Engineering construction workers agree six per cent pay deal
A three year pay deal worth six percent has been agreed for engineering construction workers …
A new pay deal has been agreed for engineering...
Solar façade enables buildings to produce energy
A new innovative façade able to turn solar energy into heat will be installed next year on a Spanish building…
It sounds like the stuff...
Scaffold collapse sees three companies in court
Three companies have been sentenced after scaffolding collapsed during the construction of residential apartments…
Workers narrowly avoided injury after scaffold collapsed on a project in...
A Good Time to Re-Consider Print
Despite the fast approaching deadline, the industry is still debating whether the government’s mandate that all centrally-funded work should use building information modelling (BIM)...
Redrow launches graduate scheme recruitment drive
Major housebuilder firm Redrow Homes has launched a recruitment drive for its 2016 graduate scheme…
As the skills shortage continues to gain ground construction employees...
A smart approach to BIM data management
Document management is crucial in the building and planning sectors with organisations often working on many, varied projects simultaneously.
Neighbourhood planning powers boost housebuilding
Housing and Planning Minister Brandon Lewis said neighbourhood plans have helped housebuilding rates increase by more than 10 per cent…
Giving local communities a say...
Morgan Sindall sees performance improvement
Construction firm Morgan Sindall reported its construction and infrastructure divisions have experienced an improvement in performance…
A trading update to the City this morning has...
Insulated from reputational risk?
As the automotive emissions crisis evolves Matthew King, UK and Ireland Director of Actis muses on reputations and how his own industry can learn...
Newport construction supplier set to double turnover
A Newport supplier of construction equipment is expected to record a turnover of more than double the expected target…
Altraxx Plant Services was launched in...
Construction firms must invest in employees
As the construction sector scrambles to find one million extra employees to meet building demands, contractors have been warned to invest in their existing...
New Infrastructure Commission launched
The government has launched a new infrastructure committee, as well as granting £100bn funding to develop projects over the next five years…
New home permissions will not be given retrospectively
Permission in principle for new homes will not be given retrospectively and will only apply to site allocations in future plans…
According to an impact...
Your rights to light at a glance
Tom Kibblewhite, Director for Watts Group PLC provides an explanation of the right to light and the differences with what is termed daylight and...
Carbon centre becomes first refurb to gain BREAAM Outstanding
The Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Innovation has become the first UK refurbishment scheme to be awarded a BREEAM outstanding rating…
The Edinburgh Centre for Carbon...
BIM for FM – Progressing the case
Mike Packham, Partner of Bernard Williams Associates and BIFM member details how BIM and Soft Landings have progressed recently with guidance from bodies such...
Jewson turns around loss-making branches
Builders’ merchant Jewson has reported sales have improved at a number of loss-making branches, pushing the firm back into the black…
Coventry-based builders’ merchant Jewson...
Green building design linked to higher cognitive function
A new research project has revealed people who work in buildings that have green design in mind have significantly higher cognitive function…
A study from...
Much ado about CDM
Andrew Dixon, Policy Advisor at the Federation of Master Builders provides an easy to understand breakdown of what the new regulations mean, and the...
South East construction booming
The NHBC has reported construction businesses in the South East of England have seen a significant surge of activity in the past 12 months…
Construction...
NIA calls for government action to stop job losses
The head of the National Insulation Association is calling on the government to do more to prevent job losses in the energy efficiency sector…
Neil...
Awareness is key to accessibility issues
Some people really need to get out more. It’s good for them, it’s good for businesses and it’s essentially why we set up About...
14,000 new homes for Edinburgh over the next ten years
A £300m home building programme has been unveiled by the City of Edinburgh Council, which will see 14,000 new properties built…
Plans to build 14,000...
Security for expenses – advice and guidance for Party Wall Surveyors
James Jackson, Head of Training and Education with the Faculty of Party Wall Surveyors details the issue of security within the Party Wall etc....
GAP purchases 100 new telehandlers
In a deal worth £4.5m, GAP Hire Solutions has purchased over 100 new telehandlers…
Plant equipment rental company GAP Hire Solutions has placed an order...
3,000th Milestone award for Morgan Sindall
Contractor Morgan Sindall has been given an award in recognition of its commitment to the sector, as it registers its 3,000th site…
Construction and infrastructure...