Fabweld Steel Products has announced it can now offer its recessed SOLO SLIDE® range with the prestigious Kitemark and EN124 accreditation in A15 and B125 loading. This access cover is predominately used for entry to underground telecommunication networks. It is recessed and can be  filled with a material to match or suit the surrounding area.

The range is unique to the market being configurable, up to spans of 1000mm c/o and a maximum cover width of 400mm, with infinite lengths for duct runs.

Drainage product and access cover leader, Clark-Drain has launched its new range of chamber access systems designed to improve underground utility access and protect valuable underground assets such as data communication networks, pumps, valves and power cables.

Construction insurance specialist Focus has warned of a rising level of employers’ liability claims that involve workers whose first language is not English.

The Health and Safety Executive had previously identified migrant workers as a group that may be particularly at risk of an accident in an unfamiliar setting. Now Focus has said this appears to be reflected in the increasing volume of foreign worker claims.

Hope Construction Materials, the UK’s leading independent supplier of cement and concrete, has announced the launch of its new bagged cement product, available later this year.

Their Professional Grade Cement will be available to customers across the southern half of England, the newest entrant into a UK bagged cement market worth £180m annually.

The newly revealed product pack design, developed in association with Cognition Agency, features a large ram - a nod to the firm’s rich Derbyshire roots and the source of the raw materials used to make the cement.

Build UK has strengthened its representation of the contracting supply chain with its second new Trade Association Member in as many months. The Association of Lorry Loader Manufacturers and Importers (ALLMI), which has joined Build UK from February 2016, represents manufacturers, fleet owners, service companies, suppliers, site operators and other individuals and organisations engaged in the lorry loader industry.

If your business needs to know more about how moving pictures, audio and data are being distributed around the single home or multi-dwellings like apartment blocks, care homes, hospitals and commercial premises - the CAI has its annual show at the superb facility next to the NEC and Birmingham Airport – the National Motorcycle Museum.

 ‘Evolving Connectivity 2016’ will unlock a number of secrets this year.  Namely how we cope with the sell-off of more TV spectrum and the impact on viewers aerial installations plus the latest devices on which TV is being watched and how we make signal arrive at those devices.

Sky Garden’s green roof systems are now available at Jewson.

The UK’s leading independent supplier and installer of living roofs offers a wide range of systems to meet any specification requirement. Sky Garden’s newest product, the sedum modular roof system, will be available at all Jewson roofing branches.

Harvey Group PLC follows up acquisition of Solmatix – a prominent Renewables Company - with confirmation of new presence in Great Britain as part of strategic expansion

County Antrim mechanical and electrical building services contractors, the Harvey Group has established a new office in Dunstable as part of a multi-million pounds’ strategic expansion programme.

Marshalls is pleased to announce that their Natural Stone division will take centre stage at Ecobuild this year, running at the ExCel centre, London between 8th and 10th March.  

The Considerate Constructors Scheme - the national Scheme to improve the image of the construction industry - has launched a new Monitors’ Checklist.

The Checklist is the key method which Scheme Monitors use to assess and score sites, companies and suppliers’ performance against the Code of Considerate Practice. It comes into effect from 1 February 2016, but there will be a three month transition period until 1 May 2016, to ensure all Scheme registered members have sufficient time to familiarise themselves with the new requirements before any changes affect their scores.