TfL launches 'green' academy26/06/2025 Transport for London (TfL) has launched a new green technology training academy to address ‘the growing demand for workers with green skills’. |
Government on a £625m mission to boost construction skills26/06/2025 Industry bosses have hailed the new Construction Skills Mission Board as a ‘significant step’ towards addressing the skills gap in the construction sector. |
New training centre wins job offers for students06/09/2021 Winvic Construction Lt and IM Properties, have welcomed the first learners inside a new ‘Future of Construction’ training centre at Mercia Park, Leicestershire. |
Free inclusive training tools released to construction industry28/09/2020 A suite of new learning materials covering inclusive leadership, recruitment and training and developed by industry leaders have been made freely available to the UK construction sector. |
Highways England seeks more passport sign-ups25/09/2020 Highways England has called for more members of its supply chain to register for its Passport scheme. |
T Levels aim to narrow engineering skills gap11/08/2020 This September marks a step forward in vocational engineering training for young adults, with the launch of the Government's T level qualification. |
Scotland to launch national road worker training programme21/01/2020 The national Scottish Roads Training Programme is set to be launched on 29 January with the ambition of re-engineering how road operatives are qualified and how training programmes are procured. |
McCann: 'We all have a responsibility to safeguard the skills'22/08/2019 Nottingham-based civil and electrical engineering firm, McCann, has an employment strategy based on continuous up-skilling and investment in the next generation, which it argues is the key to industry future proofing. |
Street works – getting it right20/06/2019 Richard Hayes, chief executive of the Institute of Highway Engineers, discusses its new training in street works inspections. |
Competence framework to help code compliance15/04/2019 Top organisations in the highways sector have released an asset management competence framework to help authorities become compliant with the national code of practice for roads maintenance. |
A highways trailblazer19/03/2019 Meg Bailey, trainee site supervisor at FM Conway, explains her journey into the highways sector and how more young men and women can be encouraged to take up on-site roles. |
ACO launches flexible professional development programme06/11/2018 Leading water management company ACO has launched a professional development programme designed to address training challenges in the construction industry. |
Award winning training centre to teach tunnelling and construction skills14/03/2017 Transport for London says Crossrail’s legacy of tunnelling and underground construction will continue after it signed a contract with Prospects College of Advanced Technology (PROCAT) to run the Tunnelling and Underground Construction Academy (TUCA) in Ilford. |
TfL searches for apprentices08/03/2017 Transport for London has created more than 175 new apprenticeship positions and say it is welcoming applications from people who, "want to play their part in keeping London moving, working and growing and making life in the city better". |
Award for London Highways Academy of Excellence01/03/2016 The London Highways Academy of Excellence has won the Civil Engineering Contractors Association’s (CECA) Inspiring Change in the Community Award 2016. |
Kier and Surrey CC plan careers college to train highways workforce04/02/2016 Kier and Surrey County Council are set to launch a ‘construction academy’ that will see them train their own highways workforce. |
HTMA releases environmental training DVD13/07/2015 The Highways Term Maintenance Association (HTMA) has produced an environmental training DVD in an effort to support member organisations and their clients with environmental awareness and management. |
New course offers key to tackling crumbling roads16/07/2014 A new university qualification has been launched to help equip highway engineers with the skills they need to fix the UK’s crumbling roads. |
RSTA looks to minimise future skills crisis20/08/2013 The Road Surface Treatments Association (RSTA) has developed an active training programme specific to the road surface sector. |
Free training places for highways bosses26/05/2011 Specialist trainers at the National Highways Academy (NHA) are offering 24 highway businesses free strategic management training for owner/directors and senior managers. |
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