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.
Recent construction output figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), have shown that output fell by 3.4% in April, the biggest fall in the three-month on three-month series of figures since August 2012
The Society of Digital Engineering (SDE), a society of the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE), has announced Autodesk as the first member of its Partner Membership scheme
The UK’s housing market is broken at every level with everyone from first timer buyers, second-steppers to downsizers struggling, the latest research has revealed.
Five organisations working to deliver more Custom and Self Build housing opportunities via community-led projects will receive tailored expert advice from the Right to Build Task force
Waste management professionals are urging builders across the UK, to do more to recycle the millions of tonnes of construction waste they throw away each year.
The FIR (Fairness, Inclusion and Respect) Culture Survey 2018, carried out by the Supply Chain Sustainability School, revealed the benefits of FIR on the construction industry, while calling for construction leaders to help embed these cultural changes
Mick George Ltd discuss their involvement on the retirement development in Hadleigh, South Suffolk, as part of a prefered scheme for the brownfield site.
Kier, Homes England and Cross Keys Homes have formed a joint venture (JV) partnership that will deliver up to 5,400 new homes over the next ten years in areas of the country with the greatest need
The liquidation of Carillion will cost UK taxpayers an estimated £148m, the National Audit Office (NAO) has concluded, although it may take several years to ascertain the final cost
Wates Residential and Homes England's ground-breaking project to build 200 homes for local people in Gosport has been given the go-ahead by borough council planning bosses
After nearly 20 years of debate, the government has finally approved the controversial plan to construct a third runway at Heathrow airport, despite opposition from campaigners
Sustainable innovation in the built environment has received a lot of attention recently with many experts suggesting that, in order to be successful, sustainability must become part of the culture of a business and be embedded into business systems
Councils are to receive new powers to help them provide the homes their communities need under proposed regulations published yesterday (4 June 2018) by Housing Minister Dominic Raab MP
Latest PMI data signalled only a modest improvement in UK construction activity midway through the second quarter, with the pace of expansion matching that registered in April. Commercial activity growth accelerated to a three-month high in May; however, softer expansions in both residential and civil engineering activity were recorded
New government data has revealed that despite promising signs of an increase in brownfield development, greenfield land is still being lost to housing development at an unnecessary rate
A new way to gain planning permission has arrived today (1 June), applications for permission in principle (PIP) for small housing developments can now be made to local authorities in England
Cementaid look at some of the development sites at universities, where Caltite waterproof concrete has been utilised to waterproof and protect structures.
