Sarah Bolton and Bill Hill
NEWS IN NUMBERS
Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity Names New CEO
2m The number of homes that the UK is short of. Source: HBF’s ‘Beyond Barker’ report
A fter more than a decade of service, Lighthouse Hill, who stepped down on 31 March, has helped to grow the charity, particularly in the number of families helped and services offered. Joint Chair of Trustees Edward Naylor and Lyndsey Gallagher said: “Bill’s leadership has been instrumental in significantly growing the charity and guiding it towards its mission of providing essential support to those in need within the construction industry. His passion, commitment, and tireless efforts have left an indelible mark on our charity and the lives of those individuals we have been able to support through difficult times.” Taking on the title of Honorary Vice President, Hill will maintain his Construction Industry Charity CEO Bill Hill has retired.
involvement with the charity, focusing on growing the Lighthouse Golf Club. The charity has appointed Sarah Bolton as CEO. In the past five years she has worked with the charity to transform the services being delivered across the construction community. Bolton said: “I am extremely proud and excited to lead a charity that makes such an impact on people’s lives. As new CEO, I am responsible for the stewardship of our charity going forward and building on the significant achievements and growth during Bill’s tenure. “Achieving our vision that no construction worker or their family feels alone in a crisis comes with challenges, but those challenges bring out the best in our fantastic team and inspire us to deliver the best possible support to our diverse construction community.”
8 The number of months a company director has been jailed after failing to protect workers from exposure to asbestos at a student development project in Winchester. Source: HSE
Dogs used to detect leaking water
“However, some bursts in rural locations are more difficult to pinpoint and we are always looking for innovative ways to do the job more effectively and to continue reducing leakage. That’s where these sniffer dogs come in because their sensitive noses can detect
leaks in Ettrickbridge, East Linton, Hawick, Jedburgh and Mosstower to Hownam. Stewart Hamilton, a Scottish Water Customer Services Operations Team Manager who has been working with Cape SPC, said: “We use modern technology such as ground microphones, correlators, d hydrophones and other devices to pinpoint the exact location of underground assets and leaks. vices on of aks.
treated mains water at very low concentrations. When the dogs help pinpoint the exact locations of leaks we then come back to that point, investigate, excavate and repair the bursts. “The handlers walk the mains, following a mains app, and the dogs are very efficient and differentiate between the smells of surface water and treated water.”
Trained sniffer dogs are being used to locate leaks in pipes in rural areas of Scotland. Scottish Water has deployed springer spaniels and a labrador-cocker cross – all trained by ex-military dog handlers, to detect the smell of chlorine in treated water. The dogs, which are owned by Cape SPC, the company providing the service, located more than 20 suspected
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