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.
Poly UK has appointed Bennett Construction as the primary contractor to deliver 257 homes at Plaza Collection in Mill Hill – the first phase of £380m Millbrook Park transformation.
Lyndon Wood, CEO of constructaquote.com, explores what SMEs can do to survive current challenges and what the future will look like once coronavirus is over.
Andy Mitchell, chair of the Construction Leadership Council, has sent a letter to PM Boris Johnson putting forward a plan to sustain the industry and accelerate economic recovery.
Ian Streets, access consultant at About Access, takes a look at how the construction shutdown scenario can create the opportunity to change a working environment.
Alok Sharma, secretary of state for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), says those working in construction can ‘continue to do so’ as long as they adhere to Site Operating Procedures.
The construction sector ‘desperately needs’ the government to provide clarity to avoid industry shutdown, says the National Federation of Builders (NFB).
A temporary hospital with an initial 300 beds is to be created in the Scottish Events Campus (SEC) in Glasgow to help care for COVID-19 patients during the pandemic.
Due to the fast spread of the coronavirus, many in the construction industry are already facing unprecedented issues and foresee further problems – as a consequence, Build UK has published guidance on contractual issues.
BAM is restarting work at a number of sites across the UK, including projects critical to the national pandemic, as well as new projects to build emergency COVID-19 facilities.
Unite the union has called for ‘tougher measures’ to combat the coronavirus, as it reveals it has been 'inundated' with reports of non-essential construction work.
Following the coronavirus outbreak, Andrew Carpenter discusses key issues, the impact the virus has had on the construction sector and what we need to do as an industry to get through these unprecedented times.
Kier recently introduced a 24-hour pause across its sites to ensure it is in line with the ‘Site Operating Procedures’, as it also revealed it will cut employee salaries by between 7.5% and up to 20%.
Lisa Cattanach, chair of The Scottish Building Contracts Committee (SBCC) has urged the construction sector to forget its differences and work together to overcome the impact of coronavirus.
