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Leading national skills council appoints Gordons
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he sector skills council for the housing, construction and facilities management industries has appointed Yorkshire law firm Gordons to help build and retain talent within the sectors. Asset Skills has recruited Gordons to provide industry participants with an intensive talent brokerage service, combining its strategic human resources (HR) experience and legal expertise. Gordons’ activity will now include working with employers in the three sectors seeking talent or looking to support employees changing roles, wanting career progression or leaving their organisations. Working collaboratively with Asset Skills, Gordons will hold talent workshops for individuals working in these industries seeking job advancement, covering issues such as producing effective CVs, interview techniques and gaps in relevant skills. Asset Skills is one of 21 councils established by the Government to tackle designated industries’ skills and productivity needs throughout the UK. It works with the facilities management, housing, property,
cleaning and parking sectors to develop standards underpinning new apprenticeships and vocational qualifications. Asset Skills works closely with professional bodies, housing associations, private firms and higher education providers to address skills gaps and improve workforce training. The organisation also: trains advisors on the Green Deal, the scheme incentivising businesses and home- owners to install environmentally-friendly measures in their buildings; offers Routes to Employment, which helps long-term unemployed people and ex-offenders find and stay in work; and runs projects on talent management and careers promotion. In addition, it conducts labour market intelligence and insight reports for the industries it covers.
Ms Bentley said her organisation wanted to ensure talent was retained within the Asset Skills sector and was confident Gordons’ brokerage service would help achieve that.
Gordons’ HR consultant Sheena Pickersgill, a former executive director of corporate services with West Yorkshire passenger transport
Sheena Pickersgill
authority Metro, has over 18 years’ experience of talent management. She said: “We’re delighted to be working in partnership with the team on this ground-breaking new project. We’ll be working in partnership with employers and individuals in these economically vital sectors to ensure talent is retained.” Gordons’ initial talent workshops for individuals in the Asset Skills sector take place at the firm’s offices in Whitehall Road, Leeds, on 17 December 2013, and 28 January and 13 February 2014. People wanting to book places at them and potential clients seeking more information about Gordons’ talent retention brokerage service should contact Ms Pickersgill on 0113 227 0394 or email
sheena.pickersgill@gordonsllp.com Further details of Asset Skills can be
found at
www.assetskills.org. For more information about Gordons, please visit
www.gordonsllp.com
Ready-made solutions for the new 2013 Part L Regulations
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he Travis Perkins Group has welcomed the Government’s announcement of changes to Part L
2013 documents.
The Part L 2013 documentation will require new homes to generate 6% less CO2
across the build mix from 6 April 2014, compared with standards introduced in 2010. New non-domestic
buildings will need to reduce CO2 emissions by a further 9%. Through its Sustainable Building Solutions (SBS) team, the Travis Perkins Group has a ready-made solution in place to help house builders comply with the regulations cost-effectively. The SBS New-build Standard Construction Drawings are aimed at maximising the contribution of the building fabric under SAP and minimising thermal conductivity. By using these junctions, house-builders could find passing the SAP process much easier: thermal modelling has shown the resultant psi-values are
Building & Facilities Management – December 2013
on average 69% better than the Accredited values within Appendix K. Paul Joyner, Group Director of Sustainability, said: “Through our Sustainable Building Solutions team, we have a ready-made, proven solution which can help UK builders comply with the new 2013 regulations and help builders maximise fabric performance at a minimum cost. Typically, we have helped house-builders save between £2,000 to £3,000 per home when using these drawings. “We are confident that these drawings offer architects, specifiers, builders and contractors a complete solution for their construction details which can help them navigate the new building regulations and maximise the use of building fabric.” The SBS New-build Standard Construction Drawings, which were unveiled at a launch event at Roca’s Zaha Hadid-designed London Gallery in 2012, have been used by national and regional house builders.
The drawings have been
independently verified by the BRE and the NHBC and accredited by the LABC. Each is available as a CAD drawing. All products included in the plans are specified and available from Travis Perkins with a unique 6 digit product code. For further information visit www.
sustainablebuildingsolutions.co.uk Alternatively, call SBS on 0800 688 8388 or email sustainablesolutions@
travisperkins.co.uk
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