In your weekly PCA update this week: 4 Weeks to Go – Have you Booked Your Place Yet? Check out the Pics from the AGM & Open Day! A Weapon for every Surveyor – Data Loggers! Have you Signed up for Enhanced Listings? Apprenticeships: Invest in your Technicians Safe Use Read the full article…
Something a bit different from the usual rantings and ramblings which we normally include within our weekly correspondence, as this week involves a product review! The Blue Maestro data logger in fact and a big thank you to PCA member Preservation Treatments, who provided this for us to test and Read the full article…
In your weekly PCA update this week: AGM & First Ever ‘Open Day’ Introducing you to our Speakers RICS Information Paper 27/2012 Review The Perfect Platform for all things Waterproofing Trustmark – Take advantage of their newest benefits Always nice to receive great feedback! Step into Summer with some Training! Read the full article…
In your weekly PCA update this week: Journey into how sub-floor airbricks work Only 1 Week to go until the AGM & ‘Open Day’ The perfect platform for all things waterproofing! We Need YOUR Suggestions – 2019 Conference Invasive Plants? Correct identification is essential! e-Learning Module – Occupational Cancers Step Read the full article…
Here’s a thought for all the CSJK surveyors out there… you are carrying out a routine Japanese knotweed survey for your client. None found so you submit a negative report, and you’re pretty sure you would have spotted any Giant hogweed or Himalayan balsam if it was present. Client happy. Read the full article…
Over the past few months the PCA has been working in partnership with Historic England to examine the effects of airbricks on the atmosphere in the voids below suspended timber floors. With the assistance of a number of PCA members, atmospheric data has been collected from the subfloor voids, the Read the full article…
In your weekly PCA update this week: Hodgson View: Is CITB fit for purpose for the 21st Century? The long-awaited report from CITB, or is it? Just 2 Weeks to go until the AGM & ‘Open Day’ The perfect platform for all things waterproofing! Conversion of CSRT to CSTDB Type Read the full article…
Having already written short articles on both Type A & B Waterproofing, this article will focus on Type C Waterproofing. Ahead of the International Structural Waterproofing Conference and following on from the previous articles, this is based on some of the key considerations detailed in the PCA Best Practice Guidance Read the full article…
After a year of chasing, letter writing and constant ‘knocking on the door’; the long-awaited report to assess the impact of the CITB policy changes on members of the PCA is finally here. The report that looks into training funds for PCA members The report within the button above Read the full article…
Well, what a grand title and a question that is clearly all too easy to answer. No it is not! Do not just take my word for it. Look at the turmoil that is taking place within the organisation as they attempt to remodel themselves to retain their right to Read the full article…
In your weekly PCA update this week: MEMBERS ONLY: First Ever ‘Open Day’ & AGM Join Us for the ‘Must Attend’ 2019 Conference Social Housing Regulator Issues H&S Reminder AECB’s Webinar: Retrofit Challenges Are we Going to See a Review of BS 8102? Step into Spring with some Training! Retirement Read the full article…
One of the main objectives of the Structural Waterproofing Group has been to push for a review of BS 8102 to better reflect where we now are as an industry. This process unfortunately, has been extremely drawn out. Back in February, we informed members that despite correspondence with BSI a Read the full article…
In your weekly PCA update this week: Governments Select Committee Report into Japanese Knotweed 2019 International Structural Waterproofing Conference MEMBERS ONLY: 2019 AGM and Open Day Top 5 Tips for Invasive Species Week Additional Course Date Released – ID & Cell Burial Type B Waterproofing – Key Considerations Step into Read the full article…
The long-awaited report following the Science and Technology Committees session into Japanese knotweed and its impact on homes, mortgages and the built environment has finally been released. In many respects, we are pleased to say, the report is reasonably balanced. From a Property Care Association perspective, it puts the Association Read the full article…
Ahead of the 2019 International Structural Waterproofing Conference on 17th July 2019 and following on from the article I wrote recently on LinkedIn regarding Type A Waterproofing, it only seemed fair to give other types of waterproofing their fair share of attention! So this article will look at Type B Read the full article…
This week the Property Care Association is proudly supporting ‘Invasive Species Week‘ (a joint initiative, led by the GB Non-Native Species Secretariat NNSS) with an appeal to gardeners and householders to play their part in stemming non-native weeds. Help reduce the spread of non-native plants Our very own Technical Manager, Read the full article…
In your weekly PCA update this week: Hodgson View – Flood Protection:Time for FloodRe to Step Up! International Structural Waterproofing Conference AGM – Something a bit different this year! PCA attends RICS Meeting You asked…so we delivered! Promoting Best Practice through Technical Documents Step into Spring with some Training! In Read the full article…
The flood protection industry is in serious decline, of that there is no doubt. A lack of central and local government support within the short term and the absence of any widespread weather related flooding for a couple of years has seen the issue of flood protection move from the Read the full article…
In your weekly PCA update this week: Biocides Register Boasts Impressive Numbers! Structural Waterproofing Apprenticeship Barrier (Type A) Waterproofing – Key Considerations Sava Warning to Think Twice About Giving Free Advice Skilled Contractors for the Retrofit Revolution Step into Spring with Some Training Need More PCA Vehicle Stickers? Biocides Register Read the full article…
The knowledge and competence of those who protect, repair and preserve buildings is fundamentally important to the Property Care Association (PCA) and its members. To facilitate that, the Association has built a portfolio of training and externally verified qualifications worth in the region of £500k each year. Training, qualifications and Read the full article…
