Are your construction tools affecting your hearing?
If you work in construction, the sector has the second highest rate of people developing occupational deafness
Five handy apps and tools designed for tradespeople
Handy apps for finding work, staying organised, managing contractors and getting paid
A winter warning from Marley
With forecasters predicting the coldest and snowiest winter for decades, how should roofing contractors be preparing? Tom Woodhouse, site services manager at Marley, gives his top tips on site safety and roof installation in winter
Cut edge corrosion
Tom Armitt, specification manager at HD Sharman, talks to RCI about cut edge corrosion, its origins and how Seamsil can prevent this
What to look out for when leaving your work van
Ross Hansen, freelance content producer, talks to RCI about what can you do to protect your van and its contents when you have to leave it unattended for long periods of time
Tips on tackling a trade show
Lynn Lambe, director of Little Lambe Consultancy outlines some key elements to consider before your next trade event
Imported profiled GRP rooflights are ‘failing to meet UK safety standards’
The National Association of Rooflight Manufacturers has come across a number of in-stances where profiled Glass Reinforced Polyester rooflights supplied for ‘in-plane’ applications are failing to provide conformity with the UK annex to BS EN 1013: the European standard for single skin profiled rooflights.
Are modular homes the answer to the UK’s housing crisis?
The current housing shortage means that the UK needs to build 240,000-300,000 new homes annually until 2030
Promoting the positives for a career in construction
Jayne Fergusson, operations director at National Construction Training Services, discusses how a lack of education and enthusiasm for a career in construction teaches the industry a harsh lesson
RoofCERT: roofing’s route to professionalism
The RoofCERT accreditation programme could be a gamechanger, but we need the whole industry to get involved says Mike Wharton, head of business development at the National Federation of Roofing Contractors.