Build UK has updated its template Drugs and Alcohol Policy. It comes with the support of Eurofins Workplace Drug Testing and is endorsed by the CLC (Construction Leadership Council). The Drugs and Alcohol Policy update is in response to calls for a consistent framework for drug and alcohol testing across the construction industry. Copies of […]
The CIJC Employers and the Joint Trade Unions have reached agreement in respect of a pay and conditions settlement for 2023/24. The CIJC has completed its negotiations with the Unions and achieved a one year pay deal, commencing Monday 25th July 2022. The agreement includes a 5% pay increase across all rates and a two […]
The CIP Construction Health and Safety Manual has a new section entitled Building Safety that includes two sub-sections:- Building Safety Act Supports and Fixings Billed as ‘the biggest improvement to building safety in 40 years’, the Building Safety Act is a very important piece of legislation which provides both a regime for generally improving building […]
BESA the UK’s leading trade body for Building Engineering Services has published the first episode in their Net Zero Series in collaboration with Mitsubishi Electric. This first episode hears from Chris Skidmore OBE, Chair of Independent Government Review on Net Zero. His ‘Mission Zero’ review, which was published in January, made 129 recommendations for delivering […]
Production trials are starting on the world’s first commercially available zero-emissions cement. The process developed at Cambridge University combines scrap steel recycling with cement clinker production. It uses recycled concrete as a flux rather than limestone. Over the planned two-year trial period, the Cement 2 Zero project will investigate both the technical and commercial aspects […]
Industry concern over the UKCA marking continues. In the latest update to the situation, the Construction Leadership Council has written to the Government warning it will not be possible for many construction products to meet the deadline for obtaining the UKCA mark. The new UKCA marking system came into force as a result of Brexit. Previously, […]
The CIP Environmental Manual amendment packs have been sent out to all subscribers. The latest update to the CIP Construction Environmental Manual includes the following: A separate page is included identifying some of the temporary arrangements made in environmental regulation as a result of the current (COVID –19) pandemic, as well as information on the […]