Modular construction specialist Darwin Group has started on-site to deliver a brand-new education building for Greenfield School in Woking, Surrey. The large build, scaling 2,492 sq m, will be delivered using modern methods of construction [read more…]
Wates Group, the UK’s leading family-owned construction, residential development and property services business, has announced the adoption of company-wide flexible working as it looks to enhance the Group’s high standards of customer service by improving [read more…]
A team of four local apprentices have been recruited to support the £15m Hummersea Hills development in Loftus, where 128 new homes will be created. Hosted by Esh Construction via the award-winning shared apprenticeship service [read more…]
Housebuilders will be stripped of planning permission if site development does not commence within 18 months after planning is ‘green-lit’, under new government proposals. With England desperate for new houses, and close to a million [read more…]
Stephen Hemmings, head of environment and sustainability at drywall construction materials manufacturer, Siniat, outlines why the construction sector needs to look beyond simply new homes’ performance and instead, towards the circular economy in order to [read more…]
The latest Constructive Voices podcast is out now, on which acclaimed journalist and media commentator, Henry McDonald, interviews Professor Michael Parkinson CBE, Honorary Professor at the University of Liverpool and Ambassador for its Heseltine Institute [read more…]
Leading engineering services sector body, Actuate UK, has issued a warning about serious consequences for businesses, public and commercial projects as well as domestic customers in only six months if a major issue regarding product [read more…]
NBS, a leading specification and product information platform for the construction industry, has entered into a new partnership agreement with the ASFP (Association for Specialist Fire Protection), the UK’s leading association for the passive fire [read more…]
A new on-demand delivery service, SNAP IT, has been launched that enables tradespeople to order spare parts and materials at the click of a button, helping digitise an industry that still uses mainly pen and [read more…]
Research by the Office for National Statistics states that the employment rate in the construction sector for the UK fell from 2.3m in 2017 to 2.1m at the end of 2020. This demonstrates a 4% [read more…]
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