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The head of the British Army will warn today that the country’s ability to respond to Russian threats will erode if the UK does not keep up with its enemies. General Sir Nick Carter will use a speech to the Royal United Services Institute to highlight how Moscow is building an increasingly aggressive and expeditionary force that already boasts capabilities that outmatch UK forces.

UKIP’s ruling committee has unanimously backed a vote of no confidence in party leader Henry Bolton, just hours after he warned the party ‘is probably over’ if he is forced out. Mr Bolton, whose leadership of the party was called into question following revelations that his girlfriend Jo Marney sent racist text messages, told TV show ‘Peston on Sunday’ it could not survive another leadership contest.

Today marks a year since President Trump took office, and his administration is once again mired in controversy amid a costly federal funding row that has led to a government shutdown.

 

In construction news this week…

Sheffield United submits plan for South Stand. Sheffield United have submitted plans for a new South Stand to add more than 5,400 seats, new executive boxes and a media centre at Bramall Lane.

Kier fined £100,000 for hospital oil spill. Kier and its subcontractor BKP Waste Recycling Limited have been sentenced for polluting groundwater with over 11,000 litres of diesel during the redevelopment of Christchurch Hospital, Dorset.

Site safety stand-down to cover whole of construction. Sites across the whole construction sector will stop work as part of a safety stand-down in April.

 

In MECsafe news this week…

We still have plenty of availability on the following courses:

SSSTS (Supervisors) – 1st & 2nd Feb 2018

H&S Awareness (required for the green Labourers CSCS card) – 7th Feb 2018

IPAF 3a & 3b – 8th Feb 2018

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

Happy New Year!

We hope you all had a lovely Christmas and 2018 has got off to a great start!

A cabinet shuffle is often the chance to reassert a prime minister’s authority and refresh a party’s image. But Theresa May’s reshuffle didn’t go exactly to plan when several cabinet ministers refused to move, according to sources. Education Secretary Justine Greening refused to be transferred and handed in her resignation and Jeremy Hunt is said to have kept his role after “persuading” Mrs May not to move him. To further complicate things, the Conservative party tweeted out Chris Grayling as the new chairman, when the role actually went to the immigration minister Brandon Lewis.

Brighton left it late to beat rivals Crystal palace 2-1 in the third round of the FA Cup, after striker Glenn Murray scored the winning goal in the dying minutes. The FA Cup game marked the debut for the new Video Assistant Referee (VAR) technology, which is a new system designed to keep referee mistakes to a minimum. The VAR will only intervene when the referee makes a clear and obvious error. But in last night’s cup tie, the new system remained unused despite Murray’s controversial winning goal which looked like he handballed into the net.

Nearly 200,00 Salvadorans face deportation from the United States by September 2019 after the Trump administration ended special protection status for people from the Central American country. The decision made by the Homeland Security will have a heavy impact on parts of New York, Los Angeles and New York with a large Salvadoran community.

 

In construction news this week…

Health fears raised over construction nanotechnologies. Tiny particles in building materials could pose asbestos-style dangers.

Jailed payroll cheats ordered to pay back £3.5m within 3 months or serve longer prison terms and still owe the money. Accountant Aquil Ahmed, 61, and construction services company director Victor Shearer, 44 were jailed in October 2016 after they cheated HM Revenue and Customs of £6.9m in VAT, income tax, National Insurance Contributions and Construction Industry Scheme deductions.

Huge blaze hits Balfour Bristol university site. Balfour Beatty started on site early last year on a £19m contract to renovate and extend the Grade II listed building.

 

In MECsafe news this week…

We still have plenty of availability on the following courses:

PASMA (Mobile Towers) – 15th Jan 2018

SSSTS (Supervisors) – 18th & 19th Jan 2018

UKATA Asbestos Awareness – 22nd Jan 2018

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

Another day, another Twitter outburst!

An insult about Donald Trump’s age was enough to prompt another Twitter outburst from the US president. In response to being called “old” by Kim Jong-un, Trump wrote on Twitter: “Why would Kim Jong-un insult me by calling me “old,” when I would NEVER call him “short and fat?”.

Northern Ireland’s World Cup dreams are over, after they failed to beat Switzerland in the second leg of their World Cup qualifier game. The green and white army had to overturn a 1 0 deficit they suffered in the opening leg, but failed to break the deadlock in the city of Basel and drew the match 0 0.

 

In construction news this week…

Worker set on fire by cable strike. Court hears how site was not mapped out properly and worker had no training.

Kier tops October contracts league after 30 wins. HMRC win in Cardiff gives McAlpine biggest new work haul over 12 months.

 

In MECsafe news this week…

We still have plenty of availability on the following courses:

SSSTS (Supervisors) – 16th & 17th November

UKATA Asbestos Awareness – 20th November

SSSTS Refresher – 24th November

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

Finally Allowed – Poppies on the Pitch

FIFA will allow football players to wear poppies and remove it from its forbidden list. Once the new rules are agreed, players will be allowed to wear poppies on the pitch, but only on the conditions that the opposing team agree.

Donald Trump has been heavily criticised after calling NFL fans to boycott games if the players kneel during the American national anthem. At Sunday’s NFL game in London at Wembley stadium, a high number of players from both teams went down on one knee in an apparent response to Mr Trump’s comments. Players have been taking the stance in protest of perceived racial injustice and police brutality in America.

Chancellor Angela Merkel has won for a fourth term as the general election exit polls showed her party (Christian Democrat Union) took the largest share of the vote. The results also revealed the far right anti-nationalist party is set to become the third largest party in Germany’s parliament.

 

In construction news this week…

Scaffold inspectors caught faking safety certificates. Pair sentenced after worker fractures spine falling through signed-off scaffold.

