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As the East Midland’s principal unitary authority, Leicester City Council is the primary residential landlord in the area, responsible for a social housing stock of over 22,000 properties. To ensure that its properties are kept in the optimum state of repair, the Council employs a large mobile workforce of skilled trades operatives (bricklayers, carpenters, plasterers, plumbers, electricians, roofers, painters and decorators etc). This workforce undertakes all of the planned and reactive maintenance and renovation work on the properties, with job allocation and scheduling organised on a daily, and potentially, real-time basis.
Continue reading Leicester City Council improves mobile workforce productivity and customer care with GRASP
Fibrelite, the world’s largest manufacturer of lightweight composite access covers has supplied 190 trench covers (FM45) to be installed at a state of the art Shopping Centre; chosen for their health and safety benefits. This contemporary retail development once finished will have a floor space of 1million sq ft and a forecasted footfall of 23 million visitors in its first year.
Continue reading Fibrelite Chosen for New State of the Art City Centre Retail Centre
Fibrelite, who specialise in the design and manufacture of composite watertight underground containment systems including fully watertight access covers is delighted to announce the following RIBA CPD Providers Network material is now available to book as a CPD seminar:
Continue reading Fibrelite are now RIBA CPD Providers Network Accredited
Work is well underway to increase the generation of renewable energy in Shropshire with a recent project to supply photovoltaic (PV) systems for schools across the county.
Continue reading SOLARTECH INSTALLS SOLAR PANELS FOR SHROPSHIRE COUNCIL
Confidential career review site TheJobCrowd.com asked 3000 graduates in their first three years of employment to score their company on a range of criteria including responsibility, progression opportunities, colleague interaction, training, work-life balance and benefits.
Continue reading Public Sector Work Is One Of UK's 'Best For Work-Life Balance' According To Graduates
WORKPLACE equipment supplier Slingsby is again supporting this year’s ‘Ladder Exchange Initiative’, which offers substantial discounts on new ladders that are part exchanged for damaged ones. This comes after recent figures revealed the number of fatal injuries in British workplaces is no longer in decline and that falls from height remain the main cause of these accidents.
Continue reading SLINGSBY HELPS WORKPLACE SAFETY
Yorkshire based Fibrelite, the world’s leading and largest manufacturer of fibreglass access covers has won the Yorkshire Exporter Award, sponsored by Leeds Metropolitan University. The judging panel included The Bank of England.
Continue reading Fibrelite Wins Exporter Award at the Yorkshire Business Masters Awards 2012
The investigation into phone hacking at the News of the World and the general culture and ethics of the British media, ‘The Leveson Inquiry’, should conclude with a report in the Autumn. Public hearings are expected to run on into the Summer with the next high profile phase focused on the relationship between the press and politicians, as we have seen with the prime minister and other senior political figures giving evidence recently.
Continue reading Public Sector Media Relations Post Leveson
World-leading manufacturer of automotive, CV and marine heating, cooling and ventilation systems specialist Webasto has been selected by Boss Cabins to provide diesel powered interior heating for their new -Big Space- towable welfare cabin.
Continue reading Webasto Heats Boss Cabin's Big Space
Controlling weeds is a perennial problem for council, amenity, landscape and groundcare teams that is not only costly and time-consuming but potentially harmful to people, animals and the environment due the use of chemical-based herbicides.
Continue reading AMENITIES SECTOR TO BENEFIT FROM NATURAL AND SAFE WEEDING TECHNOLOGY
A year ago, large numbers of public sector organisations were taking advantage of government Feed-In Tariffs (FITs) to install solar panels on the roofs of civic buildings. Now, with FITs rates cut in half, the public mood couldn’t be more different. The court battle between the government and the solar industry over FITs rates muddied the waters. And unscrupulous ‘sharks’ in the marketplace, misrepresenting the facts about solar ROI, have made organisations understandably nervous about going forward with planned installations.
Continue reading Civic solar installations: embracing the long view
Sitting at the heart of Belfasts historic ship yard stands the UKs latest tourist attraction, the iconic Titanic Belfast building. This is an interactive insight into the history of the worlds most famous ship The RMS Titanic. There are nine galleries which take you through the life of the Titanic from its concept to the sinking 100 years ago and its influence up to modern times.
Continue reading Baldwin Boxall Protects Voyagers at the 2012 Titanic Belfast
Fibrelite’s lightweight, incredibly strong fibreglass composite covers with zero re-sale value in the scrap market are the perfect metal theft deterrent.
Continue reading Fibrelite, the world's leading and largest manufacturer of composite manhole covers fights metal theft!
Leading washroom provider Washroom Washroom was recently appointed to provide changing room specifications as part of new sports facilities installed at an all boys’ school in Isleworth, London.
Continue reading FRESH FINISH FOR BOYS SCHOOL
Altro has introduced the new Altro Multiscreed EP Naturals system and improved its popular Altro SoloSafe screed to ensure its award-winning range of resins is better than ever. Produced in the UK using a proportion of post-consumer recyclate, Altro’s new ranges offer enhanced performance and increased colourways giving even more reasons to choose Altro.
Continue reading AWARD-WINNING RESINS JUST GOT BETTER
The building’s striking stone facades were revealed earlier this month and completion scheduled for the end of July. The building was designed by the Hurd Rolland Partnership and delivered by Laing O Rourke Plc for Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunal Service.
Continue reading The new City of Westminster Courts is nearing completion.
Jim Lythgow, director of strategic alliances at Specsavers Corporate Eyecare, explains the Display Screen Equipment regulations and their implications for public sector organisations:
Continue reading DSE ' one law fits all
Class O Armaflex materials have been selected to provide both thermal and acoustic insulation for air conditioning ductwork during a major restoration project undertaken at the Belfast City Hall. This magnificent listed building, which was opened in 1906 and survived severe wartime damage, is located in the heart of Belfast and is a source of great civic pride. Guided tours are popular with tourists and locals alike, to view reception and banqueting halls which are complemented by the stained glass windows and select foreign marbles used in their design and construction.
Continue reading ARMACELL INSULATION CHOSEN FOR DUCTING OVERHAUL OF ICONIC BUILDING
Modern commercial buildings are designed to be air-tight and can utilise a system of ducted warm air to maintain comfortable occupancy temperatures. However, un-insulated ductwork is subject to inevitable temperature losses which represent over 50% of the system energy requirements. To help eliminate these losses, Armaflex purpose engineered ductwork insulation can provide both thermal and acoustic properties. Information on these products is provided on a dedicated micro-site, forming part of the Armacell website (www.armacell.com/uk).
Continue reading PURPOSE ENGINEERED DUCTWORK INSULATION
The new ArmaPlus website from Armacell, specialists in flexible rubber insulation, brings together a comprehensive suite of tools designed to provide expert advice and assistance to an international customer base. Online tools include the cornerstone ‘ArmWin AS’, an online calculation engine for determining necessary thicknesses and likely heat losses. This is supplemented by useful consumption calculators and the powerful yet easy to use ‘Specification Builder’ that allows anyone to create unique project specifications using standard pre-defined clauses.
Continue reading NEW ARMAPLUS SERVICES FOR THERMAL
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