The FTSE Construction and Materials sector issued just three profit warnings between January and June 2021 – the lowest first half total in five years – according to the latest EY-Parthenon Profit Warnings Report. The [read more…]
In episode 8, which launches today (20th July) of the Constructive Voices podcast, architect, James Lee Burgess, explains what Mixed Reality is in an accessible way. James, who is a leading advocate for Mixed Reality, [read more…]
ProQuant Estimating – the UK’s leading residential estimating service – has developed and launched the UK’s first ever climate positive carbon offsetting residential estimation tool. This unique tool will now be used, at no additional [read more…]
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…]
A £7m indoor attraction based on the blockbuster ITV show I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! will open at MediaCityUK later this month following a 32-week project by principal contractor MC Construction. The [read more…]
Construction and building payment platform, ProjectPay, has launched a solution to remove risk, while simplifying and streamlining payments in the building and construction industry. Built on proprietary technology, it’s the first end-to-end secure payment solution built [read more…]
Transport issues are hitting suppliers to the construction trade, as builders’ merchants work to get supplies into their stores and deliver orders to customers. Members of national trade body the Builders Merchants Federation (BMF), have [read more…]
Building Better, the National Housing Federation-supported alliance of 29 housing associations and local authorities working together to increase the use of modern methods of construction (MMC), has appointed three manufacturers to deliver its first offsite [read more…]
Suppeco has fully launched its AI-driven collaborative relationship platform to help organisations optimise their customer-supplier engagements, to drive automation, innovation and growth. Piloted in 2020 by BAE Systems’ Applied Intelligence – and since fully licenced [read more…]
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