JCB creates 600 jobs to meet boom in global demand

UK plant giant JCB is hiring 600 production line staff over the next three months due to “unprecedented” global demand for its machines.

In addition to these shop floor jobs, JCB said it also had vacancies for more than 100 permanent employees in engineering and other staff professions at its World Headquarters in Rocester and sites across the UK.

The firm, which already employs 6,000 people in the UK, said it now had a very healthy order book and is taking on over 200 operatives immediately with a further 400 staff required within 12 weeks.

Worldwide growth in construction has brought record demand for many of the product lines manufactured at its Derbyshire plant at Foston, as well as its Staffordshire factories at Rocester, Cheadle and Rugeley.

JCB chief operating officer, Mark Turner said: “This is great news for the local economy and great news for anyone seeking to work with a globally successful business.

“We know the cities of Stoke-on-Trent, Derby and surrounding towns have people with the skills we need, and in return they can expect excellent rewards.

“We urgently need fabrication welding skills along with paint sprayers, and general assemblers who will be given full training.

“The opportunities are initially for agency employees, however we see them as long-term opportunities – in fact, in the first three months of 2018 we have given permanent contracts to 200 agency staff. That means over the past four years we have handed permanent contracts to 850 agency employees.

“The future is very bright for JCB as global demand for our machines continues to grow, which means great prospects for people who want to work with us.”

The new roles pay a minimum of £10.40 per hour for Monday to Friday working hours, with a premium paid for shift-work opportunities.

from The UK Construction Blog http://ukconstructionblog.co.uk/2018/03/09/jcb-creates-600-jobs-to-meet-boom-in-global-demand/

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Vienna calling’ at Ecobuild to show training programme sets the pace to develop sustainable construction skills

Visitors to Ecobuild can find out more about how a renowned design and engineering programme based in Vienna brings together expertise from across the globe to identify ways to make buildings more sustainable.

The Austrian capital offers an innovative backdrop as a live case study, providing insight into passive house and sustainable, smart city expertise for Green.Building.Solutions. (GBS).

Participants can immerse themselves in a unique, intensive experience – developing new skills to design and build sustainable cities in an environment that includes workshops, lectures, fact-finding visits and insight from world-leading academics.

Applications are now open for the not-for-profit programme, which is relevant to students and professionals alike in the fields of architecture and professions relating to the built environment – and with all study and social activities carried out in English, it is well-suited to participants from a truly international background.

The GBS team will be on the Advantage Austria stand at the event to talk more about the programme.

GBS takes place from 21 July to 12 August and is organised by the OeAD-Housing Office – part of Austria’s national agency for international mobility and cooperation in education, science and research.

Run in association with 16 universities, including Vienna’s BOKU University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences and the Vienna University of Technology, the course is priced at €2,490 for professionals and €2,000 for students.

This cost includes all social activities, lessons and tours, as well as accommodation for participants throughout the duration of GBS in one of OeAD’s passive house student residences – giving an added perspective to participants’ experiences in Vienna.

The accommodation is also included as part of the fee for almost a week after the programme, enabling those taking part to explore the city at leisure. Two additional workshops are offered during the extra week: a three-day specially-priced Passive House workshop and a three-day excursion for all 2018 participants.

Günther Jedliczka, CEO of the OeAD-Housing Office, said: “Austria is world-renowned as a pioneer in sustainable construction and GBS offers students the opportunity to broaden their perspective and build a network of useful contacts.

“It provides a truly international atmosphere, with 46 students from 30 nations successfully completing the programme in 2017.

“GBS’s timetable starts with an overview of the historical development and introduction to green building design, before moving on to the detailed study of highly efficient and sustainable buildings.

“Sustainable materials, construction ecology, building physics and innovative energy technologies are addressed, as well as building simulations and daylight engineering.

“The Sto Foundation will also offer a hands-on workshop to students studying colour technology along with architecture and engineering students, whereby they physically build a 1:1 wall model of Passive House details.

“Finally, an investigation into indoor and outdoor climate is undertaken, before the programme concludes with an integrated design project, which centres around an actual live topic in Vienna.”

