Training for today and tomorrow
With a more buoyant construction market, it is those firms continuing to invest in training that are best placed to help housing providers bring their homes up to modern standards.
Billy Baird, Projects Director at roofing and cladding services provider Marley Contract Services, looks at how the company has managed to maintain its skills base.
THE skills shortage is particularly acute in the construction industry and encompasses a wide range of disciplines from bricklaying through to plumbing.
A lack of...
Artist turns his life upside down
ARTIST Alex Chinneck’s project “Miner on the Moon” is an upside down house in London.
Norbord’s Sterling OSB proved invaluable to Alex, a fan...
NFRC marks ten years of traditional skills workshops in Scotland
NFRC Scotland is celebrating ten years of promoting traditional skills and roofing careers.
In recent weeks, the organisation has taken part in the Edinburgh Traditional...
Facade specialist to recommence operations on May 4
CUMBERNAULD-based facade specialist MSP (Scotland) has announced it will recommence operations from Monday May 4, providing materials to construction projects in England.
The firm said...
Scottish ministers get new powers to tackle ‘unsafe’ cladding
THE Scottish Parliament has unanimously approved legislation giving Scottish ministers powers to assess and remediate buildings which have unsafe cladding, where consent of the...
Roofing and cladding firms urged to respond to late payment consultation
NFRC (National Federation of Roofing Contractors) is urging roofing and cladding business owners across the UK to respond to the UK Government’s consultation on...
McConnell strengthens senior team with new appointments
MCCONNELL has announced it has strengthened its leadership team on the back of 'stronger than forecasted' growth, recent major framework successes and a 'burgeoning'...
Unsafe cladding in Scotland: a brief guide to the new proposals
By Michael Collins, senior associate, BTO Solicitors
SINCE the Grenfell fire in June 2017, the UK and Scottish Governments have introduced a number of reforms...
ROCKWOOL strengthens UK position with acquisition of Wetherby Building Systems
ROCKWOOL Group has announced it is acquiring Wetherby Building Systems Ltd in a move described as marking an 'important milestone' in the firm's quest...
Building a solution to urbanisation
With limited resources and a changing climate, how can we build a healthy and sustainable urban future? Here, Nick Cowley, MD of aluminium building...
The art of the craft: Glasgow workshops promote traditional building skills
THE clatter and bang of hammer and chisel rang out all along Glasgow’s famous Sauchiehall Street recently as the Scottish Traditional Building Forum (STBF)...
Cladding solution for Edinburgh ‘fortress’
SCOTLAND’S oldest youth club has undergone a makeover with the help of a fortress-like facade.
FetLor Youth Club in Edinburgh, which dates back to 1924,...
Pitching in for school repair
Flat-to-pitch over-roof conversions have featured in a programme of improvements to Dumfries and Galloway Council’s school buildings.
THE primary schools, St Columba’s and Kirkcolm both...
Setting the standards for porcelain facades
Brian G Newell MBE, founder and chief executive of British façade manufacturer, Shackerley, and the technical lead for a new international porcelain cladding standard...
New warranty launched as Steni anniversary approaches
RAINSCREEN cladding manufacturer Steni UK is marking almost 50 years of manufacturing with the launch of a 40-year functional warranty. It has been extended...
KR Group makes ‘significant’ progress with distillery projects worth £1.5m
ABERDEENSHIRE-based steel and cladding specialist, KR Group, is making 'significant' progress on two major distillery projects.
The two projects, which are nearing completion, have generated...
Scotland’s proposed building safety levy could raise £30m a year
PROPOSED new legislation could raise around £30 million per year to help fund work to fix residential buildings with unsafe cladding which have no...
High-rising star is reborn in Glasgow
ONE of Glasgow’s first high-rise buildings has been given a new lease of life under a £27.5m conversion scheme.
In a project led by Ryder...
Clark Contracts completes external refurbishment of University of Strathclyde’s Curran Building
CLARK Contracts has completed a £2.3 million external refurbishment of the University of Strathclyde’s Curran Building.
The facility, which is home to the university’s Andersonian...
A Sure thing: engineered stone cladding solution boosts student living
SHACKERLEY’S SureClad engineered stone system has reportedly brought benefits to a Glasgow student living scheme.
Constructed by Watkin Jones, a contractor that has built more...
