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Construction skills shortages? Or skills opportunities?!
Daniel Leech member of the Buildoffsite Governing Forum and Group Director, Technical Design Services Group, discusses the opportunities for the construction industry, despite the on-going skills shortage
How offsite is set to revive the ailing housebuilding industry
Geoff Fawkes, director of The McAvoy Group, looks at how offsite construction is helping to address the housing crisis by increasing productivity.
Transforming Infrastructure Performance: From strategy to delivery
Alex Lubbock, head of digital construction at the Infrastructure & Projects Authority, discusses Transforming Infrastructure Performanceand the government’s plan to tackle infrastructure issues.
Willmott Dixon awarded £10m Reef Way Special School
East Sussex County Council has awarded a £10m contract to Willmott Dixon to build Reef Way Special School in Hailsham, in a move that makes this the largest project to date on the Orbis Framework
Multi-Million Pound Katherine Warington School Project
Mick George Ltd will be completing enabling works on a new multi-million-pound Katherine Warington School in Harpenden
Having been appointed by the Education and Skills...
A new aesthetic approach to protecting pedestrians
Roger Knight, Head of New Product Development and Engineering for Landscape Protection at Marshalls plc, discusses new ways to protect pedestrians.
Box Culverts installed on the Wixams Development in Bedfordshire
FP McCann discuss how precast concrete culvert box sections were the only considered option to channel the water course at the new development.
Bouygues confirmed for Cavendish III physics laboratory contract
Bouygues UK and the University of Cambridge have signed a construction contract for the university’s Cavendish III physics laboratory
Female ‘Role Model of the Year’ announced at UK Construction Week
Arleta Andreasik-Paton, an engineering project manager at Aecom picked up the prize for 'Role Model of the Year' at this year's UK Construction Week.
Kier secures £42m school and leisure development in Ponteland
Kier has been chosen by Northumberland County Council to deliver a £42m leisure and learning destination space in Ponteland.
ISG awarded £4.8m George Watson College campus masterplan
ISG has been appointed to deliver the initial phase of George Watson’s College’s ambitious multi-million-pound campus masterplan
New tech focussed ‘A level’ to attract young people into construction
ISG is launching the UK’s first A-level alternative for construction to entice more young people into the industry
Government agrees to fund Midland Metropolitan Hospital
The government has revealed it will provide funding for the completion of building work at Midland Metropolitan Hospital after work stopped following the collapse of original contractor Carillion
The value of good acoustics in housebuilding
Excessive noise is not just an irritant – it can have a real impact on our quality of life, health and wellbeing. David Garritt, a member of the Association of Noise Consultants (ANC), signposts professionals in the housebuilding sector to some of the ways acoustics can help mitigate the issue
Thoughts from the Shovel Face: Thoughts on England’s new National Planning...
Paul Nathanail discusses the National Planning Policy Framework, the issues with housing projects and how by failing to plan, you plan to fail.
Supporting the protection of the green belt in the UK
Paul Miner, head of strategic plans and devolution at the Campaign to Protect Rural England, discusses why the organisation strongly supports the green belt policy in the UK
London launches plan to become ‘world’s most walkable city’
London will become the "world's most walkable city" under a new plan unveiled by the capital's first-ever walking and cycling commissioner
The growth of garden villages across the UK
The government has backed “garden villages” as a locally-led way to deliver thousands of much-needed homes. What are they and how will they affect the housebuilding and construction sectors? Sarah Francis of Arbordeck takes a look
The construction industry 18 months on from the Farmer Review
Kim Vernau, CEO at BLP Insurance, highlights the key points raised at an interactive discussion organised for industry peers at which guest speaker Mark Farmer examined the progress the industry has made since the publication of Modernise or Die
Wates wins £161.5m deal for 633 new homes
Wates Construction has won a £161.5m contract to build 633 new homes at Wembley Park, including 347 build to rent properties and 286 affordable homes
Modern methods of construction could create £40bn export market
According to consultancy and construction firm, Mace, the UK could create a new £40bn a year global export market if it establishes the country as a leader in Modern Methods of Construction
New masterplan for Sheerwater in Surrey submitted to council for planning...
Thamesway Development Ltd have put forward plans to transform a post-war housing estate in Woking Surrey.
Bristol needs to be bold and build taller buildings to meet...
Bristol needs be bold in its vision and create denser centres, including taller buildings in the right places, to help meet its future needs, says Bristol studio of international architects BDP
Project partners promoting inclusion in construction
Ian Streets of About Access discusses inclusion in construction and how feedback from consultation around a road improvement project has resulted in a group of major construction companies working together to minimise the negative impact of their work on neighbours and disabled people.
McBAINS appoint new Director of Architecture
Leading construction consulting and design agency McBains announced that Mark Baseby has been appointed Director of its Architecture team.
Bryden Wood awarded queen’s award for enterprise
Architecture and operations consultancy, Bryden Wood, has become one of the first architects to be awarded a Queen’s Award for Enterprise, for innovation that changes the fundamentals of design and construction