Dry mortar specialist CPI EuroMix is among the headline sponsors of Super Trowel – the annual contest to ...
CPI Euromix announces support for Super Trowel bricklaying contest
|CPI Euromix announces support for Super Trowel bricklaying contest
Dry mortar specialist CPI EuroMix is among the headline sponsors of Super Trowel – the annual contest to find the UK’s fastest bricklayer. Super Trowel is the ultimate bricklaying competition; a trowe ...
Keeping sites safe with Harris Brick Safety Systems
|Keeping sites safe with Harris Brick Safety Systems
Professional Builder’s Edward Kelly talks to Carl Harris, Managing Director of Harris Brick Safety System ...
Professional Builder’s Edward Kelly talks to Carl Harris, Managing Director of Harris Brick Safety Systems about his Brick Bud System that looks to improve site safety in a big way. The best produc ...
Construction industry seriously lacking female representation
|Construction industry seriously lacking female representation
Amid a national bricklaying shortage, business experts have revealed how better inclusion could help to c ...
Amid a national bricklaying shortage, business experts have revealed how better inclusion could help to close the skills gap. Research from the National House Building Council’s (NHBC) recently fou ...
The best of the brickies
|The best of the brickies
Finley Cannon attends Super Trowel 2024 to hear about the growing event, the participants, and the hopes ...
Finley Cannon attends Super Trowel 2024 to hear about the growing event, the participants, and the hopes for the future of the trade. Bricklayers from across the UK have been competing against each ot ...
BDA retires 1-star rating in “Better with Brick” Campaign
|BDA retires 1-star rating in “Better with Brick” Campaign
The Brick Development Association (BDA) has announced the removal of the 1-star rating from its Brickmake ...
The Brick Development Association (BDA) has announced the removal of the 1-star rating from its Brickmakers Quality Charter (BQC) scheme. The decision reflects a commitment to continuous improvement a ...
Princess Royal opens Cambridgeshire bricklaying Training Hub
|Princess Royal opens Cambridgeshire bricklaying Training Hub
Bricklaying, Site Supervisor and Surveying apprentices welcomed HRH The Princess Royal to officially open ...
Bricklaying, Site Supervisor and Surveying apprentices welcomed HRH The Princess Royal to officially open the National House Building Council’s (NHBC) new Apprenticeship Training Hub in Cambridge. Del ...
Britain’s fastest bricklayer praises apprentices at NHBC graduation
|Britain’s fastest bricklayer praises apprentices at NHBC graduation
Apprentices tackling national skills gap and housing shortage recognised by Britain’s fastest bricklayer ...
Apprentices tackling national skills gap and housing shortage recognised by Britain’s fastest bricklayer at NHBC apprenticeship graduation in Milton Keynes The UK’s fastest bricklayer has praised the ...
The Association of Brickwork Contractors to deliver a Brickwork Upskilling Programme
|The Association of Brickwork Contractors to deliver a Brickwork Upskilling Programme
The Association of Brickwork Contractors (The ABC) has won the tender for a three-year contract of fundin ...
The Association of Brickwork Contractors (The ABC) has won the tender for a three-year contract of funding from The CITB, the industries’ training board for the construction sector in England, Scotlan ...
ABC member Grayson helps tackle UK bricklayer shortage
|ABC member Grayson helps tackle UK bricklayer shortage
1,600 more bricklayer apprentices needed each year to reach 300,000 new homes. ABC member Grayson helps t ...
1,600 more bricklayer apprentices needed each year to reach 300,000 new homes. ABC member Grayson helps to tackle the UK's concerning shortage. As a member of the Association of Brickwork Contractors, ...
Keystone Group supports rising construction stars with sponsorship of SkillBuild
|Keystone Group supports rising construction stars with sponsorship of SkillBuild
Keystone Group has been announced as the main sponsors of SkillBuild 2023, the largest and longest-runnin ...
Keystone Group has been announced as the main sponsors of SkillBuild 2023, the largest and longest-running construction skills competition in the UK. The contest has support from four companies withi ...
A Bricklayer talks the importance of Further Education teaching
|A Bricklayer talks the importance of Further Education teaching
Bricklayer, John Ryan tells Professional Builder what he’s learned from inspiring the next generation thr ...
Bricklayer, John Ryan tells Professional Builder what he’s learned from inspiring the next generation through Further Education I’ve had many different jobs throughout my life but I’ve always had a p ...
Additions to Marshalls’ facing brick range
|Additions to Marshalls’ facing brick range
There’s now even more options in the Marshalls facing brick portfolio The recently launched Kingsvale ran ...
There’s now even more options in the Marshalls facing brick portfolio The recently launched Kingsvale range adds a traditional creased texture to a growing array of finishes in the Marshalls facing br ...
London bricklaying apprentices challenged by Forterra
|London bricklaying apprentices challenged by Forterra
Bricklaying apprentices gathered recently at Lewisham College to compete in Forterra’s third annual Londo ...
Bricklaying apprentices gathered recently at Lewisham College to compete in Forterra’s third annual London Apprenticeship Challenge. The contest saw 12 London-based apprentice bricklayers compete in t ...
New invention: Prop Pal
|New invention: Prop Pal
Professional Builder’s Lee Jones talks to a ‘Prop’ star that’s quite literally going from strength to str ...
Professional Builder’s Lee Jones talks to a ‘Prop’ star that’s quite literally going from strength to strength. Whilst it might be all smiles to the client, when it comes to propping up walls for exte ...
Introducing the Flexi Block Spot for bricklayers
|Introducing the Flexi Block Spot for bricklayers
Professional Builder meets the bricklayer behind the Flexi Block Spot. They say a leopard never changes i ...
Professional Builder meets the bricklayer behind the Flexi Block Spot. They say a leopard never changes its spots…….. but what about a bricklayer.?! That’s a question which has been troubling brickie ...
Are you the country’s best bricklayer?
|Are you the country’s best bricklayer?
Forterra has launched a new competition to find the most talented bricklayer in the UK. Best In London Br ...
Forterra has launched a new competition to find the most talented bricklayer in the UK. Best In London Brick, which has been designed and led by industry professionals, will take place on March 29th 2 ...