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.
The Nationwide November House Price Index has revealed that UK house prices fell at the swiftest rate since June 2020, with annual growth slowing to 4.4%.
Global construction software provider, Payapps, has launched an innovative new initiative, entitled From Surviving to Thriving, to look at how construction in a post-pandemic world can thrive.
With the ongoing pressure to create 300,000 new homes a year by 2025, Nathan Priestley – CEO of Priestley Construction, explores the barriers developers face when it comes to gaining planning approval within Britain’s planning system.
Keepmoat has partnered with sustainable supply chain risk and performance management company Achilles to develop sustainable sourcing practices in the homebuilding materials supply chain.
ROCKWOOL® has launched an updated version of the ROCKWOOL Red Book – its established fully-interactive industry guide to acoustic, fire and thermal insulation, which provides digital access to technical data, product certification and a wide range of specification support materials.
The Big Issue revealed that at least 30,000 people in England have been on a social housing waiting list for over a decade. Right to Buy, demolitions, and lack of new properties by local authorities have led to a social housing crisis, explains Liberty Mallon.
Gary Neal, Skanska UK, delivered a clear set of guidelines to those working in construction to ensure that building projects achieve the necessary requirements of the Building Safety Act in his JCT Povey Lecture.
The Tidy Randalstown Environmental Group in Northern Ireland, with support from the Police Property Fund, have been delivering a sustainability project to teach young people about gardening, caring for the environment and citizenship.
Hark has secured a three-year contract to the Smarter Buildings Program, where it will enable the connectivity of buildings and assets across 3,600 NHS facilities.
ROCKWOOL has announced the launch of an updated version of the ROCKWOOL FIREPRO® Book, its go-to resource for information and guidance on all of the company’s passive fire protection solutions.
The Sands Centre redevelopment recently celebrated the completion of an expansion to the leisure centre in Carlisle, which added 40,000sqft to the existing building.
The local community has been invited to a series of HS2 Euston feedback events on the design of the new station, starting on Wednesday 30 November 2022.
