Tom O’Brien, director, O’Brien Contractors, reflects on the construction commitments made in last week’s Autumn Budget and why these need to go further.
Jonathan Bainbridge and Nigel Hawkey, planning partners at Bidwells, discuss whether the use of digital technology will be the way forward in the planning sector during COVID-19 crisis.
Eiffage, Balfour Beatty, VINCI, Kier, Ferrovial Agroman and BAM Nuttall has received notification from High Speed 2 (HS2) to proceed with works in line with Government advice.
The Construction Leadership Council has released the third version of its Site Operating Procedures guidance to protect construction workers during COVID-19.
Vinci Construction is leading its supply chain working day and night to deliver temporary Rainbow Hospitals at Deeside Leisure Centre and Bangor University.
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.