Caddick launches £300m Leeds SOYO district plan. Wetherby-based construction and property giant Caddick Group has unveiled ambitious plans for a £300m scheme to create a new neighbourhood in central Leeds.

Bidding to begin on £165m Edinburgh tram extension. Edinburgh City Council is to start bidding for its £165m tram extension project after approving the outline business case last week.

 

In MECsafe news this week…

We still have plenty of availability on the following courses:

SSSTS Refresher – 29th September

SSSTS – 5th & 6th September

IPAF 3a & 3b – 6th September

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

It’s Been a While!

So, it’s been a couple of weeks since we last wrote a blog and an awful lot has been happening!

Everyone has heard about the terrible United Airline drama, with the Doctor being violently dragged down the aisle. The Dr Dao has now spoken out about the incident for the first time and his family have issued an official statement, which you can read here.

Trump and Putin aren’t exactly seeing eye to eye at the moment, with Trump admitting “Russia relations have reached a low point” – Who knows if this is part of Putin and Trumps big plan though! More on these details here.

Millions of householders admit to struggling with even some of the most basic household tasks, according to a new study from insurer Aviva. Research carried out as part of the company’s latest Home report discovered one in five people aren’t confident changing a light bulb (21%) while a similar number (19%) admit they don’t know how to boil an egg (oh dear)!

 

In construction news this week…

Business park plan approved for Kellingley Colliery. Developer Harworth has got outline planning for a major commercial redevelopment of the former Kellingley Colliery in Yorkshire.

Route picked for £6bn Lower Thames Crossing. The Government has plumped for a preferred route for a new multi-billion pound Lower Thames Crossing between Essex and Kent.

Falling pipe leaves worker paralysed. An Essex gas infrastructure specialist has been fined £200,000 after an employee suffered serious injuries when a pipe fell into the trench he was working in.

In MECsafe news this week…

We still have plenty of availability on the following courses:

  • SSSTS – 20th & 21st April 2017
  • IPAF 3a & 3b – 21st April 2017
  • SMSTS – 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th April 2017 (day release)

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

 

Have a lovely Bank Holiday Weekend!! 🙂

 

Here We Go Again…

Nicola Sturgeon has announced that the process to instigate a second referendum on the independence of Scotland will commence next week.

The first referendum took place on September 18, 2014, with the question: ‘Should Scotland be an independent country?’ The ‘No’ side won, with 2,001,926 (55.3%) voting against independence, and 1,617,989 (44.7%) voting in favour. The turnout of 84.6% was the highest recorded for an election or referendum in the United Kingdom since the introduction of universal suffrage.

Since then, ‘Yes’ voters have continued to campaign for a break away from the UK, and last year’s EU Referendum which was in favour of ‘Brexit’ has complicated things further. Many Scots do not want to leave the EU and feel that this major development should be a factor in Scottish people deciding their future – either as part of the UK or part of the EU.

Sturgeon has stated that a “choice must be offered between autumn next year, 2018, and spring of 2019”. The EU would need to clarify whether Scottish Independence would mean they simply remain within the EU, or seamlessly re-enter.

 

In construction news this week…

More than 600 businesses have registered interest in the first phase of Trumps $21bn Mexico wall project. The 600 businesses have formally registered interest since 24 February, when the Department of Homeland Security issued a presolicitation notice for contractors to perform the “design and build of several prototype wall structures” for the border.

Plans in for Manchester £1.3bn vertical village towers. Developer Allied London has submitted final detailed plans for a cluster of five towers in Manchester’s St John district.

Barnsley Council to fully fund town centre scheme. Barnsley Council has decided to fully fund its £120m retail-led scheme to transform the town centre.

In MECsafe news this week…

We still have plenty of availability on the following courses:

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

It just won’t stop!

Unless you have been hiding under a massive rock for the last week or so, you will be well aware Donald Trump has been elected President of America.
Every. Single. Day. He seems to be hitting the headlines for one reason or another. This weekend has seen Trump calling for a boycott of the sold out play “Hamilton” after the cast delivered a serious message to Vice President-elect Mike Pence.
Pence was booed by the audience as he walked in, then after the show all the cast made their way to the stage to deliver an open letter to Pence.
Although Pence has commented it has not offended him and “this is what freedom sounds like”, bizarrely Trump is demanding an apology from the cast and ridiculing their ability to ‘learn their lines’.
You can listen to the speech by clicking here.

At this side of the pond, French ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy has been knocked out the contest for a centre-right presidential candidate and signalled his withdrawal from politics.
Admitting defeat, Mr Sarkozy endorsed Francois Fillon, a moderate who finished first in Sunday’s first round, according to near-complete results.
Alain Juppe, who like Mr Fillon is an ex-prime minister, finished second.
They will face each other in a run-off next Sunday. The winner will compete in next year’s presidential election.
The winner of the Republican primary is likely to make the presidential run-off, where he or she will probably face far-right leader Marine Le Pen.


In construction news this week…

Crane hirer Hewden’s is fighting for survival after talks to find a new backer are understood to have stalled. The firm is seeking to refinance £190m of borrowings, which are due to expire in the coming months.

Buckingham Palace to get £369m M&E refit. Government funding has been agreed for a £369m overhaul of Buckingham Palace.

Mace set for £54m Twickenham East Stand revamp. Mace is in the front row to extend Twickenham rugby stadium’s east stand as part of a plan to improve the match day experience for supporters.


In MECsafe news this week…

We still have plenty of availability on the following courses:

Fire Warden – 25th Nov

Health & Safety Awareness (CITB) – 29th Nov (ask us about completing your CSCS test on the same day)!

SSSTS (CITB Supervisors) – 1st & 2nd Nov

CCNSG (ECITB) – 5th & 6th Dec

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