AFI Director and IPAF Deputy President Nick Selley was one of the first people in the UK to complete a new IPAF e-Learning operator training programme which has now been launched in the UK, following the enhanced programme’s introduction in the US and Canada last year.

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Sunderland’s new interactive sculpture ‘Propellers of the City’ celebrates the area’s ship building and industrial heritage, and is winning plaudits for its unique design and ingenious functionality.

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Independent construction supplier streamlines HR processes, including absence management, training and compliance for over 420 staff in 17 sites across the UK

Carval Computing, provider of fully integrated Human Resource Management and Payroll software and services, has announced that Day Aggregates has selected its HR Unity solution. Day Aggregates uses HR Unity to manage all of its HR administration, supporting over 420 staff working at its 17 locations across the South East. The HR team manages all absence, personnel training and development to ensure that it keeps up to date with auditing and industry legislative requirements to maintain its ISO9001 certification. Since deploying the system, the HR team has saved many hours in HR administrative tasks, enabling it to support the whole workforce which has increased by over 20% in the last two years, without employing extra HR staff.

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Interfloor has improved its world-leading Duralay® Durafit System so that it gives greater dimensional stability. This is due to its exclusive Bacloc backing and higher bonding achieved with a range of new Durafit double-stick adhesives.

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The Tyne and Wear Metro system, widely considered the first modern light railway system in the UK, is being protected by intelligent fire systems from Advanced after the industry-leading manufacturer provided it with new fire alarm panels.

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A recent project to provide 250m2 of roofing for a kiosk, covered walkways and stores for the £1.5million extension to Bournemouth Oceanarium was a new departure for IKO Polymeric and Excel Roofing Services – at least in terms of the end users! The centrepiece of the extension is the new Penguin Beach Encounter, a two storey building housing the latest Oceanarium residents – 10 Humboldt Penguins. Five years in the planning, this is the biggest project the attraction has undergone since opening in 1998, increasing the size of the aquarium by a third.

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Portakabin, the UK’s leading supplier of modular buildings, has produced a short film about how a highly complex, 4,200sqm ward and theatre building was constructed at Royal Stoke University Hospital in less than four months to help meet the increasing demand for orthopaedic services.

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Trex Company, the world’s No. 1 decking brand and leader in high-performance, low-maintenance outdoor living products, has announced that its eco-friendly decking is now available in B&Q stores across the UK and Ireland.

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Offsite manufacturing brings numerous benefits with one of the most important being cost and programme certainty. Build systems, manufactured in factory controlled conditions, are not vulnerable to adverse weather – frost, snow and rain can have a major impact on traditional building sites, with associated budget implications.

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Flexenergy’s Flexalen pre-insulated pipe work was selected as the most appropriate product for a new District Heating Network installed to service 164 new Barratt London homes being built on Camden Road in London.

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