In June 2020, the Prime Minister outlined a new concept to tackle Government public investment projects more efficiently. Dubbed ‘Project Speed’, his vision was simple enough; apply the principles used during the pandemic, notably the [read more…]
New research has revealed that the construction industry has the second lowest percentage of self employed women in the UK, with only 3.9% of the industry’s self employed workers being female. The research analysed government [read more…]
Today, Glenigan, the construction industry’s leading insight and intelligence experts, releases the widely anticipated Construction Industry Forecast 2021-2023. Its central predication is that construction output will return to pre-Covid levels by 2022, with underlying starts 3% above [read more…]
The construction industry continues to struggle to meet demand, with labour and materials shortages jeopardising project budgets and completion deadlines. Here, Carol Massay, head of construction at The Access Group, explains how having increased visibility [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…]
The UK construction sector was heavily impacted by the disruption caused by the Covid-19 outbreak and the tactics that were quickly adopted by the industry to keep sites open will no doubt continue post-pandemic. Here, [read more…]
Construction output fell by 2% in April in comparison to March, with reductions in both new work (2.9%) and repair & maintenance (0.6%). Latest numbers from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that the [read more…]
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