JANUARY 2018

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Message from LEIA President crucial to engaging with children, their families and the public. We will be looking at how we can build on As I start my term as LEIA this momentum in the future. The campaign President, the industry faces a materials are available to download from the LEIA mix of challenges and website and members are encouraged to continue opportunities. the campaign through their networks. The liquidation of Carillion is Building on the success of the “Liam Loves” not good news and I hope that campaigns, we will reach out more beyond our members have not been badly members and the industry. I believe that this is an affected. It is a reminder that attractive and exciting industry and offers a range of as an industry we need to keep rewarding career opportunities at all entry points - pushing for a reform of cash from school and college leavers and, to seasoned retentions and for the use of Project Bank Accounts engineers. In particular, I look forward to seeing more (PBAs) to be extended to protect sub-contractors’ from LEIA to engage and help enthuse youngsters and cash. We need to be vigilant on negotiating and to explain the training, qualifications and careers they accepting contract terms so that we can manage risk. could have in our industry. We will be highlighting these issues at the next LEIA As ever, we live in interesting times. Best wishes for Council meeting (15 February) and the Contracts & 2018. Legal Seminar (9 May) will be essential for members. Also a reminder that the LEIA Distance Learning unit Warren Jenchner, LEIA President for Contract Management has been revised and was

launched for the January start. Distance Learning Course – units updated Three core units of our Distance Learning Course have been The “Liam Loves Escalators” childrens’ safety updated to reflect current legislation and practices: campaign has been a great success, building on the IOSH Managing Safely for LEIA achievements of the “Liam Loves Lifts” campaign in Management of a Lift/Escalator Contract – Part 1: Commercial 2016. The “Liam Loves” campaigns show our strong Management of a Lift/Escalator Contract – Part 2: Site commitment to safety. The use of social media was Our next semester starts 1 May, so don’t delay, register today!

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Industry News JANUARY 2018

New items Further advice and guidance is Following the publication of a available from: consultation document on cash Carillion retention by the Department for The Business, Energy & Industrial LEIA members at the LEIA Council Strategy (BEIS) in October 2017, meeting in October heard about PwC (the Official Receiver) LEIA has been delighted by the the under-capitalisation of UK These issues are sure to feature response from its members in Companies – most strongly at the next LEIA Council expressing their concerns with notably Carillion. It was still very meeting on 15 February and at the cash retentions. bad news that Carillion’s had gone Contracts and Legal Seminar on 9 into liquidation. Media reports May. Submissions have been made to and analysis since then have shone the BEIS consultation and the spotlight on their business experiences were shared at a model and operational practices. recent SEC Group meeting with These practices were not restricted BEIS Deputy Director for to Carillion and other companies Construction, Fergus Harradence. might be at risk. The Carillion debacle is a wake-up Members have written to their call for our industry to watch the local MPs to seek their support for financial strength of all main the Construction (Retention contractors, tier 1 sub-contractors Deposit Schemes) Bill 2018. The and large facilities management Momentum builds to reform Bill seeks to protect cash companies. While some of our Cash Retentions in retentions by requiring them to be members will emerge relatively Construction Industry placed in a retention deposit unscathed – either because they scheme. Peter Aldous MP did not tender for Carillion work LEIA has joined fellow Specialist presented this Bill under the 10 owing to their onerous terms or Engineering Contractors’ Group Minute Rule Motion in the House because they have been fortunate members in mobilising support to of Commons on 9 January. A with their projects - many may not address the practice of cash second reading date has been set be so lucky. retentions in the construction for Friday 27th April. industry. An estimated £7.8 billion LEIA continues to work with the in retentions has been unpaid in Watch Peter Aldous’ presentation Specialist Engineering Contractors’ the construction sector over the of the Bill (SEC) Group, of which LEIA is a last three years, and in the same member, to inform the period £700 million of retentions Department for Business, Energy were lost due to upstream and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) on insolvencies. This is a critical issue the impacts on the construction affecting the viability and industry supply chain. If any productivity of SMEs in the member has been affected, please construction supply chain. let us know.

