Plans for a post-Covid-19 revival of the UK construction sector have been published today (Monday 1st June) by the Construction Leadership Council’s Covid-19 Task Force. The Task Force, which represents the entire construction supply chain [read more…]
While many sectors more naturally aligned to remote working have adjusted to new working practices during Covid-19, the construction industry has come up against particular challenges. The very nature of the job meant that construction [read more…]
With the current pandemic, health and safety in the construction industry has never been so important. After analysing recent data from the Office of National Statistics (ONS), Yorkshire Brickwork Contractors found that construction has a [read more…]
The Commercial Park Group – a partnership between property developer John Baker and Sir Robert McAlpine – has been granted planning permission by The London Borough of Bromley for new 140,000 sq ft office buildings [read more…]
Stuart Harrow, Transportation Director of Dougall Baillie Associates, outlines the impact Covid-19 will have on transport planning and road infrastructure in the future. One of the first things which comes to the forefront of the [read more…]
ESAB Welding & Cutting Products have launched Rogue, its new series of portable and affordable MMA/Lift TIG inverters with professional arc performance and controls such as adjustable hot start and adjustable arc force. These units [read more…]
Today (Tuesday 26th May), NBS, the leading provider of connected construction information, has released its tenth annual BIM report, which looks at the status of Building Information Modelling, a digital process used in the design, [read more…]
For those who need enhanced multi-process welding capabilities and portability in harsh industrial environments, ESAB Welding & Cutting Products has introduced its Aristo® 500ix inverter-based welding power source and Robust Feed Pulse and Robust Feed [read more…]
Joe Hudson, CEO of Ibstock Plc, the UK’s largest provider of clay and concrete building materials, explains why the government’s latest lockdown announcement signals hope for the construction sector. In the Government’s most recent review [read more…]
With the UK construction sector making tentative steps back to normality, Peter Harte, VP EMEA at Kronos Incorporated, discusses how accurate labour forecasting will be critical to adopting a ‘business as usual’ approach. As the [read more…]
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