enhance electrical safety standards over the past decade, including the Electrotechnical Assessment Specification (EAS), and considers the issues which remain unresolved. In recent months I have met with senior politicians and department officials in a range of meetings…
Leading electrotechnical trade body ECA and the Fire and Security Association (FSA) have broadly welcomed the new Building Safety Bill, published this week. However, the bodies are disappointed by a lack of reform of electrical safety in high-rise buildings. ECA Technical Manager Mike Smith commented, “The Bill takes major steps to strengthen building safety, and…
The much-anticipated Building Safety Bill was introduced in the House of Commons on 5 July 2021 and sets out how the Government intends to fundamentally reform and strengthen the regulatory system for building safety. The Building Safety Bill is a result of the Grenfell Tragedy in June 2017 and is set to implement the recommendations…
Three key suppliers were honoured for their outstanding levels of quality, commitment and service delivery at J S Wright’s 2020 Annual Awards. Board directors of the 131-year-old Birmingham-based mechanical and electrical building services specialist presented awards in three categories to representatives of the winning companies at Cucina Rustica Restaurant in the city’s Jewellery Quarter. Wolverhampton-based…
Scotland’s largest construction trade association, SELECT, has welcomed the introduction of a new Single Certificate of Construction which is designed to help simplify the process of certification. The campaigning body says that the new certificate – a single, multi-page document that combines the certificates of construction and electrical installation certificate – will help further increase…