John Newcomb and Peter Caplehorn, co-chairs of the Construction Leadership Council’s Product Availability working group, have released a statement regarding future product availability in the industry.
The construction industry is struggling to recover due to increasing material costs and skills shortages, says the Federation of Master Builders (FMB).
Despite escalating cost pressures and ongoing supply chain issues, the construction products manufacturing sector expanded for a fifth consecutive quarter in Q3 2021.
JCB is investing £100m to deliver super-efficient hydrogen engines, as it aims to have the first machines available for sale to customers by the end of 2022.
The UK is facing increased delays in securing bricks and blocks, as the shortage of HGV drivers and price increases continue to impact the materials crisis.
The materials shortage is halting the government’s housebuilding and construction ambitions and the sector needs help, warns the National Federation of Builders (NFB).
The Amey and Briggs £240m MITER defence contract has now gone live, which will see the duo maintain and manage construction and materials handling equipment used by British forces.
John Newcomb, CEO of the BMF and Peter Caplehorn, CEO of the CPA said the materials crisis has temporarily eased due to the holiday period and customers delaying or cancelling projects.
The roofing and cladding industry continues to be strained by skill and material shortages as well as suffering cost increases, according to the NFRC/Glenigan State of the Roofing Industry survey.
HS2 has opened a new railhead near the village of Calvert which will help the project continue to deliver construction materials by rail to its Buckinghamshire site without putting extra lorries on local roads.
Phillip Lidgerton, managing director of Building Materials Nationwide Ltd, explains why the building materials shortage presents an acute problem for construction.
Self-isolating drivers, price inflations and uncertainty regarding deliveries are all exacerbating the ongoing construction material shortages, warn industry leaders.
The launch of the CESAR Scheme, owned by the Construction Equipment Association (CEA), has had a major impact on criminality, driving down theft significantly for machinery brands that have adopted the scheme.
In a joint statement, John Newcomb, CEO of the Builders Merchants Federation and Peter Caplehorn, CEO of the Construction Products Association have warned that a shortage of lorry drivers is escalating the materials crisis.
