CM: What was your first proper job?
Rob: Delivering the free local newspaper.
CM: Briefly chart your career to date.
Rob: I studied architecture in Leeds University before joining Waring & Netts Architects as a graduate, where I eventually qualified as an architect.
Over 900 construction industry leaders recently came together to spearhead a new campaign – Construction4Growth – aimed at kick-starting the industry.
The campaign, which has been welcomed by the Prime Minister, calls for measures to address concerning industry statistics. According to figures released by CITB-Constructionskills last month, 160,000 construction workers are currently claiming Job Seekers’ Allowance with 45,000 jobs lost across industry so far this year. Worryingly there is a potential further loss of 82,000 construction roles in the next five years.
Three major construction firms from Northern Ireland have collaborated to deliver a series of schools in a contract worth £70m in the Scottish Western Isles.
Farrans, H&J Martin and Patton, working under the joint-venture name of FMP, beat off stiff competition to win the construction contract for six schools as part of the Western Isles Schools Project (WISP) funded by the Scottish Government.
During the refurbishment of the Royal Mail East Moseley sorting office by Vinci Construction, the flooring division of Cemplas Waterproofing and Concrete Repairs Ltd were called upon to advise on providing a floor finish which would be suitable for a fully functional post office sorting room from what was the original internal car park floor.
Portakabin, the UK’s leading modular building specialist, has published a new guide to help healthcare providers rapidly expand hospital facilities to reduce patient waiting times and meet more stringent government targets.
Founded in Sweden in 1959, Blåkläder has a long and proud history of manufacturing the highest quality workwear. After over 50 years in the business, this privately owned company has gained considerable expertise and experience in producing clothing that is functional, durable and comfortable.
Despite significant reductions in the number and rate of injuries over the last 20 years, the construction sector remains a high risk industry with 50 fatal injuries to workers in 2010/11.
In the continuing challenge to reduce accidents and injuries, Arco, the UK’s leading safety company, has published the latest edition of its Construction catalogue. This comprehensive guide has all that’s needed on site to keep people safe from the latest gloves, footwear and clothing to site security, first aid stations, fire equipment and tools.
EPS is heavy on benefits but light on the environment according to www.eps.co.uk
Expanded polystyrene (EPS) may be 98% air but the latest website for the popular polymer is heavy on facts and figures which emphasises its heavyweight advantages across applications ranging from building insulation to bike helmets. The new site, launched this week by the EPS Group of the British Plastics Federation, is packed with facts pointing to the many reasons to specify EPS which it says should also stand for “economy, performance and sustainability”.
Britain’s newest laboratory for the analysis of radioactive materials has just arrived on site at Dounreay in Scotland. The project, which is under construction by off-site specialist Yorkon, is also the first nuclear facility of its kind to be built using modular construction, and one of the most complex and remote modular building projects ever undertaken in the UK.
Sidhil Ltd is one of Europe’s foremost manufacturers of hospital and home health care furniture and accessories, serving as a principal supplier of an extensive product range to both the private and public healthcare markets in the UK as well as into an increasing number of international markets.
