Following on from the earlier post, here is the latest update on the latest JCB job losses: JCB GMB Works Convenor Gordon Richardson said: “The GMB at JCB UK are unfortunately informing their membership of a further wave of redundancies announced by the company today. Projected orders for the beginning of the year have not…Read moreRead more
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JCB job losses: supplemental…
Job losses continue at JCB…
JCB today announced a further 684 redundancies in the UK primarily as a result of the lack of credit available from banks to fund machine purchases and continuing low confidence. Production in the UK in the first three months of 2009 will be around 75 per cent lower than at the same time last year…Read moreRead more
Comply or face jail, trainer advises…
CDM2007.org, developer of the e-learning portal dedicated to CDM training, has warned UK construction and demolition companies that unless they ensure that their employees are fully and appropriately trained, with acceptable proof of competence, they could now risk a prison sentence in the event of a health and safety breach. The warning comes as the…Read moreRead more
A spiky problem…
Standing beside the City of Manchester Satdium at 58 metres in height and leaning at a more acute angle than the Leaning Tower of Pisa, the B of the Bang sculpture was commissioned at a cost of almost £1.5 million to mark the 2002 Commonwealth Games and beginning takes its name from a quotation from…Read moreRead more
NDTG AGM…
The UK’s National Demolition Training Group has announced the date for its annual general meeting. The meeting will take place at the Novotel in London’s Docklands on 5 February 2009. Full details are available from training co-ordinator Sophie Francis on Tel: 01784 456799 or via email: ndtg@demolition-nfdc.com
C&D underlines commitment to training…
West Mindlands-based C&D Consultancy has announced a new range of highly-targeted training courses for the coming weeks and months including RPE (Respiratory Protective Equipment) Regulations & Employer Responsibilities (Fit Testing) PART 1 and a three-day course of Health and Safety supervision. Full details of the new range of courses can be found here.
Asbestos delays Oklahoma contract…
Mesotheliomanews.com is reporting that a redevelopment project on Oklahoma has been delayed by unexpected asbestos removal costs. Read the full story here.
When life imitates work…
This is when you just KNOW that you need to get a hobby. Through my work on Demolition News and Demolition & Dismantling and my links with the National Federation of Demolition Contractors and European Demolition Association, I spend a large part of my working week working within and alongside the demolition industry. Every once…Read moreRead more
Deutsche Bank Demolition fallout continues…
The New York Times reports that the former purchasing agent for the subcontractor hired to dismantle the former Deutsche Bank building, which was damaged in the Sept. 11 attack in Lower Manhattan, has been charged with stealing more than $1 million by filing false invoices and using the money for expensive vacations and luxury cars,…Read moreRead more
Syd Bishop uses landfil tax for local community…
UK demolition specialist Syd Bishop & Sons Ltd has donated almost £40,000 towards the restoration and extension of the nearby All Saints Church in the Parish of Fawkham and Hartley. Donated via the Community Credit Scheme, the money represents a significant proportion of the Landfill Tax taken at the company’s construction and demolition waste site…Read moreRead more