As well as GBS, the OeAD-Housing Office also operates the Alternative Economic and Monetary Systems programme (AEMS).

AEMS analyses how economic, political, monetary and environmental factors need to change to be more sustainable and takes place from the 25 July until 10 August 2018.

More details about GBS and AEMS – including testimonials from 2017’s programme participants – can be found at www.summer-university.net

from The UK Construction Blog http://ukconstructionblog.co.uk/2018/03/05/vienna-calling-at-ecobuild-to-show-training-programme-sets-the-pace-to-develop-sustainable-construction-skills/

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Ultra Sites become trailblazers for construction industry

Ultimate industry commitment to Considerate Constructors Scheme leads to expansion of Ultra Sites

UK and Ireland – 14 February 2018: The Considerate Constructors Scheme has officially launched Ultra Site registration, following a 24-month pilot with a number of principal contactors and industry clients.

The most committed contractors and their supply chains across the UK and Ireland can now achieve Ultra Site status – the highest level of attainment within the Considerate Constructors Scheme – the organisation established to improve the image of construction.

Ultra Sites herald a new era in raising the considerate credentials of construction sites and their supply chains, with the ultimate objective to achieve integration of a contractor’s supply chain to meet and exceed the Scheme’s Code of Considerate Practice.

The ability for the principal contractors and their clients to now apply and be recognised as Ultra Sites, on specific construction projects, follows an extensive 24-month pilot with a consortium of some of the country’s leading contractors and industry clients. They are:

·         A14 Integrated Delivery Team, Highways England

            Ultra Site: A14 Cambridge-Huntingdon Upgrade

 

·         Canary Wharf Contractors’ Limited

Ultra Site: Southbank Place, London

 

·         Galliford Try Partnerships South East

Ultra Site: Protheroe House, London

 

·         Interserve

Ultra Site: Project Beagle, Birmingham

 

·         Kier Construction

Ultra Site: Sports Park 2, Pontypridd

 

·         Mulalley & Company Ltd

Ultra Site: Haringey Major Works, London

Ultra Site: Chauncy Residential Development, Ware

 

·         R G Carter

Ultra Site: UEA Blackdale Development, Norwich

 

·         RG Group

Ultra Site: Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Ltd, Redhill

 

• Robert Woodhead                                                                                                                           

Ultra Site: Former Morley School, Nottingham

 

• Robertson Construction Group                                                                                                         

Ultra Site: Aberdeen Exhibition & Conference Centre (AECC), Aberdeen

 

• Tarmac                                                                                                                                                 

Ultra Site: Highways Partnering Agreement, Term Service Contract, Nottinghamshire

 

• Willmott Partnership Homes

Ultra Site: Trent Basin, Nottingham

These Ultra Sites represent the absolute pinnacle of achievement through contractors, clients and their supply chains collaborating on every level to demonstrate the highest standards of considerate construction, in line with the Scheme’s Code of Considerate Practice.

A number of Ultra Sites have provided case studies outlining their involvement in the pilot and how commitment to greater collaboration with the supply chain has created multiple benefits for these highest performing sites. Case studies also include a number of key insights from those within the supply chain and the client. Click here to find out more.

Considerate Constructors Scheme Chief Executive Edward Hardy said: “Achieving exceptional performance through greater collaboration with the supply chain is at the very core of being an Ultra Site. The construction industry’s desire and dedication to continually raise the bar to the highest standards in this key area is clearly evident with the success of the Ultra Sites pilot.

 

“The Scheme is now being inundated with requests from principal contractors and clients of construction projects to commit to being an Ultra Site. We are delighted with this enthusiasm from the industry and we look forward to showcasing how more Ultra Sites across the UK and Ireland are taking considerate construction to the next level.”

 

Click here to find out more about each Ultra Site.

To apply to become an Ultra Site, click here.

from The UK Construction Blog http://ukconstructionblog.co.uk/2018/02/21/ultra-sites-become-trailblazers-for-construction-industry/