Dave Inman talks to Green Deal expert Jonny Murton about opportunities for property professionals, including Chartered Surveyors with the Green Deal on 16th October 2012.
Sunday, 21 October 2012
Monday, 15 October 2012
Friday, 12 October 2012
RICS members welcome at @UCLan #construction recruitment fair in #Preston. @RICSNews @RICS North
UCLan Construction Recruitment Fair
17 October, 2012, 1:30pm to 3:30pm, Harris Building first floor
This is a unique opportunity to meet employers and discuss opportunities for placements during your degree, and/or employment after graduation. All students from Quantity Surveying, Construction Project Management, Building Services Engineering, Building Surveying, Architectural Technology and Architecture are invited to attend.
For further information contact Futures 01772 895858 email futures@uclan.ac.uk
or the School of Built and Natural Environment
01772 893210 email schoolbne@uclan.ac.uk
Tuesday, 4 September 2012
Free webinar on Environmental Spill Response and Emergency Planning
Emergency prepareness and response, including testing this, is a requirement of the ISO 14001 environmental management standard, plus makes good business sence.
This webinar discusses some easy to use techniques on how to do this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJwFZrVzmtA&feature=share&list=UUh3ArqAPK2wFFn_na9bjIaA
Friday, 31 August 2012
#Environmental & #Waste Management Explained- Half Day course in Burnley- Fri 26th October
QHS Solutions Ltd are hosting a half day Environmental & Waste Management Explained course in Burnley on Friday 26th October.
Delivered by Chartered Environmental Surveyor and Chartered Environmentalist David Inman, of Blackburn based environmental consultants DIEM Ltd, this course will give sensible and practical expert advice on reducing environmental and waste management risks and potential costs, plus demystify some common environmental challenges that businesses face today.
For more details and to book please contact Alison at QHS Solutions on:
01282 839103
Email, info@qhs-solutions.com
Thursday, 16 August 2012
The Virgin Trains revolution got it right
I've got to say that I'm very disappointed that Virgin Trains lost the West Coast Main Line (WCML) franchise as a regular user.
When they took over the franchise, they inherited out of date rolling stock running on out of date infrastructure.
As someone who worked on West Coast Route Modernisation (WCRM) on PWay, OLE & civils projects, I saw at first hand the engineering challenge of carrying our "open heart surgery" as Network Rail say of such work on Victorian infrastructure.
I worked on WCRM under the days of Railtrack and sadly the Pendolino's so admirably sought by Virgin Trains to replace the Class 86, 87 and 90 electric traction on WCML never has had the opportunity to run at it's design speed on 140mph due to problems within Railtrack.
OK, the "Voyager" class 220 and 221 do not come up to the HST sets they replaced, but Virgin revolutionised service levels from one which was pretty poor to being customer focused.
They also changed the way people think about ticketing. Yes, some of the walk on fares are very expensive, but they are for airlines too. For planned journeys off peak, even first class travel is very affordable.
My main worry with the next WCML franchise holder, First, is that the great customer service levels will be cut. I enjoy the first class lounge at London Euston and have spent many a productive hour working from there waiting for trains and then having complimentary food onboard makes business trips to London, if planned in advance, affordable and efficient.
So, on reflection, the red revolution of Virgin changed attitudes of service and punctuality from some awful standards and via a painful experience of providing services through WCRM and the Railtrack blanket speed restrictions post-Hatfield. I hope First West Coast can meet these standards and hope all Virgin staff who have delivered this service retain their jobs with the new franchise holder.
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