Lloyd’s Register release second video on BIM Level 2 Accreditation
Terry Mundy from Lloyd’s Register explains more about the “Scopes of Accreditation” for their BIM Level 2 Accreditation Scheme.
CITB allocate £5m to help under-represented groups into construction
The Construction Industry Training Body (CITB) has assigned £5m to help under-represented groups into the construction industry
Hammond announces £675m future high streets fund
The government has announced the launch of a new Future High Streets Fund to invest £675m to develop and fund plans to make town centres fit for the future
Multi-Million Pound Katherine Warington School Project
Mick George Ltd will be completing enabling works on a new multi-million-pound Katherine Warington School in Harpenden
Having been appointed by the Education and Skills...
2018 Budget: Hammond abolishes private finance initiative for future projects
Chancellor Philip Hammond has called for an end to the private finance initiative for public contracts, pledging in his Autumn Budget speech to never sign another deal
Autumn Budget 2018: £420m to combat pothole epidemic
Chancellor Philip Hammond is to announce an extra £420m for local councils in England to combat the growing number of potholes
Laing O’Rourke delays filing accounts amid “turbulence” in construction
Laing O’Rourke has said it would not be able to file its annual finance report until Christmas at the earliest, citing “delays with historic turbulence in the construction sector”
Brit self-builders and renovators carry on despite Brexit uncertainty
Britain's self-builders and home renovators are remaining unfazed despite business bosses holding off on major deals due to Brexit uncertainty.
Bellway to pay up to £6m for cladding replacement on residential...
Bellway is to pay an estimated £6m for the replacement of aluminium composite (ACM) cladding on two of its residential blocks
Offsite factory to produce more than 1,000 homes a year
An offsite factory that can produce more than 1,000 homes each year has officially opened in Walsall by LoCal Homes
BAFE, BREXIT, and Grenfell: The three things the fire industry worries...
Trends within the fire industry point to uncertainty, the FIA discusses the issues of rising costs and a component shortage in the wake of recent events
Construction industry skill card fraudster jailed for three years
A man who manufactured and sold fake construction industry skill cards has been jailed for more than three years
BBA and LABC urge industry to back 100% Hackitt
100% Hackitt – an industry initiative to encourage the government to deliver all of the recommendations contained within Dame Judith's report – has been launched by Local Authority Building Control (LABC) and the British Board of Agrément (BBA)
Social housing bill set to climb to £71 billion by 2050
The Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) has warned the bill for social housing will soar to £71 billion by 2050 if urgent action is not taken.
Wretchwick Green JV receives planning approval
A revised planning application for Wretchwick Green in Bicester from Wates Developments and Redrow Homes has received approval from Cherwell District Council’s Planning Committee
Solibri Model Checker – A solution in alignment with the ever...
This is a short exploration of what is happening in the BIM community and how the continuous identification of new BIM use cases should...
World’s first bio-brick created using human urine
The world’s first bio-brick grown from human urine has been unveiled by researchers at the University of Cape Town (UCT)
New figures suggest construction apprenticeships still fail to attract women
According to new government figures, males make up 88% of starters for all new construction apprenticeships, while construction as a whole saw slight increases in apprenticeship starts over five years
TfL borrow £350m for delayed Crossrail project
Transport for London (TfL) is set to borrow £350m from the Government, as delays to the £15bn Crossrail scheme left it facing a funding shortfall
Homes to act as mini power stations in Wales
The first development of Active Homes that are able to store, generate and release solar heat and electricity, are now under construction in south Wales
Mace to speak at Mental Health in the workplace conference
Mace's Judith Grant will address the rising concerns of mental health in the construction industry at the first St John Ambulance summit.
Cladding remediation plans still unclear for 129 high-rise buildings
Only 39 of the 457 high-rise buildings around England with similar cladding systems to Grenfell Tower have been made safe, according to records compiled by the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG)
Laing O’Rourke to complete stalled Royal Liverpool hospital
Laing O’Rourke has secured the management contract to complete the Royal Liverpool Hospital project, which came to a standstill in January when Carillion collapsed
Oxford-Cambridge Arc development puts countryside at risk, says CPRE
The Government is set to accept a proposal from the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC), to build 1 million new homes between Oxford, Milton Keynes and Cambridge, a development that the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) says would result in an area of countryside greater than the size of Birmingham being lost
A new aesthetic approach to protecting pedestrians
Roger Knight, Head of New Product Development and Engineering for Landscape Protection at Marshalls plc, discusses new ways to protect pedestrians.
BAM Nuttall awarded first stage of Lowestoft bridge
BAM Nuttall has been awarded the contract for the first stage of work on the Lake Lothing Third Crossing in Lowestoft