Top Stories for Scotland this Month
Scottish Government announces £25m funding package to improve ventilation
Business premises in Scotland will be able to access a £25 million package to improve ventilation and reduce the risk of coronavirus transmission.
Scottish-made tidal turbine now generating power in Japan
Hailed by the Scottish government as a win for Scotland’s marine energy industry, a Scottish built tidal turbine has been installed in Japan and has clocked its first 10MWh of clean electricity generation after 10 days of operation.
Glasgow launches £30bn ‘Greenprint for Investment’
Glasgow City Council has set out a £30bn portfolio of investment projects designed to aid the city’s ambition of becoming net-zero by 2030.
Modern slavery resources recommended for you this month
With 40.3 million victims in forced labour estimated by the Global Slavery Index, and estimated 136,000 victims in the UK alone, there are now more people enslaved than there have ever been in human history. Labour exploitation is a lucrative business for organised crime and their willing participants and the built environment is no exception.
We have a wealth of resources to help you understand the principles of modern slavery and how you can use due diligence within your organisational processes to combat the risk of labour exploitation – take a look:
Modern Slavery: An Introduction This self-enrol learning pathway is designed to increase your understanding of modern slavery risks within your organisation and within your supply chain. It is the perfect place to start if you want to understand the principles of modern slavery and how you can use due diligence within your organisational processes to combat the risk of labour exploitation.
Modern Slavery Due Diligence Prevention Checklist This checklist is based on best practice in the construction sector. It outlines what organisations should have in place to combat modern slavery, as well as helping procurement specialists understand how to evaluate supply chain responses to requests for their own due diligence processes.
Concrete – Tackling Modern Slavery in the Construction Sector Modern Slavery Video illustrating the forms of modern slavery and how it can manifest in the construction industry
Recommended for Scotland – get registered for our upcoming events:
Offsite and Mass Timber Construction – Business Bytes
21 October 0930h – 1130h
This session will raise the profile of on-going work to increase the use of timber in construction and stimulate dialogue with respect to barriers to uptake as well as providing a forum to gather feedback on the Timber Technology Engineering and Design competency framework in terms of unlocking the barriers to upskilling built environment professionals in timber engineering.
Speakers include:
- Prof. Robert Hairstans – Director, Centre for Advanced Timber Technology (NMITE)
- Mila Duncheva, Centre for Offsite Construction + Innovative Structure, Edinburgh Napier University
- Nicola Jackson – Robertson Timber Engineering
- Sam Hart, Construction Scotland Innovation Centre
- Clare Vokes, Harlow Consulting
Designing and Building Resilience into Infrastructure Projects
28 October 1000h-1130h
Business Bytes A 90-minute Business Bytes session to discuss nature-based solutions in infrastructure projects, and their implications for prime contractors and supply chains.
Speakers include:
- Elana Bader, Nature Scot
- Peter Robinson, Scottish Canals + TBC Morgan Sindall (if possible)
- James Murray, MGSDP – Glasgow Council
Low Carbon Regeneration – Business Bytes
5 November 0930h – 1100h
A 90-minute Business Bytes session to discuss low carbon solutions used in major urban regeneration projects – particularly in Glasgow.
This course will be delivered virtually online. See the ‘what is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.
Speakers include
- Martin McKay – Executive Director of Regeneration, Clyde Gateway (tbc)
- Hugh Moore – Energy Network Manager, Clyde Gateway
- Donald MacBrayne, Scottish Water Horizons
- Anne-Mari Gillespie, CSIC
If you don’t measure, you can’t manage
Complete our free self assessment to get your bespoke action plan today. The benefit of assessing is that it provides a tailored action plan. This list of 10 resources tells you where you should focus your learning with direct links to top-quality materials…