When engaged from the start of a project, a structural warranty partner such as ICW becomes a strategic asset, offering the technical insight and risk management needed to streamline the development.
Antony Pollard, head of economics at Turley, discusses the debate around the changes to the Standard Method in calculating housing need, and whether those changes square with the government’s levelling-up agenda.
James Ellis, chair of the Chartered Institute of Marketing’s Construction Industry Group (CIMCIG), discusses the vital role marketers can play in helping the UK construction industry get back on its feet.
Structural warranty provider, ABC+ Warranty has reported another high level of activity in the construction industry from new builds to conversion works.
After speaking at the Westminster Briefing event on Planning Policy Reforms Under the New Government, Institute of Economic Development director Stuart Hardisty looks at where the recent and proposed reforms to the planning system will take us.
The total value of construction contract awards in September 2020 was £5.4bn based on a three-month rolling average, this is 21.2% higher than for August, according to Barbour ABI’s Economic & Construction Market Review.
MMC projects employ a set of relatively new skills in UK construction. Hemsec examines the need for greater skills in estimating for MMC, and for a range of documented evidence of the benefits, to support the delivery of these new methods and the products used.
The Environment Bill, which is currently going through parliament, will introduce a requirement for biodiversity net gain as a condition of planning permission in England. Aidan Thomson, partner at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, examines the bill’s provisions and what they could mean for developers.
Simpson Strong-Tie is set to provide the steel frame construction industry with connectors and fixings with the release of their 2021 Connectors for Light Gauge Steel catalogue.
Living Space Housing has commenced construction work at a 2.1-acre affordable housing scheme, located on brownfield land off Park Road in the Malinslee ward of Telford, Shropshire.
Covid-19 has taken its toll on construction sector productivity, but as Fieldfisher construction specialists Cecily Davis, Dan Preston and Helen Andrews explain, the industry is adapting positively to changes in working practices brought about by the pandemic.
Wates Residential has been appointed to deliver the next two phases of its 10 year ‘Cardiff Living’ partnership with Cardiff Council, tackling housing demand across the city by delivering 1,500 new homes across by 2027.
Willmott Dixon is set to continue the regeneration of Rochdale Riverside after being appointed on two developments in the town centre worth over £100m.
