Smart Design: home adaptations helping us live longer at home
Altro outline how smart design is helping people to live longer at home...
People today are living much longer than ever before, and as they get...
Protecting your construction site from intruders
Brian Thomson, Team Leader from security firm Protect My Property discusses the different ways that you can keep your construction site secure while you...
Construction orders fall for the first time in more than three...
For the first time in more than three years British construction orders fell amidst concerns over the vote for the EU…
New figures have revealed...
Dumper accident causes fatality in Cirencester
A construction worker has been killed after a dumper vehicle overturned at a site in Cirencester earlier this week…
A 29-year-old man has been killed...
Funding cut to make brownfield land suitable for housing
The government has cut funding to make brownfield sites appropriate for construction, it has emerged…
MPs on the environmental audit committee have warned funding aimed...
New website launched for BIM Regions
BIM Regions has revealed its new website, which aims to reach out to the industry and drive the BIM agenda…
A new website has been...
London named in the top three most expensive places to build
New figures show Zürich, New York, and London are the three most expensive places to build in the world…
Figures from the International Construction Market...
Construction leaders address EU elephant in referendum debate
The promise of new opportunities, the housing crisis, international trade and the skills shortage all came into question as panellists at the latest UK...
Scaffold training contract for North East Scotland signed
A deal between the Construction Industry Training Board and ASET International Oil & Gas Training Academy will see the first scaffolding training centre built...
North West sees significant construction activity
The North West was named the second most active area for construction projects in the first quarter of this year…
Research has revealed the North...
Talent shortages behind growth of bricklayers pay
An analysis has revealed a shortage of talent is behind an increase in bricklayers’ pay, rather than an increase in demand…
Analysis from construction and...
Smart homes gain interest but concerns remain
New research has revealed there is a growing interest in smart homes from consumers, but a number of concerns may be holding back uptake
An...
CCTV cuts construction security budgets
State-of-the-art CCTV is having a significant impact on security budgets in the construction sector…
In the past 12 months there has been a switch from...
Solving the construction skills gap with women power?
It is a fact that there is a growing construction skills gap in the UK. Randstad CPE have carried out a recent survey suggesting...
The number of new homes built in the West Midlands declines
Despite seeing a seven year high for completions nationally, the West Midlands saw the number of new homes registered fall …
Nationally, new build completions...
Fine for plant hire company following serious injury to worker
A plant hire firm has been fined after a worker fell from a basket, sustaining serious injuries…
Hugh Simpson (Contractors) Limited has been fined for...
Seven year high for housing completions
New figures have revealed the number of new homes built is at the highest levels since 2008 to 2009…
The number of new built homes...
Energy guidance for non-domestic buildings published
The Scottish government has published new guidance relating to the energy performance of non-domestic buildings…
The Scottish government has published the first batch of technical...
Thousands of apprentices to partake in major pay study
The government has announced thousands of apprentices will take part in a survey aimed at providing information on training, hours, and pay…
Research into the...
Miller Homes and Wates join forces
Miller Homes and Wates have entered into a joint venture with the aim of increasing business opportunities for both organisations…
Housebuilders Miller Homes and Wates...
BIM book aims to reduce costs by 20 per cent
The Landscape Institute has published a book focusing on the implementation of BIM in landscape
‘BIM for Landscape’ is the first book focusing on the...
The home for BIM Level 2
The new BIM Level 2 website hosts the suite of standards and outlines the processes and information management practices required to perform at this...
Sixteen firms win places on RE:FIT framework
Sixteen firms have been awarded a place on a retrofit framework worth some £1.5bn over four years…
Partners working on the new National Energy Performance...
Two new members join Build UK
Build UK has announced it has welcomed two new members, who will share and promote best practice across the industry…
Two new organisations have joined...
Mandatory requirements for BIM creates technological divide
Small construction firms are being left behind technologically following government measures to make BIM compulsory on public sector projects
Experts from Morgan Sindall Professional Services...
EFA to publish new school building framework
A new school building framework is set to be published, with some 30 places available…
The Education Funding Agency has announced plans to publish a...