Luke Simmons of Cora looks at the Homes England grant scheme, its unintended consequences on the housing market and suggests a way it could be made to work better.
In this article, learn about SFS Group's commitment to going beyond standard offerings, providing innovative cladding support systems that elevate building performance and user experience.
The UK’s largest union, Unite, has urged a public inquiry into the collapse of Carillion, following a recent dispatches investigation which aired on Channel 4
University College London (UCL) has appointed Mace under a pre-construction agreement for Marshgate 1, the largest building in the first phase of the new UCL East campus on Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
Catalyst and A2Dominion have been announced as strategic partners among eight other housing associations to deliver 60% of new homes as affordable housing.
The housing benefit freeze has put private renting out of reach for most low-income tenants and puts thousands at risk of poverty and homelessness, says the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH)
The drop in EU net migration has sounded alarm bells for the UK construction industry, the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) has said in response to figures published
The value of new construction contracts in July reached £4.6bn, a 6.5% increase compared to June and the first month to see growth since March, according to the latest review from Barbour ABI
Family business Brewster Bros has invested £3.8m in a new recycling centre in Livingston, which has the capacity to recycle 400,000 tonnes of construction, demolition and excavation waste per year
Five of England’s leading letting agents are discriminating against tenants on housing benefit, according to a new report by Shelter and the National Housing Federation
Network Rail is seeking suppliers to provide design, technical and engineering consultancy services worth up to £650m across its Design Services Framework
Cementaid discuss their Everdure CALTITE System, membrane‐free waterproof structural concrete, and it's use in the construction of sports arenas and venues.
Recent research has revealed that one in two workers within the construction and plumbing industries are not doing anything to help their stress management.
Assent delivers building control solutions on over 30,000 projects annually; our growing network of 60+ offices means that we are always within one hour of a site anywhere in England and Wales.
In this article, we talk to Iain Thomson, CEO of Assent, and Adam Melrose, director at Clarke Banks, about some of the issues affecting the world of building control and what the industry needs to do to tackle them head-on.
