THE FABRICATOR

ALUMINIUM –CAB’S YEAR
CAB members at the regional members' meeting,The Crypt,Metropolitan Cathedral, Liverpool in
March 2015
series of exhibitions and discussions across the SouthWest
and West Midlands attended by 1500+ young people aged
14 -19 yearsold and where we exhibited alongside the likes
of Skanska and Mott McDonald. This has been an
excellent opportunity to discuss aluminium’s
sustainability credentials and its vital role in 21st century
construction. We have encouraged other young people in
our sector by sponsoring the tectonics prizes for students
at the department of architecture and built environment,
University of Nottingham.
Demand for training
We are certainly aware of member companies increasing
their staff numbers to meet rising demand. As an
association we see this leading to an increase in demand
for training which will include areas such as health and
safety and also contractual awareness. A number of
specialist contractors have also recently reported skills
shortages as being the worst for 14 years.
Our CAB contractual awareness seminars (ongoing in
2016) have been well attended by fabricators across the
UK. Presented by Geraldine Fleming,executive director,
Justin Ratcliffe, CAB ceo,highlighting the
sustainable benefits of aluminium to school
children at aYour Green Future event at Bristol
Knowles, the seminars have been able to resolve anumber
of member queries and also suggest new and improved
internal processes for companies to be better prepared in
the future. Members have used the opportunity to bring
the pre and post contract team together to highlight best
practice and share concerns with an expert from aglobal
leader in construction disputes.
In 2016, it is planned to host 5-7 seminars in the
Midlands and North, considering areas such as 10 top
contractual nightmares, checking contracts, pre and post
contract awareness and JCT contracts. Inaddition, it is
planned to host at least a couple of health and safety
seminars looking at legislation and application. ❐
Geraldine Fleming, executive director,Knowles
presenting aCAB contractual awarness seminar.
The Fabricator 2015
CAB’s marketing forums will continue into 2016 with a
number of topical speakers.
If you would like your business to receive leading edge
technical and marketing support and benefit from our high
profile events and training programmes, then please see
further details at: www.c-a-b.org.uk/about-cab/why-join/
or contact the CAB office tel: 01453 828851
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