The Specialist Engineering Contractors’ Group, which includes the Scaffolding Association as a member organisation, has submitted evidence to the House of Commons business select committee’s inquiry into the impact of Covid-19 on businesses and workers. [read more…]
As work resumes on many shut-down construction sites this week, an engineering expert is urging plant hire companies and site managers to check that their onsite machinery’s health and safety certifications are up-to-date and valid. [read more…]
The way the construction industry has responded to the Coronavirus crisis shows it is capable of making the changes it must to improve building safety and quality, according to Dame Judith Hackitt. The chair of [read more…]
Sub-contractors are entering the most challenging period of the Covid-19 outbreak according to Jim Davis, Managing Director for Construction Finance at Bibby Financial Services. With cash reserves all but used up, the resumption of major [read more…]
The engineered timber industry has been founded on the principles of advancing sustainable building technology. Led by innovators such as B&K Structures, the use of timber technology in UK construction has undergone a renaissance in [read more…]
The construction industry can be transformed by adoption of the practices termed Building Information Modelling (BIM) and Lean Construction. However, research at the University of Huddersfield has led to a warning that the smaller firms that [read more…]
In some much needed good news for the construction industry, it has been announced that the number of accidents and injuries recorded by NASC members fell to an all-time low in 2019, with just 74 [read more…]
CE Safety, the health and safety training provider, has submitted a Freedom of Information request to Welsh Fire & Rescue Service to find out the number of fires reported in the construction industry caused by [read more…]
The military-style planning used to deliver emergency NHS projects during the Covid-19 crisis should be used to inspire long-term industry reform, according to the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA). Collaboration between engineers and military planners [read more…]
Industry has reacted to the announcement that new construction figures published by the ONS today show a fall in output. Clive Docwra, Managing Director of leading construction consulting and design agency McBains, said: “These figures are a worrying sign of [read more…]
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