Greg Nelson

New figures and statistics realised by the government have shown that construction workers are like lambs to the slaughter, and in light of this nationaltradesmen.co.uk is asking why are construction workers being […]

The Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) has launched an app so users can keep their CSCS cards on their phone and this is being hailed as a Virtual skills revoultion as an industry “game ch […]

What is FHA HUD Engineered Foundation Certification for Manufactured Homes? Why Is It Required In Washington State?
An engineer’s FHA HUD foundation certification in Washington State is required by lenders for m […]

Unite are leading 50 scaffolders to strike over pay at the British Steel site in Scunthorpe, which faces disruption next week as scaffolders at the plant plan to down tools.
The contractor Brand Energy plan to […]

The boss of a construction company has been sentenced after a worker under his direction suffered serious injuries when a stack of plasterboards fell on him at a site in Thames Ditton, […]

Construction is still in a strong place in regards to wage growth with many tradesmen seeing wages rise even during the pandemic with self-employed tradespeople seeing wages reach pre-Covid levels, delivering a […]

Cast iron has nearly doubled in the last year as prices for steel rocket out of control the latest £50 a tonnes rise in January has left contractors and buyers fuming, this means that the price of steel has s […]

JBC has made a machine that will light up the faces of drivers everywhere in the country this awesome bit of kit can cut, crop, clean and fill all with one machine which will save lots of time and money repairing […]

Construction is being targeted by the government with regular rapid testing for workers without coronavirus symptoms in a roll out of rapid flow lateral tests, which return results in 30 […]

The HS2 project is pushing forward the roll out of digitizing workers by introducing a digital passport system allowing it to keep tabs on skills and health and safety and inductions.
This is a UK firs with the […]

The large excavator that had been doing remodelling works with a tipper dumper on Weston super Mare beach when they got into difficulty both machines are owned by contractor M J Church which were part of an earth […]

Nationaltradesmen.co.uk has been looking at current JIB rates for plumbers and electricians including apprentices we have also bee looking closely at the support for those who are furloughed in the construction […]

Building and construction must remain open and domestic construction work can carry on during the latest lockdown which will be in force until at least the middle of February.

Boris Johnson made […]

Footage that has left many in the rail industry flabbergasted has emerged of a serious wall collapse on the Network Rail viaduct in Nine Elms, London.

The 70 metre section of brick wall looked to be […]

Here at nationaltradesmen.co.uk we have ben inundated with requests about tier 4 working within the construction industry so what’s the question we are being asked the most “Can I go to work as a builder, […]

A specialist roofing contractor that cleaned roofs with jet washing and then painted over the tiles with roof paint has been fined after a health and safety inspector came across two workers jet washing a pitched […]

As we think about leaving 2020 in the past it’s been a very strange year with Brexit the Covid 19 Pandemic and a complete change of working practices for most people around the world.
Nationaltradesmen.co.uk has […]

BDW Trading Ltd trading as Barratt homes has been hit with a massive fine of £140,000 after an electrician fell through paperboard when working on one of their sites the large homebuilder and the electrical c […]

A groundworks firm has been fined after an employee was injured when he was struck by a metal bow shackle whilst laying a sewer pipe.
Luton Magistrates’ Court heard that on 19 July 2018, the employee – a mac […]