Government offers 300,000 new work experience placements to key sectors
Young people across the country will benefit from the creation of 300,000 new work experience placements in sectors including construction
Balfour Beatty to build new £83m Forres Academy in Moray, Scotland
Balfour Beatty will build the new 12,143 m2 Forres Academy campus, including facilities such as a 3G sports pitch and a car park.
Why is construction chasing net-zero while ignoring natural carbon stores?
Tree losses from construction are increasing, deterring the UK's net-zero goals as a natural carbon store, writes Aaron Morley of Ruskins.
Why high-level access should be planned before minor defects become major...
David Garvey, operations manager at Crown Services Organisations, discusses the impact of high-level defects in buildings and why planned maintenance can help stay ahead.
Construction firm fined after joiner left paralysed from fall
JLM Solutions Limited, a mechanical and engineering construction company based in Manchester, has been fined after a joiner suffered life-changing injuries when he fell through a skylight opening.
Building fire safety lessons from late-stage design: What goes wrong when...
Richard White from Sertus explores some of the main reasons why you should take building fire safety planning seriously in early-stage design.
How precast construction teams are reducing manual effort and improving sustainability...
Meeting new requirements calls for a rethink of how precast workflows are structured, from early design through to production and delivery.
Digital Construction Week 2026: Discover why most reporting issues don’t start...
Re-flow Field Management are exhibiting at Digital Construction Week 2026 to showcase why reporting issues don't start on site
Housing Committee says government must go further and faster on commonhold...
A HCLG Committee report recommends that the government bring forward a series of changes to legislation to ensure it effectively caps ground rents, gives homeowners control, and ends unreasonable fees.
AI catches what human building reviews miss – if it understands...
Amid growing complexity, the building review process hasn’t changed. AI can catch what human reviewers miss - but only if it understands how buildings actually go together, writes Ron Zaum of Structured AI.
Why building sustainability into developments is a developer’s greatest commercial asset
Simon Bones, founder & CEO of Genous, discusses the shift towards sustainability in developments and why developers should get ahead with this now.
Integration of Asta Vision Plus and SymTerra connects project plans with...
Eleco and SymTerra have announced a new product integration designed to close the gap between programme planning and site reality.
Hottest May day for 80 years sparks Actis reminder that certain...
With the UK experiencing its hottest day in May for more than 80 years this Bank Holiday weekend, Actis is reiterating its reminder that some insulation materials reflect heat, helping keep buildings cool, while others make homes unbearably hot.
Socials ban for under 16s could deter drive for construction careers,...
In a letter to the government, CIOB highlights how social media has become increasingly influential in shaping young people's career choices and their understanding of the range of construction careers available.
Development partnership boosts affordable homes in Yorkshire and the Humber
The Unity Community Development Consortium is empowering housing associations and community groups to build many more affordable homes in Yorkshire and the Humber.
Making the most of Digital Construction Week 2026
If you work across the built environment and want to stay up to speed with the technology, ideas and challenges shaping the industry, now’s the time to register for your free ticket to Digital Construction Week (DCW).
Why construction leaders utilise prefabricated materials for speed and sustainability
Lou Farrell, senior editor of construction and manufacturing at Revolutionized Magazine, discusses how prefabricated materials address challenges in the building process.
Partnership with GitHub: From fragmentation to platform, scaling innovation across Nemetschek
Nemetschek Group’s partnership with GitHub is reshaping how it innovates, collaborates and delivers value to customers, writes Arkadiy Golyaev.
Regulatory ‘blizzard’ adds £76,000 to average build cost of new homes
New research suggests that the cumulative impact of recent and forthcoming regulatory changes could add as much as £76,000 to the average build cost of a new home.
UKGBC launches new framework to help manage and reduce carbon emissions
UKGBC's Whole Life Carbon Framework is designed to reduce carbon emissions across a building’s lifecycle and to guide new projects towards net-zero-aligned outcomes.
Half of US data centres being built in states at high...
According to research by MS Amlin, 51% of planned US data centres are being built in in states at high risk of severe convective storms.
Tender workload increases but projects fail to reach site, report finds
According to a new report by Southern Construction Framework, tender workload has increased markedly over the last quarter, but conversion from tender to site start remains inconsistent.
Business cyber resilience starts with understanding your data
If you don’t truly know what you’ve got, you can’t protect it, writes Dave Adamson of Creative ITC.
Construction firms avoid £92.6m in lost value through GIRI training pilot
Error undermines construction productivity - but our pilot programme has shown that with the right behaviours and error reduction training, we can crack it, writes Cliff Smith, executive director of the Get It Right Initiative.
Smarter facilities with digital reality technology
See how Matrix Technologies turns data into operational insight with digital reality technology.
New home registrations down in Q1 as house builders face ‘perfect...
The National House-Building Council (NHBC) has released stats for their new home registrations in Q1 2026 and the patterns seen within.