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Undergraduate placements key to securing future talent

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FTSE 250 housebuilder Redrow has invested further in a scheme to offer 12-month paid work placements to university students seeking a ‘foot in the door’ to the industry.

Not only does the scheme offer undergraduates the chance to gain vital work experience and build essential knowledge and skills, while earning a salary, it also benefits Redrow by identifying talented future graduates.

How to safely manage crossing points in a facility?

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Segregating pedestrians from vehicles is a critical tenet of health and safety in the workplace – but the areas where segregation is not possible must be managed with extra care

Wherever pedestrians and workplace traffic combine, there is the potential for accidents and injury.

Young roofing olympians seek gold at international competition

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Four outstanding young roofers from around the United Kingdom will be heading to Poland this coming October to take part in the bi-annual World Championship for Young Roofers, organised by the International Federation of Roofing Contractors (IFD). This year the competition is being hosted by the Polish Roofing Trade Association, PolskieStowarzyszenieDekarzy (PSD).

Through this international competition, the IFD aims to harmonise professional roof training, raise the profile of training to the public and create a common international message to promote the standards of skilled young roofers. The competition itself covers the three major roofing disciplines; Flat, Pitched and Metal and Team GB will be aiming for gold in Flat and Pitched.

Innovative Brett Landscaping leads industry with BIM registered products

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Brett Landscaping, the specialist commercial and domestic paving supplier, has announced that its range of high quality commercial hard landscaping products has now been listed on the National BIM Library, making the company one of the industry’s earliest adopters of BIM (Building Information Modelling) technology.

These BIM objects can be sourced for free through the National BIM Library, an online resource of thousands of building products that have been BIM registered – and this library now includes many of Brett Landscaping’s most popular commercial products.

Investment and innovation boosts half year results at Mobile Mini

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Mobile Mini, a leading hirer of portable accommodation and secure storage containers, with its global operations based in Arizona and UK headquarters based in Stockton on Tees, has announced an increase in half year revenue to £28.9m, for the period January to June 2016 for its UK business.

See how much you can save with new RHI calculator from Finn Geotherm

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Consumers looking to switch to renewable heating can easily see how much they might save, thanks to a new Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) calculator from renewable heating expert Finn Geotherm.

The innovative RHI calculator has been created within Finn Geotherm's new website. To obtain an illustration of the savings and government incentive available for renewable heating, consumers simply need to log onto www.finn-geotherm.co.uk/rhi-calculator and enter details on the premises they wish to heat and its current heating system.

Service team travels to the moon and back to support customers

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Developing a good company reputation is normally built on providing excellent customer service, and engineers at Bull Products have certainly gone the extra mile this year. The company has calculated that they travelled 636,000 miles in 2015, more than enough to go to the moon and back!

As leaders in fire site safety equipment, Bull Products provides comprehensive servicing of all its equipment supplied to give customers both peace of mind and compliance with all the relevant regulations. A key part of this process is Bull’s automatic servicing schedule, which is there to remind customers when equipment is due for annual servicing.

Mobile Mini's thoughts on Brexit: "Keep Calm and Carry On".

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Regardless of whether we personally favoured “remain” or “leave”, many of us will have felt a sense of shock as we woke up to the news on 24th June. The enormity of the decision only struck home to many on that morning, all the more so as it was largely unexpected. Most pollsters, most commentators and even the bookmakers were all predicting a remain vote.

As always when faced with something unexpected, the markets reacted badly, with both the stock markets and pound tumbling in the immediate aftermath. It’s understandable that many businesses are feeling concern over the future, especially as so many uncertainties remain. When will we trigger Article 50 and start the formal process of leaving the EU? How long will the exit negotiations take, and what form will Britain’s future relationship with Europe take? Will restrictions to freedom of movement in Europe impact on the current skills shortages in construction and other industries?

CPA releases new cathodic protection guidance

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The Corrosion Prevention Association (CPA), one of the associations that comprise the Structural Concrete Alliance, has released two new guides to help newcomers to the industry and those with overall responsibility for structures to understand available cathodic protection (CP) systems and how they work.

Technical Note 11: Impressed Current Anodes for the Cathodic Protection of Atmospherically Exposed Reinforced Concrete summarises the anode systems currently commercially available in the UK,detailing the main features of each system including their installation, typical application and performance.

Young roofers to compete on national stage

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From April to July, roofing apprentices from around the UK demonstrated their skills at regional heats to gain a place at this year’s SkillBuild Final, taking place on the 17th-19th November, at NEC Birmingham.

The competition, organised by the National Federation of Roofing Contractors (NFRC), saw fifty-five competitors taking part in one of eight heats, which were overseen by three judges, Matt Timby, Simon Dixon and Bob Coutts, who’s vast experience of roofing competitions range from a past SkillBuild winner to a recognised mentor for the international competition: World Championship for Young Roofers.

Charity car treasure hunt for the Lighthouse Club

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Nationwide Traffic Solutions are excited to present their first Car Treasure Hunt on the 17th September 2016 where all proceeds will go to their chosen charity for this year – The Lighthouse Club.

The event is £10 per car to enter and will commence from their Kirton Lindsey office where entrants will receive their packs for the day. The packs include everything entrants need to help them navigate their way through the treasure hunt. After the treasure hunt entrants will be directed to a secret location where there will be live entertainment, food and drink, raffles and more! Fun for all the whole family!

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