NASC Code of Practice for scaffolding products
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The NASC Code of Practice (CoP) product compliance list, documenting compliant scaffolding products currently supplied by audited NASC hire/sale members, has recently been updated.
University of Reading appoints GRAHAM Construction to its framework
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The University of Reading has appointed GRAHAM Construction to its major building works framework to support the delivery of its £250m building programme over the next 10 to 15 years.
The £250m capital works programme will primarily focus on the upgrade of facilities on the Whiteknights campus. Plans include a Science Park building and refurbishing the URS building, commonly known as the ‘lego building’, by transforming the interior into an open-plan layout and remodelling the 1970s School of Architecture building which will also include the university’s construction management, art and graphics departments. Construction is due to start in January 2017, with completion in December 2018.
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New banking measurement tool will save construction firms money
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Ben Martin, CEO of bmbal (BM Business Advisory Ltd), has launched the first ever banking benchmarking service for UK business customers. Called Business Banking Measured (BBM), the free online tool identifies where construction and fit out businesses are incurring unnecessary banking costs. It also outlines the steps they can take to eradicate those costs to make thousands of pounds of financial savings.
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Lucion in Paradise after Birmingham contract win
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A specialist environmental company has won a contract to deliver asbestos management services for a development project to transform Birmingham city centre.
NASC success at National Construction College 2015 Apprentice Awards
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NASC member company apprentices were highly successful in the Construction Industry Training Board NCC Apprentice Awards 2015 - achieving nominations in every round, right across the UK, with multiple winners in the coveted Scaffolding Apprenticeship Year 1 and Year 2 awards and the overall Apprentice of the Year category.
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