Sometimes you need to be able to track personnel working hours and certification requirements accurately where the infrastructure required to run an access control system cannot be provided. In addition, ensuring the identity of personnel using biometrics, eliminating the possibility of fraudulent activity.  Herongrange, who provide security solutions for the construction industry, have come up with the answer.

According to the company:

"One of our clients had just that problem in front of them during a major construction project in Nottingham. Their site consisted of a 16km long passage from a city centre to the outskirts, cutting through roads, housing estates, rivers, etc, and meant a traditional site compound is not possible. Instead, they tackled this by setting up a main compound, several sub-compounds and many micro-sites through-out the length of the proposed route, right in the heart of suburbia. 

Propump Engineering’s foamed concrete came to the rescue following emergency repair work at Bridgwater’s West Quay, a riverside street which dramatically and unexpectedly collapsed when around a 1000t of masonry quay wall fell into the river during winter rains.  

With the health and safety of the community paramount, 19 properties had to be evacuated following the wall collapse which left a 6 metre deep, 35 metre long chasm along the road adjacent to the River Parett.   

The College of Estate Management (CEM) has over 90 years' experience in providing the highest quality learning opportunities for the Construction and Real Estate professions. A CEM qualification is an internationally recognised demonstration of knowledge and skills, which can help a student on to their personal career ladder. Their qualifications are recognised and accredited by leading professional bodies, providing a route to professional membership.

Since their foundation, CEM have helped thousands of people to succeed in their careers, with over 150,000 alumni worldwide. Many are now in senior positions in government, property administration and private practice or have started their own companies.

Gateshead College students are helping a social housing maintenance company to build a brighter future.

Mears Group’s North East operation has taken on 11 new apprentices from the college across a wide range of disciplines.

Michael Rodgers and Connor Singh, both 17, have embarked on a maintenance operations apprenticeship while 21-year-old Adam Henderson has chosen a plumbing apprenticeship. They have been joined by apprentice plasterer Aaron Dalton, 19, and 16-year-old Thomas Humby, an apprentice painter and decorator.

From five tons of nuts and bolts to over 50,000 products across nine core product groups in just 50 years. Supply chain partner, fwb, celebrated its 50th anniversary last year. 

Experts in delivering the best product and procurement solutions to the construction, infrastructure, industrial and public sector markets, much of fwb’s success can be traced back to its earliest days and the actions of entrepreneurial founder Mr Henry John Key.

The search has begun for hundreds of staff to help deliver one of Europe’s biggest civil engineering contracts - the £600m Mersey Gateway Project.

Merseylink – the consortium named as the Preferred Bidder by Halton Borough Council for the contract to build the new Mersey Gateway bridge over the river between Runcorn and Widnes in the North West of England – has started a drive to recruit a number of key positions within the early delivery team.

In response to Housing Minister Kris Hopkins’ pledge to provide funding for more affordable homes across the UK Jeremy Blackburn, RICS UK Head of Policy, has said:

“Anything that boosts the number of new homes across the country can only be a good thing for the market and the wider economy. On this basis, today’s announcement is, most definitely, a step in the right direction. It is encouraging that, under this scheme, housing associations will be able to specifically select the types of housing needed in their area.

Willmott Dixon, one of the UK’s largest construction companies, has been awarded a design and build contract to construct the University of Bedfordshire’s new library building in Luton.

Spread over seven floors, the iconic building will become a landmark in the town centre incorporating 7,400 sq meters of space, connecting to the rest of the University’s Luton campus via a bridge link.

Countryside Annington (Mill Hill) Ltd, a joint venture between Countryside Properties and Annington Homes is pleased to announce that house building has commenced on-site at ‘The Mount’ at Millbrook Park in Mill Hill, NW7. To mark the start of work on-site a groundbreaking event took place on Thursday 9th January, attended by key parties involved in the project including senior members of Countryside Properties and Annington Homes, together with representatives of building contractor, GB Building Solutions and employers agent, WT Partnership.

The donation of a new kit will keep a North Tyneside based sports academy fighting fit for the future.

Construction specialist Galliford Try Partnerships North has weighed in with the new vests and tracksuits for Howdon Boxing Academy – which offers boxing, martial arts, Thai boxing and fitness training for young people from the age of 10 upwards.