In your weekly PCA update this week: PCA’s Test Wall – Part III Flood & Coast Conference Registration Deadline – 22nd June Secure your place at the Conference Next LIVE CPD Webinar! BS 8102 Summary Document Ground Gas Technician Training The PCA is recruiting! Men’s Health Week PCA’s Test Wall Read the full article…
In your weekly PCA update this week: Wall Tie Detectors – the comparison test POST highlights economic cost of invasive species Social Housing Regulation Bill Next LIVE CPD Webinar! Apprenticeships: on-site learning! BS 8102 Summary Document Invasive Species Week Round-up BS 8102 Summary Document The PCA is recruiting! Training Workshop Read the full article…
I wrote a blog a few weeks back about the VA2 Wall Tie Locator, but I noted that the review was done in isolation and was not carried out as a direct comparison to the other longstanding (albeit no longer available) brands and models on the market. To right this Read the full article…
For those in the invasive weed sector, how often are plants such as bamboo present when carrying out surveys? We may be more familiar with Japanese Knotweed and the damage it can do to the built environment, but when it comes to Bamboos and other Invasive Weed grasses, should we Read the full article…
In your weekly PCA update this week: The impact of the Housing Ombudsman Report Test Wall Video – Part II in the series… NEW Online Technician Training – Ground Gas Protection Updating the Technical Document Library Next LIVE CPD Webinar! Building Regulations Webinar Missed the webinar? View the recording… The Read the full article…
At the recent Residential Ventilation Group (RVG) meeting, much was discussed about the current situation facing social housing providers off the back of The Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018, recent media attention and the Housing Ombudsman Report from October 2021. Chair of the RVG and PCA member Andrew Read the full article…
In your weekly PCA update this week: The impact of RICS changes to knotweed categories Invasive Species Week – a review The PCA is recruiting! Next live CPD Webinar Let’s Meet our Speakers! Product Review – VA2 Wall Tie Locator Just when you thought you’d seen it all… Sign up Read the full article…
We celebrate a lot of special days in the calendar year; birthdays, anniversaries, religious observance days etc. Then there came Mothers day and Fathers day and so-on but now the UN has a formal programme of ‘days’ – with today (Friday 20th May) being World Bee Day and next week Read the full article…
Many of you are probably aware that the staple metal detectors of the remedial wall tie market – White’s Wall Tie Detector or the Imp Wall Tie Locators – have reigned supreme. Both of these however have now been discontinued, leaving a massive hole in the market with virtually no Read the full article…
In your weekly PCA update this week: Non Native Invasive Weeds – the ‘not so good’, the ‘really bad’ & the ‘ugly ones too’! Programme of events for Invasive Species Week Hodgson View: The Retrofit Express Next live CPD Webinar Buildings Regulations Webinar Wood Identification Amenity Sprayer Operator of the Read the full article…
I hope you will forgive the spaghetti western reference in the title (cue the haunting tones of Ennio Morricone’s theme music)? But, to kick-off Invasive Species Week 2022 (NNSS Event), I use it here to highlight the fact that there are many non-native invasive plant species but not all are Read the full article…
With news that the Government’s Energy Company Obligation (Eco 4) will release a further £4 billion into the retrofit market between 2022 and 2026, it seems that with £3,600,000 a day to spend for the next four years there is at least some assurance that an investment in skills and Read the full article…
In your weekly PCA update this week: New ‘Test Wall’ video BS 8102 at the conference Next LIVE CPD webinar BS 8102 Update course Mental Health Awareness Week Alternative Repair Strategies for Traditional Buildings Pocket book that ‘packs a punch’! New ‘Test Wall’ video We introduced you to our new Read the full article…
I’ve previously written about the return of the Structural Waterproofing conference and we are really looking forward to seeing many of you on 14th July. We are at 75% capacity already, so if you haven’t booked your place yet, then be quick – there are not many spaces left! First Read the full article…
In your weekly PCA update this week: New herbicide Regulations – A game changer? BS 8102:2022 Update course launched! Next LIVE webinar Missed the webinar? View the recording… Defects in Cavity Construction Welcome to our New Member NNSS website updates New herbicide Regulations – A game changer? Those in the Read the full article…
New Government legislation on Plant Protection Products (OCR 2020) looks fairly straightforward but we delve deep and ask “does it actually signal a big shift in the way herbicides etc., will be regulated in the future”? Herbicides are an important tool in our armoury against invasive weeds. Alongside other pesticides Read the full article…
In your weekly PCA update this week: Hodgson View: Property Flood protection Works – so why don’t we buy it? Tips for Social Media ‘Test Wall’ – Phase 1 underway… Next LIVE webinar Safe use of Biocides for Professional Users Stress Awareness Month – Show your Support Hodgson View: Property Read the full article…
Not everyone enjoys social media, many perceive it as a necessary evil. Whilst still relatively new there can be little dispute that it has fundamentally changed the world we live in. We might not all “get it”, but it is now pretty much embedded in the fabric of everyday life. Read the full article…
We have been looking closely at a number of challenges and opportunities that sit around retrofit over the last few weeks. The thing that strikes me is how two loosely related challenges have so very much in common. The Government is committed to the delivery of energy saving insulation, microgeneration Read the full article…
In your weekly PCA update this week: Hodgson View: Skills Shortage… Is ‘The Ferret Stick’ the future? Japanese knotweed online training – next dates Next LIVE webinar BSI’s Blog: BS8102 Welcome to our new member Senior Advisor Position – The Environment Agency Hodgson View: Skills Shortage… We have shared many Read the full article…
