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UK Construction Week, London - highlights from the first day

An inspiring group of 61 role models from across construction industry professions and trades helped set the tone for the first day of UK Construction Week (UKCW) in London yesterday, with an impassioned call for culture change in the industry, including increased inclusivity and the end of construction’s gender pay gap which is among the worst of any sector in the UK.

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Find out about new risk management standards at UK Construction Week 2022

Visitors to UK Construction Week are invited to visit Stand L70, where they can meet the CHAS team and find out more about the construction industry’s latest risk management standards.   

UK Construction Week takes place at the Excel Centre in London from 3-5 May 2022, and the CHAS team will be on hand to discuss how they can help you stay on top of ever changing risk management standards and grow your business. 

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Rainclear Systems offer 7% product discount in run up to Jubilee

To celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Rainclear Systems, the UKs leading specialists in metal rainwater, roofline, drainage, and architectural ranges are offering a 7% discount off all their products in May in the run up to the Platinum Jubilee Central Weekend.

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Fareham Colleges invests £1.4 million in new facilities to support skills training

Fareham College continues to develop outstanding, industry-standard training facilities with a further £1.4 million investment at the college’s Bishopsfield Road Campus. This investment builds on the college’s comprehensive campus redevelopment programme, which has seen the college transform over the last few years to become the region’s leading provider of technical and professional further education.

The college is about to start work on an ambitious project to create much-needed facilities to train, upskill and develop current and future building services engineers. 

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Last chance to register – 10 reasons to attend UK Construction Week London

With just a week to go before major trade event UK Construction Week comes to London for the very first time, here are 10 things that every construction professional should look out for at the show: 

1. Celebrate the arrival of 40 all-night trekkers, walking to ExCeL in the name of mental health

Opening the show on Tuesday 3 May will be an intrepid band of construction workers, industry VIPs and a BBC TV crew who will have trekked over 26 miles through the night, from Twickenham Stadium to ExCeL in London’s Docklands.

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