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08 January 2019

• CPA Card Scheme Open Meetings 2019

  The Construction Plant-hire Association (CPA) has announced that it will hold a number of open meetings to discuss the future of card schemes in 2019.

• CITB VISION 2020: CITB to award outsourcing contract to SSCL

  The CITB has announced its intention to sign an enabling partner agreement with SSCL (Shared Services Connected Ltd), which will see the company take over a number of key activities on behalf of the trade body.

• Launch of Revised Construction Plant Medical Fitness Good Practice Guide

  The Strategic Forum Plant Safety Group (SFPSG), chaired by the Construction Plant-hire Association (CPA), has launched a refreshed version of the ‘Medical Fitness to Operate Construction Plant - Good Practice Guide’.

• Select committee recommends legislating against late payment

  The Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy select committee has published ‘Small businesses and productivity’, a report which identifies the huge damage that late payment is inflicting on small business.

• Derby rail worker awarded £40,000 compensation for asbestos exposure

  A Derby man has won almost £40,000 in compensation after being exposed to asbestos for decades in the course of his career as an engineer on the railways, the Derbyshire Telegraph reports.

• Effective Communication in Construction: the Ultimate H&S Tool

  Technology is changing the world at a remarkable pace, and the communications industry is no exception. It goes without saying that communication is essential to all business activities enabling organisations to improve operational effectiveness.

04 January 2019

• Virgin plastic or recycled plastic - What is best suited for the waterproof membrane industry?

  Society today has an immense focus on sustainability and renewable resources making it hard to understand why any products are made from virgin material.

20 December 2018

• Original temporary electric fence now deploys even faster

  The original rapid-deploy anti-vehicle and electric barrier fencing system – first used in tandem on the London 2012 Olympics – is now even quicker and easier to roll out with a pre-configured ‘ends’ to pulse-protected ‘zones’.

05 December 2018

• Contact prepares to plough through winter

  One of the UK’s leading providers of forklift attachments is helping its customers prepare for what is expected to be one of the coldest winters the UK has seen in years

04 December 2018

• Deltaqua Water Treatment systems has added a new range of Filtration systems to their product range

  Suitable for commercial, Industrial, and private water supplies.