Over 3,200 people attended a webinar this week, organised by The British Institute of Kitchen, Bedroom & Bathroom Installation (BiKBBI), on the subject of how installers can return to work safely and in accordance with government guidance. The highly successful webinar looked at practical measures that installers should take when returning to work and how…
Three-week engineering services survey concluded on 7 May A new engineering services sector survey shows that three-quarters of businesses (73 per cent) expect their turnover to fall in the second quarter of 2020, compared to the first quarter. Looking further ahead to the third quarter of 2020, a similar number of businesses expect turnover to…
The building of NHS Nightingale Hospitals in England during the pandemic has been supported by a range of ECA Members, including Interserve, Kier, NG Bailey and Power Electrics. Other ECA Members were involved in supporting hospital construction in Scotland and Wales, including Balfour Beatty, Highadmit Projects, JM Walden, RDM Electrical & Mechanical, Alpine Works and…
Nearly half (49%) of van drivers don’t buy their insurance until up to week before their renewal is due. Almost one in five (19%) do this because they believe the date doesn’t affect the price. During lockdown, van drivers have been shopping around for their insurance earlier, which certainly pays thanks to the savings on…
Already providing contractors with free security and fire training programmes, ESP is further enhancing its commitment to helping the sector with a newly launched, dedicated design service which will allow contractors access to a free of charge design facility that will cover CCTV Systems and Fire Systems. Available to any size of business, from local…
The Construction Industry Coronavirus (CICV) Forum has welcomed the first tentative steps announced yesterday (May 21) to get the sector in Scotland back to work – but insists health and safety and collaboration must be at the heart of the phased return. The collective – which has been working towards restart with a number of bodies,…
An apprentice with Birmingham-based mechanical and electrical services specialist J S Wright has clinched a top regional training award. Shaun Donaldson, who works out of the Aston headquarters of the 130-year-old company, was named Mechanical Engineering Services Apprentice of the Year for the Midlands by JTL, a leading training provider for the building services industry,…
Toolstation has launched an initiative to help provide support to the mental health and wellbeing needs of those working in the trade. Working together with the mental health anti-stigma campaign, Time to Change, ‘Head First’ will encourage the trade to be more open in talking about their own mental health and supportive of others who…
CHAS, the Health & Safety accreditation specialist, has signed an agreement with Checkatrade that will see the two organisations work together to help their trade members boost their accredited status and availability for work. Checkatrade is one of the UK’s leading directories of recommended, vetted and monitored trade experts, while CHAS helps construction clients to…
‘Keep Indoor Places Well Ventilated’– This is one of the key principles cited in the UK Government’s COVID-19 return to work strategy1published on 11 May 2020. The strategy also states‘Evidence suggests that the virus is less likely to be passed on in well-ventilated buildings and outdoors’and advises to ‘Use external extractor fans to keep spaces…