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August 2019
Construction - Hotels
Marriott Will Build A 26 Story Hotel In Just 90 Days
The world’s largest hotel chain will soon hold the title of having the world’s tallest modular hotel when the “AC Hotel New York NoMad” opens next year. This hotel will be different than well, any other hotel ever built. It wont take years to build, it will only take 90 days according to Marriott International.
July 2019
Emergency lighting
Lives 'put at risk' by director at popular Indian restaurant in Derby
A huge blaze at a Derby taxi office alerted firefighters to a well-known Indian restaurant that was “putting people at risk of death or serious harm”.
Electric vehicles
Wireless electric car charging gets cash boost
The government is pumping nearly £40m into improving the infrastructure for electric vehicles despite a sharp drop in hybrid car sales.
Industry News
Crossrail hired security firm to monitor trade unionist electrician
Senior managers at Crossrail, hired a corporate security company to monitor trade unionists who were campaigning against blacklisting across the construction industry.
General News
Electrician set-up cannabis factory in home he was renovating
A father of two and successful electrician who tried to make some easy cash by turning a house renovation project into a temporary drugs factory.
June 2019
Electric Vehicles
Gridserve eyes first of 100 EV forecourts in England
More than 100 sites are to be developed under a five-year infrastructure programme valued at around £1 billion
Industry news - Careers
A Welwyn Garden City woman has spoken about life as a new electrician, after a bursary helped her gain the qualifications she needed in what is still a male-dominated trade.
Industry news - Health & Safety
A company, two directors and a self-employed contractor have been sentenced and fined after an electrician fell two storeys through an unprotected stairwell
Smart homes
Here’s what smart tech Brits want to own in the next five years
National news
A mother and her two children were killed in a house fire which was "likely" caused by an electrical fault, an inquest has heard.
May 2019
Industry News
NICEIC and SELECT issue joint statement in support of new electrician regulations
Industry News
April 2019
Electric Vehicles
Western Power Distribution, the distribution network operator (DNO) supplying the Midlands, South Wales and the West Country, is the first operator to release a strategy document for Electric Vehicle adoption. The strategy gives some eye-watering numbers for the growth of EV charging and how they intend to cope.
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