Christmas

14.12.16

Merry Christmas!

This will be our last blog before the Christmas holidays! In light of this, we thought we would share some upcoming Christmassy events, just incase you still have some free time:

Christmas Markets

Belfast (November 19 –December 22)
Birmingham (November 17 – December 29)
Edinburgh (November 18 – January 8)
London (November 18 – January 2)
Manchester (November 10 – December 20)
York (November 17 –December 23)
Cardiff (November 10 – December 23)
Chester (November 18 –December 18)

Christmas Concerts

Christmas Festival at Royal Albert Hall (13-24 Dec)
Christmas Carols in Trafalgar Square (5-23 Dec)

Advent and Christmas at St Paul’s Cathedral (26 Nov-28 Dec)

Christmas at Westminster Abbey (27 Nov-25 Dec)

Spectacular Christmas Light Displays

Festival of Light and Sound, Eden Project, Cornwall
Christmas light trail, Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire
Festival of Light, Longleat safari park, Wiltshire
Enchanted Parks, Gateshead
Christmas Glow, RHS Wisley, Surrey
Christmas at Kew Gardens, London
Enchanted Christmas, Westonbirt Arboretum, Gloucestershire
Magical Lantern festival, Leeds, Birmingham, London
Tunnel of Light, Norwich

Then there is always Christmas television!

In construction news this week…

Crossrail suspends electrical work at Paddington station. Electrical work has been halted at Crossrail’s Paddington station because of concerns that project delivery has derailed.

Record 3m tonnes steel construction pipeline. The Government has highlighted it support for steel construction by unveiling plans to use 3m tonnes of steel in infrastructure projects by 2020.

Balfour Beatty starts delayed £90m London hospital. Balfour Beatty has finally secured the job to deliver the £90m redevelopment of the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital in London.

In MECsafe news this week…

We still have availability on the following courses, this side of Christmas:

SSSTS – 15th & 16th Dec / 22nd & 23rd Dec
SMSTS – 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd & 23rd Dec
IPAF 3a & 3b – 19th / 20th Dec

Then, we have the following availability early 2017:

SSSTS – 5th & 6th Jan
CCNSG Refresher – 6th Jan
CCNSG – 9th & 10th Jan

If you would like any further information on any of the above, please do not hesitate to contact us.

MECsafe would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New Year!

7.12.16

Just 18 more days until Christmas! Or just “2” more Sundays to go before the big day!!
Which also means, just over two weeks left to get your training done and out the way, ready for the New Year!!
Or if you are stuck for a Secret Santa Gift…

This year we are staying open right until Friday 23rd December and we have got plenty of courses planned in over the run up to Christmas:

8th Dec – Manual Handling, Working at Height and Abrasive Wheels
9th Dec – CCNSG Refresher and SSSTS Refresher
12th Dec – PASMA (Mobile Towers) and UKATA Asbestos Awareness
13th Dec – Health & Safety Awareness (Ask us about completing your CSCS test after the course)
15th Dec – Confined Space Awareness
16th Dec – SEATS Environmental
19th Dec – SMSTS (Mon-Fri)
21st Dec – Health & Safety Awareness (Ask us about completing your CSCS test after the course)
22nd & 23rd Dec – SSSTS & SMSTS Refresher

In construction news this week…

Six contractors have become the first firms to achieve a new Kitemark for BIM launched today by standards body BSI. The first firms worldwide to achieve the Kitemark for PAS 1192-2 are: Balfour Beatty, BAM Ireland, BAM Construct UK, Gammon Construction, Skanska UK and voestapline Metsec.

Morgan Sindall pulls off second contracts league double. They have been crowned winner of the monthly and annualised leagues of new orders for the second month running.

Ladder fall costs Volvo £900,000. The national truck, bus and plant division of Volvo has been fined £900,000 after one of its workers fell and suffered head injuries.

If you would like to book or like to discuss any of the above, please do not hesitate to contact us.

28.11.16

It’s Cyber Monday!

Black Friday is a popular label attached to the Friday following Thanksgiving Day in the US. This day marks the beginning of the busy shopping season during which most consumers typically start their Christmas/holiday shopping. You can read the full history of how Black Friday redeemed from a Police officer’s nightmare into retailers heaven by clicking here.

Now Black Friday is over, today sees Cyber Monday, typically, the Monday after the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States. The term “Cyber Monday” was created by marketing companies to persuade people to shop online. You can view a list of the Telegraphs best buys here – hopefully you’re not too late!

And the countdown to Christmas begins…

In construction news this week…

Skanska signs off £60m Great Ormond Street deal. Skanska has finally signed off a £60m contract with Great Ormond Street Hospital to build the Zayed Centre for Research into Rare Diseases in Children in London.

Laing O’Rourke is calling for the introduction of construction GCSEs and A-levels in a bid to solve the industry’s skills crisis. The suggestion is part of a ten-point plan put forward by the contractor in a report launched today.

The City of London has approved plans for what will be the Square Mile’s tallest building at 1 Undershaft. Nicknamed the Trellis for its visible structural steel cross-bracing, the new London skyscraper will soar to 305m, just above the recently approved 22 Bishopsgate tower at 278m, but a few metres below the Shard’s tallest steelwork point in London Bridge.

In MECsafe news this week…

We still have plenty of availability on the following courses:

CCNSG (ECITB) – 5th & 6th Dec

Manual Handling, Working at Height, Abrasive Wheel – 8^th Dec (attend one or all three courses)

CCNSG Refresher – 9^th Dec

SSSTS Refresher – 9^th Dec

If you would like any further information on any of the above, please do not hesitate to contact us.