Recent findings show worrying trends for construction and engineering
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The latest survey measuring trends and confidence within the bid market, undertaken by Get Serious Bids with key bid and tender professionals within construction and engineering businesses, has thrown up some interesting results.
The results for 2017, compared to last year, show that there is still a volume of opportunities available to the majority of organisations. However the number of organisations who have seen the amount of opportunities reduce in value has doubled to over 42%. There is also a shift from 62% down to 52% of companies who believe there are more opportunities than last year.
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Successful sting operation thanks to AMI Group
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When a contractor was having major problems with small items of plant machinery being stolen from their fleet of equipment, they approached plant tracking specialist AMI Group for help.
AMI Group fitted several of the contractor’s machines and generators with covertly installed tracking devices and within just a few weeks, a small petrol generator was stolen but quickly recovered thanks to the AMI tracking device. The generator was hidden in a sub-contractor’s van and was successfully recovered by the Police on the individual’s driveway in Walsall, West Midlands. The machine recovered is the smallest item of tracked plant that AMI Group has ever recovered in the company’s history.
Wolfin Flat Roof products protect new Linden Homes build in Gloucester
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Linden Homes has built properties in several prime locations throughout the UK. When it specified a flat roof for the new Greyfriars Quarter site in Gloucester, WJ Morley and Son proposed Wolfin’s Cosmofin for its strength and performance.
The new development of one, two, three and four bedroom homes on Brunswick Road, Gloucester has been launched with first time buyers in mind. Linden Homes was determined to provide excellent quality homes to potential owners. With that in mind, roofing contractor WJ Morley and Son, specified Wolfin’s products and purchased Cosmofin through the Swindon branch of Wolfin’s distribution partner, Raven Roofing Supplies.
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E-gloves to protect workers from dangerous vibration levels
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Gloves embedded with tiny sensors are being developed by Nottingham Trent University to help protect construction workers from exposure to vibration.
Led by Professor Tilak Dias, of the School of Art & Design, the technology aims to alert wearers to when they experience vibrations likely to cause conditions such as vibration white finger and carpal tunnel syndrome.
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Casella announces 2017 noise monitoring course
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Due to high industry demand, Casella’s popular noise monitoring course returns on 23rd May at its headquarters in Bedford.
Attending the one day course enables individuals to gain critical knowledge on Noise at Work regulations; ensuring compliance and saving a business time and money in the long run. It encourages the learning of new skills around occupational noise monitoring and demonstrates how vital this process is for employee wellbeing. After successful completion of a test at the end of the day, individuals are awarded with a certificate, showing their ability to monitor noise in the workplace.