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Apprenticeship roll-out
Drogheda College is Ireland’s first further education and training (FET) centre specialising in the delivery of the electrical apprenticeship programme.
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Demand for apprenticeships in Ireland is exceptionally high and Drogheda College Donore FET campus will deliver training for over 300 electrical apprentices annually. The €4.2m investment will also create up to 20 new permanent jobs in the region.
Drogheda College is housed in a 2,170sq m building occupying a strategic location north of Dublin with rapid access to the M1 corridor and close to local facilities in Drogheda. It will deliver eight separate electrical programmes presented by a team of experienced instructing staff.
Hevac golf at Palmerstown
Once again the recent Hevac/Tubeco annual golf outing at Palmerstown House proved a major success with the capacity attendance enjoying the course and the wonderful hospitality of their hosts.
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Barry Muphy was the compere/speaker for the occasion and his ongoing commentary kept all 80 participants in attendance well entertained.
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Overall winner was Niall Abbot, while the winning team was Copper B Press. Team Conex Compression came second and Team Conex Pushfit third.
BSRIA NetZero guide
BSRIA has just published NZG 3/2023: The Global Context for Net Zero, the third edition in the series of net zero guides published by the Net Zero Building Centre.
The first in the series, NZG 1/2022 Net Zero Carbon Buildings, provides an introduction to the topic of net zero and discusses the complex issues involved.
The second, NZG 2/2023: Indoor Environmental Quality and Net Zero, considers how the various components of indoor environmental quality impact net zero, and how they interact in a holistic design approach.