engineering

The Skills4Climate industry report has revealed almost half (48 per cent) of electrotechnical and engineering services employers have said there is ‘insufficient training’ available to enable electricians and other installers to deliver ‘Active’ green technologies necessary to achieve Net Zero ...

Between 20–30 per cent of all UK engineers are employed in FM, but the UK faces an engineering skills shortage. Sara Searle, Head of HR & Payroll and Julie Connell HR Generalist at Liebherr, explain how a long running National ...

Freedom, an NG Bailey Group company, has completed the acquisition of the HV Services division of Fundamentals Limited, which will join the Freedom Networks business unit. The acquisition will enable Freedom to extend its range of services in the electricity ...

After nearly 30 years of actively supporting and promoting the interests of specialist engineering in the construction industry the Specialist Engineering Contractors’ (SEC) Group has announced it will come to a close early in 2021. The SEC Group currently represents ...

The vast majority of large electrotechnical and engineering services businesses now train staff as Mental Health First Aiders, according to a survey commissioned by engineering services trade body ECA. Twenty four of the largest ECA Members, with a combined turnover of ...

Buro Happold has appointed David Green as a Director in a newly created Asset Consulting role. With the retrofit and modernisation of existing assets becoming ever more prominent in the built environment, the appointment is part of the global design ...

Sodexo has launched a technical apprenticeship programme to attract new engineering talent and develop a pool of skilled engineers and future managers. The first intake of programme recruits will be enrolled onto a formal three-year maintenance and operations engineering technician ...

Independent multidisciplinary engineering consultancy, Hurley Palmer Flatt, has been appointed as one of 50 consultants on a major new professional services framework in Edinburgh, Scotland. The programme intends to rejuvenate the city of Edinburgh with the delivery of new state-of-the-art ...

It has been a year of great uncertainties for businesses, and Hydro-X Group has been no exception. However, amid a global pandemic which is defining a ‘new normal’, shrinking businesses and forcing some SMEs out, Hydro-X Group has continued to ...

A new award recognising the work undertaken by building services professionals and the wider supply chain to combat the effects of Covid-19 has been set up by the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE). The COVID-19 Achievement Award, set ...