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.
GMB has urged Barking and Dagenham councillors and Labour MPs to insist that social homes target for Be First Regeneration be increased from 16% to 50% in line with labour policy to house lower paid workers.
More than 40 leading property developers and freeholders have already signed the government-backed pledge to stop leaseholders being trapped in unfair and costly deals.
The building industry produces a vast amount of construction waste. Premier Guarantee explores some of the waste in the construction industry and how it can be recycled and reused.
UKGBC has released its latest guidance document, detailing how local authorities can help ensure that new construction and property development in their area positively communities by delivering social value.
J. Murphy & Sons Limited has been awarded a contract by National Grid worth some £24m to design and build a new electricity substation in Barking, East London.
Lowest-price tendering is forcing contractors to price their work at unrealistically low levels, which is likely to have serious consequences on the construction industry, according to ICAEW.
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) revealed it has provisionally found that the UK’s three principal suppliers of rolled lead broke competition law.
Theresa May has reaffirmed the government’s commitment to delivering the whole of HS2 Phase Two, in response to a landmark letter from leaders in the Midlands and the North.
The £18.3m project was awarded through the Procure22 Framework and will see Graham design and construct the new cancer centre at Cumberland Infirmary in Carlisle for North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust.
Niall Trafford, CEO of BRE and colleagues welcomed more than a dozen senior policy-shapers, key building experts, academics, and commentators to the third in its round table discussion, focusing on poor housing and homelessness.
Three of Rochester’s bridges are set to benefit from an £8.5m makeover, as FM Conway is appointed lead contractor to the Rochester Bridges Refurbishment project.
An increase in local authority highway maintenance budgets is stemming the decline in the condition of the local road network, according to the latest ALARM survey.
