10 DIY Tasks Brits Plan to Tackle This Bank Holiday (According to Google)With a four-day bank holiday weekend just around the corner, many Brits may use this time to get to grips with the difficult DIY projects they’ve been putting off.
So, to help Insulation Express, have uncovered which intermediate DIY tasks have had the biggest rise in Google Searches compared to last year.
Not…
Brentford FC stadium build delayed
The completion of Brentford FC’s stadium has been delayed due to the coronavirus outbreak.
The 17,500-seat arena was expected to complete later this month. However, the project’s contractor, Buckingham Group, decided to pause the bulk of construction work at the West London site, Brentford FC chief executive Jon Varney said.
In an open…
The Friars Primary School modular classroom extensionThe Friars Primary School modular classroom extension
MTX were awarded the contract to install a brand new bespoke modular educational facility to the Friars Primary school in Salford Manchester in April 2016. The requirement was to provide an additional modular educational facility to house 2no classrooms, a breakout area and wash room…
Training Provider Delivers CITB Course Remotely For First TimeNationwide health
and safety training provider 3B Training Ltd has become the first provider to
deliver the CITB Health & Safety Awareness course remotely.
Today 3B Training made history by
delivering the CITB Health and Safety Awareness (HSA) course remotely for the
very first time.
The course, which is famed for…
Self repairing and solar panelled: The future of roadsResearch from car leasing service, Leasing Options.
As we enter 2020,
they have been investigating
the most exciting technologies currently in development to not only improve our daily commutes
but the environment too.
Here, they have taken the famous and recognisable street,
Piccadilly Circus and conceptualised how all thes…
Firms told to change operating hours on London sitesLondon site workers have been asked to avoid peak travel hours
Firms persisting with construction work on their central London sites have been told to change their working hours to avoid putting pressure on public transport.
Build UK’s latest coronavirus update, which it produces alongside the Construction Leadership Council (CLC),…
Persimmon’s sites begin ‘orderly shutdown’Construction company Persimmon has said its sites in Wales have started “an orderly shutdown” with only “essential work taking place”.
It said this was to make partly built homes safe and that only homes which would leave someone otherwise homeless would be completed.
The firm was responding to claims it told staff it was “business…
Ferrovial turns its hand to face masks and field hospitalsFerrovial’s 3D-printing team is working on the development of a mask design with the aim of producing hundreds a day during the Covid-19 crisis.
The team – which is part of Ferrovial’s Services business – is using additive manufacturing techniques to make the masks.
The company has also been working on a project to turn a…
Financial support for businesses – what’s availableBuild UK has produced this handy summary of the various emergency schemes that the government has produced to date to help businesses survive the Covid-19 pandemic.
SCHEMEELIGIBILITYSUMMARYCoronavirus Job Retention SchemeAll UK employersEmployees that you can no longer afford to pay will be designated ‘furloughed workers’Claim…
COVID-19 – Building contractors struggling with public sector jobs urged to seek help from local framework expertsBuilding
contractors, specialist sub-contractors and manufacturers throughout the UK are
being advised to talk to their regional framework partners as quickly as
possible if they are struggling to deliver any public sector works, have seen
projects paused or are worried about…