Lovell and Flagship join forces to meet affordable housing demand
Lovell and housing association Flagship Group have entered into a joint venture to secure land for the development of affordable homes.
The importance of a site diary for everyday construction activities
A frustrating part of a subcontractor’s job is getting paid. It can be difficult to prove a piece of work has been done, so a site diary is a must.
Making housing better in a warming world
Simon Storer looks at the thermal efficiency and positive benefits of polyisocyunurate (PIR) and PU insulation and how this essential product can help the UK’s housing stock adapt to the impacts of a changing climate.
Henry Boot acquires social housing contractor
Henry Boot Construction has acquired a majority shareholding in social housing contractor Starfish Commercial Limited.
Caledonian wins £10m modular construction project
Modular construction specialists Caledonian and ENGIE have secured a £10m order for new student accommodation at Station Approach, Hereford.
Council pauses Hereford bypass and Southern link road schemes
Herefordshire County Council has revealed it has put the Hereford bypass and Southern link road schemes on hold in order to review other options.
Grenfell Tower fire: The law of unintended consequences
Peter Vinden, chief executive of the Vinden Partnership, looks at professional indemnity insurance claims and rising premiums in the wake of the Grenfell disaster.
Hotels and the Cementaid Everdure Caltite system
Cementaid Everdure Caltite system: hydrophobic and pore-blocking ingredient (HPI) for membrane-free, truly waterproof structural concrete.
Brick manufacturers continue to increase production numbers
Brick production figures have been rising over recent years and this month’s figures, showing a modest but positive 2.2% rise for the first six months of 2019, demonstrate the result of ongoing investment in the sector.
WISH welcome National Housing Federation as corporate member
WISH the member-based network for women working across every discipline of UK housing, has welcomed the NHF as its latest corporate member.
Steel Construction Institute and third party assessment
The Steel Construction Institute has been a trusted independent source of information and expertise in the steel construction industry for 30 years.
Introducing SVK fibre cement façades
SVK fibre cement façades from Wienerberger offer a fully customisable cladding solution that allows architects and specifiers to experiment with an endless range of creative possibilities.
AIMCH: How digital and offsite construction can transform housebuilding
Advanced Industrialised Methods for the Construction of Homes (AIMCH) is a pioneering project that puts collaboration, digital working and large-scale offsite manufacturing at the heart of tackling the housing crisis. Stewart Dalgarno, director of product development at Stewart Milne Timber Systems, explains how it works.
Creagh Concrete rises to the challenge of St Andrews
St. Andrews University in Fife chose Creagh Concrete for the first stage of their £70m investment plans.
Morgan Sindall secures place on Hampshire construction framework
Morgan Sindall Construction has been awarded lots on a major construction framework for Hampshire County Council, worth a total of £200m.
Mott MacDonald to work on Environment Agency framework
Mott MacDonald has won a key place on the Client Support Framework (CSF) for the Environment Agency which will reduce the risk of flooding.
Amey’s 2020 Challenge enters next phase
The industry-wide challenge launched by Amey's Utilities business has entered its next stage, following an intensive week of assessment of entries by an expert task force.
Winvic’s first Build-to-Rent project reaches completion
Winvic Construction has reached practical completion of its first build-to-rent scheme, also the first purpose-built accommodation of this type in Leicester city centre.
Balfour Beatty save millions of plastic bags from landfill
Balfour Beatty, working in partnership with Thames Water, has saved over one million plastic bags from landfill by utilising a waste plastic asphalt on a key London cycle lane in Stratford, through the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
Transforming Construction: Driving innovation
Sam Stacey, challenge director, UKRI Transforming Construction, talks to PBC Today about why he took on the role, the key aims of the Transforming Construction Challenge and the future of precision manufacturing and offsite construction.
Kier works to secure dam at Whaley Bridge
Kier were quickly deployed to Whaley Bridge in Derbyshire to activate an emergency drawdown plan at Toddbrook Reservoir on behalf of the Canal & River Trust.
Weekly earnings continue to grow in July
Weekly earnings for freelance tradespeople in the construction sector continued to build last month, according to latest figures released by Hudson Contract.
Construction company fined following safety and welfare failings
A construction company has been fined after failing to ensure the safety and welfare of workers on-site during the renovation of a property.
Housing benefits cost government over £2 bn a year
A change of policy to shift away from housing benefits to direct provision of council housing is long overdue, it will save money in the long run too, says GMB London.
Secondary glazing installation at Stansted Airport College
“This is your captain speaking – can you hear me?" How Selectaglaze helped acoustics at the end of a runway at Stansted Airport.
ISG tops contractor league table for July
ISG has topped Barbour ABI's Top 50 contractor league table for July 2019 with nine construction contracts worth £425m.