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Buildings and building materials are major contributors to carbon emissions. Engineered timber offers a sustainable, green option to reduce this but its use may be restricted by flawed assumptions, argues Matthew Linegar of Stora Enso.
Vistry Partnerships has secured a land purchase contract with Homes England to deliver 87 new homes using a closed panel timber frame solution in Hall Green, Birmingham.
Average earnings for freelancers fell by 2.9% last month as the impact of coronavirus started to filter through to construction sites, according to the latest figures by Hudson Contract.
Kier is to transform the conference centre at the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) into the next NHS Nightingale hospital to fight COVID-19.
The government must ‘set a good example’ when it comes to paying its construction supply chains and handing out retention payments to subcontractors during the COVID-19 crisis.
Driven by a 1.7% fall in repair and maintenance work, construction output fell by 0.2% in the three months to February 2020, according to the latest ONS figures.
Godwin Developments has signed a collaboration agreement with Lord Stafford to transform the former Stafford Rugby Club ground into a mixed-use development.
In a letter to the industry, the Construction Leadership Council (CLC) has urged construction businesses to continue to pay in accordance with agreed contractual terms.
Actis has joined calls by the Home Builders Federation (HBF) for the government to introduce further measures to help the construction industry during and after the coronavirus crisis.
The economic disorder caused by the coronavirus pandemic will mean constructions companies have to write-off £1.5bn in unpaid invoices in 2021, according to new analysis.
