Category: News

Call for major change in approach to housebuilding

Yorkshire Housing chief executive Nick Atkin says the government needs to treat housebuilding the same way as major infrastructure...

'A turban wasn't allowed on building sites'

Jagjit Singh Rayat was part of a successful campaign in 1988 that helped to change the law, to allow Sikhs to wear turbans instead...

Falling completions pushes government building tar...

Here is further evidence that the government’s house-building targets look out of reach, builders say.

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Self help Book - Coming soon 2025

A new Self help book due out in 2025 for learners taking the NVQ Level 6 Diploma Senior Site Inspection qualification

How worried should the industry be about Vistry?

Housebuilding industry poster-child Vistry has been charting an aggressive growth course despite a tricky market over the last two...

BSR pledges less conversation, more action on appl...

The Building Safety Regulator (BSR) will take a “harder” stance on building control applications to tackle delays, one of its dire...

British Land looking at procurement options for ma...

Scheme drawn up by Danish architect 3XN set to go in for planning before Christmas

What caused the Grenfell fire to spread so quickly...

The most significant part of the renovation of Grenfell Tower was the addition of external cladding. This consisted of aluminium s...

Grenfell Tower: What happened

The fire which destroyed Grenfell Tower in June 2017 was one of the UK's worst modern disasters.

Site labour rates hit record high as cost inflatio...

Labour rates hit a new high last month, reaching £1,048 per week for self-employed tradespeople.

Management buyout at M&E specialist

Wirral based M&E contractor Kimpton has completed a management buyout.

Death of piling legend Roger Bullivant

One of the great innovators of the ground engineering sector, Roger Bullivant died last week aged 85.

Vistry chief operating officer steps down

Vistry announced this morning that chief operating officer Earl Sibley is leaving the business.

Esh to lead next phase of Riverside Sunderland reg...

Esh Construction has secured the job to deliver a major package of infrastructure improvements to advance the next phase of the Ri...