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A SIGNIFICANT change has been made to the Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) following an industry consultant. CSCS now recognises […]

CONTRACTORS were fined a total of £3.4m for health & safety breaches in 2010, a rise of 22% (up from

OVER 100,000 new jobs could be created in the UK this year if VAT is reduced from 20% to 5%

THE 2014 Flooring Show with new dates (September 21-23) is reportedly to be attracting fresh interest from potential exhibitors as

The 2014 Surface Design Show at the Business Design Centre London (February 4-6) is designed for architects, interior designers and

THE National Specialist Contractors’ Council (NSCC), to which the CFA is affiliated, has launched a new new training programme for

FLOOR preparation materials manufacturer KERAKOLL has completed the building of its GreenLab, a new eco-sustainable research and innovation institute. The

AXION Consulting’s Jane Gardner has been presented with the 2013 Ben Heath Certificate for Outstanding Presentations from the Chartered Institute

A RECORD-breaking 107,000 tonnes of waste carpet were reused, recycled and recovered in the UK during 2013, a rise of

THE Health & Safety Executive (HSE) found failures at nearly half of sites it inspected during just one month. Enforcement

Peter Daulby on moisture in subfloors MOISTURE in a subfloor can cause problems and call for costly replacement of resilient

Jim Coulson on how to spot ‘fake’ wood I WAS looking at a wood floor in a private house the

Martin Cummins on underfloor heating GIVING recommendations or specifications for flooring installations over underfloor heating (UFH) used to be quite

Sid Bourne on training I HAVE said it before and I will say it again: Apprenticeships are the only way

Janet Lowe, marketing manager at Forbo Flooring Systems, looks at some environmental questions when specifying carpet tiles:  THE look, feel

Carpet tiles are exceptionally flexible in terms of design: Burmatex has extended its collection through four high performance nylon carpet

A variety of flooring is used in education: Altro Wood Safety flooring was used in a £70k refurbishment project at

Barry Hodges, technical manager, Mapei, says that when smoothing compounds fail it is usually down to contamination (often dust) on

Floorlayers must to be sure to choose the right smoothing compound from the many available: BAL offers a choice of

Jim Coulson on adhesives – Part 2 I WROTE about using Diamond Marked plywood and the desirability of making sure