Productivity in UK construction firms is being held back by the same challenges as 12 months ago, as efforts remain slow to adopt digital technology for the jobsite. According to Digital Groundwork: Closing the Productivity [read more…]
UK construction companies are putting the future of their organisation and the safety of their staff at risk, after a new study has found that 67% of 2,000 construction firms admit that they would fail a formal ‘on [read more…]
Only half (51%) of business leaders in the construction sector have confidence in their bribery and corruption controls, 18% below the global average (69%), according to new research from the latest Global Fraud and Risk [read more…]
GMB, the union for construction workers, has issued a stark warning after PMI figures for orders in the UK construction for September showed the industry facing a ‘torrid time’. The new data for September recorded [read more…]
Two years on from what the BBC referred to as ‘one of the UK’s worst modern disasters’[1], causing 72 deaths and a widespread cultural reaction, Aidan Bell, co-founder of sustainable building materials company Envirobuild, asks: [read more…]
The Building Safety Group (BSG) has reported a 31% increase in the number of electricity breaches occurring on construction sites. BSG’s report was based on 20,000 independent site inspections that compared the first six months [read more…]
British Precast is the trade association for precast concrete manufacturers and members of the supply chain. The main aims of the federation are to promote precast concrete in the construction market; to disseminate information, through [read more…]
A record 62% of all UK excavation work is now preceded by a thorough search for underground assets, such as pipes and cables, according to Digging Up Britain 2019. The report by LSBUD (Linesearch BeforeUdig) shows [read more…]
The UK construction industry brings in billions of pounds of new work every month*. The sector relies on tool and equipment hire companies to deliver the kit needed to undertake these projects, so how can [read more…]
Simon Lloyd of Kiwa Building Products, outlines the importance of floor membranes in protecting buildings from water, sub-soil gases and harmful substances in the ground. The concrete ground floor of a building must be constructed to: [read more…]
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