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Industry News JANUARY 2018

New Board & Committee Karis has held a variety of senior 2018 Seminar Series members commercial roles within large announced corporates in both the lift and We are delighted to announce two Our Seminar Series for 2018 has new appointments to the LEIA aerospace industries. Karis been announced. The seminars are Board - Craig , Managing attended her first CLC meeting in open to members-only and feature Director of Wessex Lifts and November. experts and guest speakers who Martin Chapman, Head of Field LIFTEX 2019 in high demand deliver informative, educational Operations at KONE. Both 45% sold and insightful presentations on key appointments are effective 1 aspects of the industry. This year’s January 2018. Since its launch last autumn more seminars are: than 45% of exhibition space for LIFTEX 2019 has been snapped up. 14 March – Safety Seminar: Manage your employee safety LIFTEX is the UK’s leading event for with LEIA the lift, escalator and access industry and is going from 9 May - Contracts & Legal Seminar: strength-to-strength. The 2016 Manage your contract, protect your event was, according to exhibitor cash! Craig has been active in the feedback, the best ever in the industry for more than 15 years event’s 28 year history. and is Chairman of the LEIA 31 October – Annual Technical Seminar with a strong Personal Lift Group. Martin, who Held every three years and modernisation theme has been with KONE for 20 years, organised by LEIA, the 2016 event replaces Rob Squires also of KONE welcomed 2,614 attendees from who stepped down from the Board over 35 -countries. With over 100 Further information, including having served a three-year term. exhibitors and a world-class booking instructions, can be found speaker line-up, LIFTEX 2016 set on the LEIA website. We are also new standards for the industry. pleased to Oliver Greening, Show Director welcome Karis Walker, said: “High demand and significant Operations interest for the 2019 event [15-16 Director (2nd May], particularly from previous exhibitors, demonstrates that Brands OU BBN) at thyssenkrupp LIFTEX is once again the exhibition elevator to the Contracts & Legal of choice for the UK industry”. Committee (CLC). View the latest floor plan Exhibition space enquiries & bookings

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Are you prepared? JANUARY 2018

Are you prepared for GDPR? UK data protection law is changing. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into effect from 25 May 2018 and your business needs to be thoroughly prepared. Your data handling procedures may need to change. GDPR builds on current legislation, but provides more protections for consumers and more privacy considerations for organisations.

Further information, including practical guidance on preparing for GDPR, is available from the Information Commissioner’s Office website

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Updates JANUARY 2018

‘Liam Loves Escalators’ exceeds expectations Dates for the diary… More than 20,000 books and posters were 2 FEBRUARY: Distance Learning end test distributed to members, parents, schools, nurseries, Brownie and Rainbow groups across the UK to deliver 14 MARCH: Safety Seminar the message of safe use of escalators.

1 MAY: Distance Learning semester start Lawrence Dooley, LEIA Safety & Training Manager

said “We are absolutely delighted at the positive 9 MAY: Contracts & Legal Seminar response we’ve received to the ‘Liam Loves Escalators’ children’s safety campaign. 31 OCTOBER: Annual Technical Seminar The level of interest in ‘Liam Loves Escalators’ since the campaign launch in September has far exceeded Technical Standards under revision our expectations and the fantastic feedback we’ve received from parents about how useful they are As the last Annual Technical Seminar heard, there are finding the books and colouring posters as an many standards under revision which LEIA members educational tool has undoubtedly made the have commented on and others whose publication is campaign worthwhile. keenly awaited. The campaign has been given an extra boost thanks In our last newsletter we announced the publication to the overwhelming support LEIA have received of BS 8486-3 for testing lifts designed to BS EN 81-20. from our members, which we are extremely grateful This is being followed by BS 8486-8 (to test for”. firefighters lifts to BS EN 81-72) and BS 8486-9 (to test fire recall to BS EN 81-73). These are currently under comment (LEIA members are invited to comment) and scheduled to be published in April. Other standards which we expect to be published in the next few months are:  BS EN 81-21:2018 which, once published, will provide a solution for new lifts in existing buildings with restricted pit depths and headrooms to avoid derogation. For more details The ‘Liam Loves’ see the BEIS/ NB/ LEIA Guidance on EHSR 2.2. safety campaign  BS EN 81-28:2018 for emergency alarm systems has built a for lifts. community of  BS EN 81-70:2018 with new car sizes, new light 650 followers on reflectance values (LRVs) and updated social media. requirements for accessibility.  BS EN 81-71:2018 for vandal resistant lifts.

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