Episode 6 ft Fergus Harradence

In this episode, we interview the Deputy Director for Construction at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Fergus Harradence about the UK government’s new ‘Construction Playbook’. The is the government’s blueprint of how it intends to procure public sector construction projects going forward – from schools, to hospitals to prisons – this playbook will cover it. Find out in this podcast what this will mean for specialists and suppliers, and what to do to prepare. Also in this episode we discuss working in windy conditions and what precautions need to be taken, based on NFRC latest guidance note. We also go through the latest roofing news including the latest on the UK Roofing Awards, an leading industry figure who has received an MBE in the New Years Honours, and the continued problem of lead theft.