As the UK construction industry continues to ruminate on the implications of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s announcement of a £5bn “new deal” to build homes and infrastructure, here we gauge a somewhat mixed reaction from [read more…]
Recent changes in law now allow insolvent construction companies to adjudicate in order to recover debts. Here construction industry law experts, Arbicon, provide some clarity to the situation. Construction firms have since time immemorial been [read more…]
British acoustic measurement instrumentation manufacturer, Cirrus Research, has developed a new package that will help businesses and organisations mitigate the risks of returning to work during the Covid-19 pandemic, in turn helping the country to [read more…]
Modular construction specialist Darwin Group has completed the first of three new wards, scaling 4,438 sq. m, for NHS Trusts across Britain. The first of which is at the Royal Albert Edward Infirmary in Wigan. [read more…]
In global construction, infrastructure and oil and gas industries, access to cheaper, imported building products is widespread. With some subcontractors at times unaware that the products they are installing have been designed to a lower [read more…]
Defying forecasts of a housing market slump in 2020, the latest data from Rightmove and Knight Frank show that UK house prices are holding remarkably firm since the lockdown. With asking prices for newly-listed houses [read more…]
Procore Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of construction management software, today (Monday 22nd June) released the findings of an independent survey of 250 UK construction middle managers and above. It revealed that Covid-19 has caused [read more…]
Specialist supplier AEI Cables is asking for further guidance on the application of new measures which make sprinkler systems mandatory in all new high-rise blocks over 11 metres high. The government announced an amendment to [read more…]
National framework organisation Pagabo has entered into a partnership with health technology brand Moodbeam to look after and promote the wellbeing of everyone working on projects in the built environment through the use of wearable [read more…]
As lockdown measures begin to ease and construction sites reopen, how is the industry going to manage health and safety in these most challenging of times? Catherine Hill, National Commercial Manager & Area Operations Manager [read more…]
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