Rope and Sling Specialists Ltd. (RSS) has completed proof load tests on Rolls-Royce’s new testbed for the Trent family of engines. The so-called Testbed 80 was recently turned on at the Derby, UK site. Prior, RSS was asked to provide lifting, rigging, and load monitoring expertise. The site’s prime contractor is MDS Aero Support Corporation.
£16 million Histon and Impington Park Primary School build opens its doors
Cambridge Primary Education Trust’s £16 million primary school build in Histon and Impington has opened its doors to children for the first time. Following handover from contractor and designers R G Carter in December, Histon and Impington Infant School relocated from its site in New School Road to the Buxhall Farm site off Glebe Way […]
Extremely Safe Just Got Even Safer… For The Environment @ExtremelySafe
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Construction firm director sentenced after worker seriously injured
The director of a construction company has been sentenced after a sub-contractor suffered serious injuries when a stack of plasterboards fell on him at a construction site in Thames Ditton, Surrey.
Material Handling Equipment Store Launches @FADEquipmentSt1
A new USA material handling equipment store has gone live at fadequipmentstore.com, offering free shipping on all products. Headquartered in South Carolina, fadequipmentstore.com puts lifting, material handling, safety and load monitoring products a click away from end users in warehouses, manufacturing, construction, oil and gas, renewables, commercial and other markets. Solutions that can be used […]
The government has approved £794m to be spent on reopening two rail routes that have been shut for more than 50 years.
The new funding includes £760m for the next phase of East West Rail to reinstate direct rail services between Bicester and Bletchley for the first time since 1968. It also includes £34m to progress plans to reopen the Northumberland line between Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Ashington, which closed to passengers in 1964 as part of the Beeching […]
Geotechnical Design from GDG at Cloncreen Wind Farm, Co. Offaly
As part of the Cloncreen Wind Farm project, Gavin and Doherty Geosolutions (GDG) is delighted to have been awarded the contract to provide geotechnical design to the consultants, Sweco – a European engineering consultancy company, specialising in consulting engineering, environmental technology and architecture.
Welsh fabricator demonstrates commitment to the future with significant investment @DudleysAlumin
CARDIFF-BASED leading aluminium fabricator, Dudley’s Aluminium, has invested £96,000 in state-of-the-art machinery as it continues to work on a number of important projects throughout the UK. The company has purchased a Phantomatic M3 CNC machining centre, featuring three controlled axes allowing processing on three sides of the workpiece, as well as an electronic double mitre […]
“We’ll be right back after this break” @prolojik
Prolojik launches CIBSE approved CPD to support organisations getting back to the office safely, utilisting the power of lighting controls Prolojik, is at the forefront of harnessing the ubiquitous nature of lighting controls to support the safe return or workers to their offices.
A world’s first @thecrosbygroup
The Crosby Group proudly introduces the world’s first improved high fatigue life shackle to end-users in the offshore mooring sector. The Crosby Group has pioneered a product innovation in the offshore mooring markets with the introduction of the HFL Kenter, a new high fatigue life shackle, under the Crosby Feubo brand. The Crosby Group is […]
SWEET SUCCESS: CONTRACTOR WINS CITY CENTRE RESIDENTIAL PROJECT @SweetConstruct
Bristol-based construction firm Sweet Construct has been appointed by developer Acorn Property Group to deliver the regeneration of Alliance House, an exciting residential development in Bristol’s city centre.
EXAMINETICS ANNOUNCES STRATEGIC INVESTMENT IN KENZEN @kenzeninc
Smart PPE to help clients stay safe and avoid workplace injury Examinetics, the nation’s leading provider of workplace safety compliance services, today announced a strategic investment in Kenzen, innovator of a wearable device to reduce workplace injuries by providing continuous temperature monitoring of workers. Examinetics is a portfolio company of Freedom 3 Capital.