Jon Graham, Chief Executive at JTL, the leading training provider to the building services engineering sector, discusses his thoughts regarding the latest Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education’s (IfATE) consultation on apprenticeship funding bands. “Coronavirus has had a major impact on the apprenticeship industry as a whole. Tens of thousands of apprentices have been affected,…
Housing Minister Kevin Stewart has joined the Construction Industry Coronavirus (CICV) Forum in reminding the sector’s workers to stay COVID smart in their social lives and when travelling to and from jobs. Mr Stewart insisted it was “essential” for construction workers to keep following guidance to protect themselves and prevent the spread of the virus…
Signify’s UV-C lighting disinfects the air, surfaces, and objects, inactivating the virus that causes COVID-19 Signify to install 15 Philips UV-C disinfection upper air luminaires in the Philips stadium and PSV Campus De Herdgang in Eindhoven PSV is the first soccer club in the Netherlands that installs UV-C disinfection lighting Signify, the world leader in…
Gira, one of the world’s leading full-range suppliers of intelligent system solutions respond to rising consumer demand for the smart home, by opening a new dedicated showroom this November 2020 in partnership with its latest nationwide distributor INTALITE UK. Following an international rebrand and extensive business development, Gira anticipates growing interest in the latest smart…
In its latest initiative to help Scotland’s building sector get safely back to work, the Construction Industry Coronavirus (CICV) Forum has used cutting-edge technology to create a digital learning toolkit to promote best practice. Working closely with Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC), which links business, university experts and public sector providers, the Forum this week (w/b November 9) launched…
Low carbon smart pipes for use in large-scale buried infrastructure projects are to be developed in a new partnership between the University of Birmingham and specialist manufacturing company Aquaspira Ltd. Funded via a grant from Innovate UK, the £269,000, 9-month research programme has the potential to make a significant step-change in helping the construction sector…
Midstream Lighting’s Technical Director, Paolo Corno, discusses the top five considerations you must take when planning, designing and implementing high power LED lighting solutions in high heat environments. Whether an airport, port or sports facility the issues and concerns are all the same as the environment is something you can’t simply adjust. Sign up below…
Certification body, CompEx is reminding electricians of the importance of staying up to date with the latest training and qualifications when working within fuel forecourts. CompEx, which has recently launched its new website, developed the Ex07 – Ex08 qualification in consultation with industry to ensure practicing electricians and those that carry out electrical work where…
This November is Movember and at the Electrical Industries Charity we’re highlighting some of the most prevalent issues facing men today. The electrical and energy sector consists of 85 per cent men and on average men are 12 x less likely than women to go see a doctor for both their physical and mental health….
Focusing on the evolution of product safety during a time of rapid change, Electrical Safety First’s 12th annual product safety conference – A Sustainable Future – highlighted how today’s products must not only be safe to use but also cyber-secure and sustainable. Hosted over two mornings, the first part of the conference reviewed the relationships…