Vincent Matthews, head of UK marketing at SFS, discusses the benefits of working with a product manufacturer in construction to select an appropriate system solution.
Phil Caton, construction law solicitor and senior associate at Aaron and Partners, provides practical tips on what firms/sub-contractors should be looking for in existing construction contracts amid the concern for inflation.
In this article, Arbicon explains how they rescued a Palace Refurbishment Project in North London, after the main contractor went into liquidation with £2.2m of work still to complete.
A partnership between The Hill Group, Pinnacle Investments and the United Colleges Group, will together deliver over 1,800 new homes in North West London.
In Part 1 of our series covering communications in NEC contracts, John Elven, senior consultant at Arbicon, discusses the importance of maintaining good communications in accordance with the requirements of NEC contracts as a means of promoting dispute avoidance.
The Construction Industry Joint Council has issued a statement on the question of Bank Holiday pay for the Queen’s funeral, stating that the decision...
Jonathan Rolande, founder of House Buy Fast, shares his opinion that the extended Right to Buy Scheme will do 'absolutely nothing to help those affected by the housing crisis'.
The HS2 Chiltern grassland transformation project is using excavated materials from the Chiltern tunnels to create chalk grassland in the surrounding site.
The Office for National Statistics’ UK House Price Index for July 2022 has shown average house prices have increased by £39,000 more than this time last year.
The World Cement Association has announced the speakers for it’s 5th annual Global Conference in Dubai, where the theme is ‘Navigating the Climate Challenge: Reducing Carbon and Reducing Costs’
Arcadis' tender price forecast for 2022 predicts that inflationary pressures will remain throughout 2022/23, with material price increases continuing to be the main driver.
Construction projects invariably do not remain the same as originally set out. A construction agreement is usually legally finite and unless there is a very clear deed signed to discharge or alter it, the contractual rights survive.
Innovation Driven Procurement, developed by Morgan Sindall Construction and Nottingham Trent University with support from the Construction Industry Training Board, aims to develop smarter ways to deliver construction projects.
The latest ONS figures for construction output in July 2022 showed a second consecutive decrease in monthly construction output, following seven consecutive months of growth in the sector between November 2021 and May 2022.
You might think that waste is not the most important subject that you will deal with but managing it well can be an essential task. Here, Sarah Vernau, marketing manager at Flame UK shares her insight into the importance of effective construction waste management.
In this article, Duncan Williams, principal associate at Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP explains how Government plans for biodiversity net gain will impact the future of the construction industry.
Heidi Carslaw, managing director, Mactavish, explores how companies can minimize risk, understand their cover and navigate their construction business insurance policies.
Legal & General (L&G) has invested a further £200m to deliver 715 Build to Rent apartments in Cardiff, at the former Brains Brewery site in Central Quay.
Assent delivers building control solutions on over 30,000 projects annually; our growing network of 60+ offices means that we are always within one hour of a site anywhere in England and Wales.
Kate Morement, head of risk and compliance, Assent, says much progress has been made by women in construction over the last 20 years, but there is still more to be done.
