Randstad CPE were proud to support the Highbury College Construction Awards 2014 by sponsoring the Brickwork Apprentice of the Year 2014.  Jack Musselwhite, 18, of Portsmouth won the prestigious award on 27th June for his hard work, effort and attitude.  Jack received a Voucher from Jason Clements, Branch Manager at Randstad CPE to purchase construction tools and equipment from All Clothing and Protection supplies.

Leading joinery manufacturer, Scotts of Thrapston, has launched a dedicated range of timber framed education buildings to cater for the increasing demand for additional classroom space in the nation’s schools. 

With more than 90 years’ experience in timber buildings, established over four generations, Scotts has used its expertise in equestrian buildings, pavilions, and specialist timber products such as summerhouses and garages, to carefully design a core range of education buildings that meet the needs and requirements of today’s pupils.

Following industry-wide consultation and review a national specification for the detection, verification and location of underground utilities – PAS 128 – is now available to survey professionals from the British Standards Institution.   

Sponsored by the Institution of Civil Engineers and facilitated by BSI Standards Limited, the specification allows practitioners to detail the services they provide to a recognised level for the first time.  

Further to publication of TG20:13 in February the NASC has formally withdrawn TG20:08.

From 1 July 2014, the NASC recommends that all tube and fitting scaffold structures should be supported by TG20:13, using TG20:13 eGuide generated compliance sheets, or should be supported by a bespoke scaffold design.

West Anglia Training Association (WATA) of Huntingdon, Cambridge has become the latest training provider to gain Construction Industry Scaffolders Record Scheme (CISRS) accreditation.

Following successful completion of their CISRS accreditation audit which took place in early June, WATA can now offer the following courses: CISRS Part 1 Scaffolding, CISRS Operative Training Scheme (COTS), Basic Scaffold Inspection Training Scheme (SITS), and they are also looking to offer several System product courses in the near future.

The NASC exhibited with considerable success at the Safety & Health Expo, the UK’s largest health and safety event, which took place at London’s ExCel from 17 to 19 June. The confederation took the opportunity to showcase its recently published good practice guidance for tube and fitting scaffolding TG20:13, which was received with considerable interest by hundreds of construction and health and safety industry professionals who attended the show.

The confederation also used the event, which attracted some 40,000 visitors, to launch its NASC 2014 Safety Report, which was widely circulated at the Expo, with over 300 copies being distributed from the stand.

On Wednesday 25 June, a group of our City College Plymouth Construction students visited Tregantle Fort, to see a demonstration of a training facility they helped to create.

Work undertaken at the Fort has seen four open classrooms transformed into the mock-up of the inside of a ship, complete with 18 separate compartments. The facility is being used by the Military Training Unit (MTU), based at HMS Raleigh, to teach sailors the correct routines for searching vessels for intruders as part of the ship’s protection team.

Stockton, 25th June – WSP, the professional services consultancy, is delighted to announce that it has been appointed by Middlesbrough Football Club as its preferred consultant for structural engineering works of the Riverside Stadium and also the Championship club’s training ground. The win also includes an annual safety inspection that is likely to take place in the summer.

FutureBuild 2014 is coming to Sheffield City Hall, UK, on 5th-6th November! This exciting new conference focusses on the sustainability of housing, renewable energy and community energy schemes.

Cape Asia Academy in Muntinlupa City, Philippines has been awarded accreditation to run the Construction Industry Scaffolder’s Record Scheme (CISRS) Overseas Scaffolder Training Scheme (OSTS) at its centre.