The construction industry is experiencing damaging material challenges due to worldwide shortages and rising costs of manufacture, raw materials, and shipping but energy prices may end up the nail in the coffin for many manufacturing [read more…]
Building materials supplier Southern Sheeting has launched ground screws that make light work of creating secure foundations for many construction jobs, ending the need for complex concrete slab laying. Perfect for small to medium building [read more…]
The Government’s Heat and Buildings Strategy is a welcome development in decarbonising the UK heating sector, but must be supported by further policy if net zero is to be achieved, according to polymer pipework specialist [read more…]
Midlands-based construction engineering consultancy, Howard Ward Associates (HWA), has been appointed by Ineco Energy to deliver a major solar PV project at 41 sites across Coventry. The scheme is part of a wider decarbonisation strategy [read more…]
ISG is playing a key role in securing the future for the home of British cycling as the company is set to deliver a comprehensive £21m programme of modernisation and operational performance upgrades at the [read more…]
As the government commits to ‘build back better’ there is also an urgent need to ‘build and retrofit greener’ if the UK is going to meet its carbon emission targets. The current gas crisis has brought [read more…]
Pitched roof-tile manufacturer, Russell Roof Tiles, has warned that there may be more disruption on the horizon for the building and construction sector if the UK adopts proposed changes outlined in forthcoming European legislation. Set [read more…]
The construction industry has adapted well throughout the last two years, but it’s still sometimes a problem to find new recruits. So, Kelly Friel from the construction tools expert, Zoro, has put together some top [read more…]
Insolvencies in the construction sector could rise as much as 25% in the next six months despite a rebound in orders, warns a new industry report. In its new Industry Trends: Construction report, Atradius details [read more…]
Ahead of the autumn budget on 27th October, Brendan Sharkey, Head of Construction and Real Estate at MHA, says that with the pandemic subsiding, the Chancellor should introduce more measures to get the construction industry [read more…]
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