Global cities join forces to improve energy efficiency
A number of leading cities across the world have come together to help improve the energy efficiency of buildings…
A new partnership has been developed...
Employment shortages faces the industry post-Brexit
A RICS survey has revealed a fall in employment levels and a shortage of skilled workers following the vote to leave the EU…
A new...
Brexit uncertainty leads to construction slowdown
A new survey has revealed construction workloads and the rate of employment in the sector slowed in the wake of the EU referendum…
A new...
Tata Steel fined £1.98m for safety failings
Tata Steel has been fined a whopping £1.98m for two separate incidents that saw workers injure their hands…
Steel company Tata Steel has been fined...
Gateshead construction firm fined £120k for worker injury
A construction firm based in Gateshead has been fined for safety failings that led to a worker being injured…
Meldrum Construction Services has been fined...
Shropshire Council wins 82 per cent of planning appeals
New data shows 82 per cent of planning appeals made in the past 12 months have been won by Shropshire Council…
A total of 128...
Dunne Group workers offered support following redundancies
Workers who were made redundant after the Dunne Group went into administration have been offered employment support…
Some 524 UK workers were made redundant after...
Build to Rent
Build to Rent is going mainstream. The industry is shaking off previous misconceptions about the sector and is starting to embrace it as a...
Digital archive for building preservation material launched
A new digital archive containing research material on the preservation of buildings has been launched.
The Housing and Planning Act 2016: The Facts
In the UK on the 12 May 2016, the Housing and Planning Act 2016 received Royal Assent and passed into the law of the...
Land Rover BAR first sports team to gain BREEAM
Sailing team Land Rover BAR has become the first British sports team to operate from a building with a BREEAM excellent rating…
British sailing team...
Essex school fined for disturbing asbestos
An Essex school has been ordered to pay £46,000 for exposing staff to asbestos…
A school in Chelmsford has been fined a hefty £46,000 after...
How does BIM aid sustainability?
BIM and the new dimension of sustainability that it brings are discussed here by Nick Tune, CEO of coBuilder UK
New Considerate Constructors Scheme executive chair named
Isabel Martinson has been appointed as executive chair of the Considerate Constructors Scheme…
Isabel Martinson has been named executive chair of the Considerate Constructor Scheme...
New shop planning applications fall nine per cent
In the past year the number of planning applications for new shops has fallen by nine per cent…
Figures have revealed the number of requests...
Bluebeam – Can You Supplement BIM With 3D PDFs?
Adrian Slatter, Sales and Marketing Director, Design Software Solutions explains how BIM and virtual design is revolutionising the construction industry
For many project teams, virtual...
Esh works to cut carbon output in construction
The Esh Group is leading a project aimed at cutting the amount of carbon used in the construction industry…
A new scheme which aims to...
Balfour Beatty warns major infrastructure projects under threat
Construction firm Balfour Beatty has warned major infrastructure projects could face significant challenges in the wake of the vote to leave the EU
A new...
Average planning decision times fall 17 per cent
The amount of time it takes for a planning decision in Scotland to be given on a major development has declined by 17 per...
First Scottish firm receives BIM Level 2 certification
McLaughlin & Harvey has become the first construction firm in Scotland to gain BIM Level 2 certification from BRE
A Scottish firm has become the...
BIM or GIS? It’s BIM + GIS that’s an enabler for...
We are regularly caught in the discussion about whether a project should be BIM or GIS and I have to admit, I remain confused...
Manslaughter sentence for site manager
A building site manager has been convicted of manslaughter after a construction worker was killed in 2015…
Faruk Patel, a building site manager, has been...
Hundreds of construction jobs lost as Dunne Group folds
Scottish firm Dunne Group stopped work earlier this week, leading to the loss of hundreds of jobs…
A total of 524 jobs have been lost...
Green Deal badly designed says House of Commons report
A report from the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee has drawn attention to a number of failures with the design and implementation of...
Ten per cent pay rise for electricians
Electricians are set to see more than a 10 per cent increase due to a four-year wage deal…
A four-year deal has been agreed between...
Nine out of 10 new homes in Salford built on brownfield
A new report has revealed nine out of 10 new homes in Salford have been built on brownfield land…
According to a new residential development...