Planning, Building & Construction News

Without a functioning ecosystem supporting resilient supply chains and joined-up workforce planning, industrialisation in construction will continue to struggle to scale, writes Gaynor Tennant, founder and chair of the Offsite Alliance.

Willmott Dixon have been appointed to rebuild the Bramhall High School, including a new three storey block.

Alexandra Lyons, partner, policyholder disputes at Stewarts, questions whether existing insurance arrangements will be able to cope with the pace at which the UK’s clean energy industry is being constructed.

While the headline figure for the latest ONS construction output statistics may show growth of 0.1% in July, the reality is that the industry is still treading water, writes Clive Docwra, managing director of property and construction consultancy McBains.

A memorandum of understanding between the West Midlands Combined Authority and CITB will see a new construction skills academy built.

The government has merged several programmes into Capacity to Build, designed to help councils with housebuilding and construction staff.

The government, via the Council Housebuilding Support Fund, is putting £21.8m towards in an affordable housing fund for councils.

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Professor Robert Hairstans, founding director of the Centre for Advanced Timber Technology, NMITE and head of the Centre for Offsite Construction and Innovative Structures at Edinburgh Napier University, explains why timber works as a renewable resource for sustainable housebuilding.

The journey to net zero is reshaping every aspect of construction. What was once a long-term ambition is now a commercial, regulatory and environmental necessity. Ben Towe, chair of the Light Steel Frame Association, explains why the industry must act now.

Martin Gooch of BIM4Water discusses the forum’s newly approved Roadmap, which sets out key measures to support its core mission of leading the digital transformation of the water sector through better information management.

A new heritage construction skills plan led by the NFB has been launched, seeking to guide the development of skills in the sector.

The HS2 Oxford Canal viaduct has had 'ironstone' cladding applied, in line with the traditional historical style in the area.

Construction companies that embrace AI could gain a valuable competitive edge by reducing the likelihood of project disputes, writes James F Gallagher, principal of Resolution Management Consultants.

Lisa Farmer OBE, chief executive of Royal British Veterans Enterprise, urges construction businesses to look more closely at where their supply chain spend goes and how procurement decisions can support British jobs, skills and manufacturing.

Barry Beavis, of Golden Thread Fire Delay Ltd, shares his thoughts on post-Grenfell fire safety in the industry.

Digitalisation, BIM, connected systems and increasingly sophisticated data platforms are changing how projects are conceived and managed. But are all the components within a building being brought into this digital journey? By Wayne Rose, chief executive of the British Pump Manufacturers Association.

There was a time when getting on a main contractor’s approved supplier list was critical - and once you were on it, you tended to stay there. However, Paul Houston, co-founder of Catalyst Marketing Agency, warns that AI-assisted research is now rapidly rebuilding many construction and manufacturing procurement shortlists from scratch

The Construction Industry Council (CIC) has published its response to the call for evidence on the Single Construction Regulator’s new strategy, calling for closer collaboration to improve safety across the built environment.

Dr Stuart Kings, co-author of NEC3/4 Practical Solutions and technical director at Sypro, explores what data from almost 1,000 NEC projects reveals about effective risk management.

Dr Anna Jackman and Dr Paul Cureton discuss new guidance published by the Royal Town Planning Institute that urges planners to proactively consider how they can shape a successful and socially beneficial future for the technology.