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CITB sells King’s Norton facility to Walsall College
The sale includes the land, buildings and business, with all 17 NCC staff being transferred over as employees of Walsall College. The sale of the college by CITB is part of its ‘Vision 2020’ restructuring to withdraw from the direct provision of training. The Bircham Newton facility in Norfolk – officially National Construction College East…
Franco-Scottish team to explore floating wind opportunities
EMEC’s hydrogen storage cylinders (photo by Colin Keldie) The award of the contract to the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) follows a competitive tender. EMEC will partner with French engineering firm Innosea and London-based Renewables Consulting Group (RCG) to carry out research. The aim is to understand the technical status of floating wind and hydrogen…
Russell Roof Tiles expands Scottish production
It is about to start work at its 11-acre site at Lochmaben, Scotland. The company employs 140 staff across its three sites – two in Burton and the one in Lochmaben. The Lochmaben project involves investment in a replacement building that will house a new packing system, including the firm’s first robotic packer. Russell…
Roof jet-washers fined £20k
Manchester Magistrates’ Court heard that on 5th December 2019, an HSE inspector spotted employees of Improvearoof LLP on the roof of a detached property in Hale Barns using two jet washers with no means of fall protection such as scaffolding or harnesses. The HSE inspector issued a prohibition notice and the work was stopped until…
Go-ahead given for Tay Cities biomedical project
The project, which is led by the University of Dundee, has been officially signed off by the Tay Cities Region Joint Committee. The Biomedical Cluster project has received initial funding of £25 million from the Scottish government as part of the Tay Cities Deal. The three main elements of the Biomedical Cluster project are: the…
Galliford gets green light on the A303
The A303 is a key route into and out of Devon and Cornwall The order grants development consent for continuous dual carriageway on the A303 linking the Podimore roundabout and the Sparkford bypass, with no at-grade junctions in between. It is a three-mile stretch of east-west trunk road, to the north of Yeovil. Highways England…