Construction-related subjects are amongst the first to be included in the rollout of the new qualification. At YORhub we are incorporating T Levels into our employment and skills plans, and we encourage suppliers to support students by offering work placements.

YORhub is pleased to be working in

collaboration with Leeds Beckett University School of Built Environment, Engineering & Computing to sponsor two PhD students whose research will benefit the construction industry.

This month we feature Suhaib Arogundade who is researching a protocol for carbon reduction.

Construction Innovation Hub recently launched a new tool to assist local authorities in the digital design, build and management of their buildings.

The Government Soft Landings

Interactive Navigator has been developed in collaboration with the National Association of Construction Frameworks and the Local Government Association to help implement Government Soft Landings on public sector projects.

Volunteers' Week is an annual event that recognises the contribution by people to their communities.

In keeping with our ethos of supporting communities through YOR4Good, we'd love to highlight any volunteering that our subscribers take part in - whether related to construction or not!

Let us know how you or your organisation volunteer and we'll feature a selection in a future newsletter.

Visit the YORhub website to see how some of the YORhub team volunteer and find out how to contact us with your own stories.

Riverside School in Goole, East Yorkshire, recently received a generous donation from local contractor Houlton to help improve the school's outdoor spaces.

Volunteers from Esh Construction have come to the rescue of a food bank that required work at short notice to stay open. Esh offered urgent redecoration works to ensure that Driffield and Wolds Food Bank was able to continue operating when the service relocated to new premises.