Birmingham’s Alexander Stadium is taking on a £63 upgrade ahead of 2022 Commonwealth games The redeveloped stadium at Walsall Road in Perry Park will increase its permanent seating capacity from 12,700 to 18,000 allowing up to 40,000 during the Games through additional temporary seating. This is a huge construction and will be greatly beneficial […]
Modular building could be the future, as the biggest structure is set to be built Marriot the hotel giant is taking on a huge project that will see them construct the tallest modular structure ever built in the world! In response to the rising construction demand and the lack of skilled workers in […]
A German developer has bought a 20-acre site in Manchester, UK and plans to build 500 apartments to rent. Yet another large scale construction in the UK, the opportunities are endless for construction workers as of late! There is still a lack of skilled workers in the industry, yet there is no shortage of schemes […]
One of the UK’s biggest housing associations, Places for People, has announced a £100m joint venture to deliver hundreds of modular homes. This is the biggest deal yet for the modular housing sector in the UK. The housing association will be buying hundreds of units and building many homes under this new method of […]
New Construction Contracts Around the World! There are not just construction opportunities here in England! All across the UK, there are opportunities for construction workers looking for jobs. For example, it has been reported that a construction firm in Northen Ireland has just announced expansion plans that could create almost 100 jobs. This is […]
The bricklaying centre at Able Skills is easily one of the most popular area for short and long courses. Every week we have new students looking to help bridge the gap in the bricklaying industry. Occasionally, Simon, our bricklaying instructor loves to give out the hardest tasks for his students that like the challenge. […]
Over the past few months at Able Skills hundreds of different students have been in and out training and gaining qualifications for a new career. However, up in our carpentry centre we regularly see some great projects from students on carpentry and joinery courses. A regular carpentry student at Able Skills will begin their first […]
The construction of our new Electrical and Plumbing centre is in full flow… With the centre due to be open at the end of April, the construction is coming along very nicely and it is starting to really take the shape of a first class training facility for Able Skills to run more fantastic […]
We have had some fantastic work going on in our tiling centre over the last few weeks and it hasn’t stopped today, as Javier has put his art skills to the test along with his new tiling skills. Javier seems to have been at Able Skills for ages, he firstly completed eight weeks of […]
Chris and Hoyol are nearing the end of their 8 Week Bricklaying course and they have now taken on the difficult task of constructing a Decorative Wall. This is a very complexed structure and involves a lot of measurements that have to be correct for the construction of the wall to work properly. Chris […]
Nominated on the Prime Minister’s Better Public Building Award shortlist, this elderly housing scheme by architect Patel Taylor is a breath of fresh air. In the face of ever lengthening waiting lists for social housing in England’s capital, and a million fewer affordable London homes predicted for 2018 compared to 1980, housing availability for older […]
Utilising a disused brownfields site in Milton Keynes, this brand new HQ for Network Rail has won CIBSE’s (Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers) 2015 New Build Project of the Year (over £10m). With an Excellent BREEAM rating and an EPC A rating, this £106 million project has been a revelation both for Network Rail […]