Head Editor
Last seen: 9 months ago
Gerry Sharpe is the Chief Editor of UK Construct Magazine , the Magazine of the Association of Construction Quality Professionals and also the CEO of the Association of Construction Quality Professionals. Passionate about Quality and the built environment, He has over 40 Years Construction Experience.
Hexagon granted permission to appeal Pro...
Hexagon Housing Association has been granted permission to appeal to the Supreme Court in its legal dispute with contractor Provid...
Former Heathrow boss joins Mace in board...
Mace has brought in the former chief executive of Heathrow Airport as a non-executive director in a final appointment to a rejigge...
£380m North West housing framework out f...
North West housing association Torus is on the hunt for firms to help it build an ambitious target of 9,000 homes by 2029.
Roofers caught using phone lights to wor...
A roofing firm has been fined and its director handed a suspended prison sentence after putting the lives of workers at risk durin...
Gratte Bros rides out cost rises with pr...
Family-owned building services specialist Gratte Brother has ridden out industry cost pressures to deliver a small rise in profit.
National Insurance hike to delay constru...
Increases to employer’s National Insurance Contributions (NICs) next April will add an estimated 0.75%–1% to construction costs an...
Planning officers to get powers to bypas...
Planning officers will be able to bypass council committees to speed through approval of housing schemes under plans launched by d...
30 local firms land United Utilities £50...
United Utilities has confirmed 30 local construction firms based, or with operations in, the North West as winners of the region’s...
Plan unveiled for 31-storey London Fench...
Insurance giant Aviva has unveiled plans to redevelop 130 Fenchurch Street in London’s Square Mile with a 31-storey tower.
Start date for vast Balfour and Costain ...
Client NZT Power has reached financial close on the world’s first gas-fired power station with carbon capture and storage.
Persimmon and Clarion are ‘exemplars’ on...
Persimmon Homes and Clarion Housing Group have been singled out by Dame Judith Hackitt as ‘exemplar’ organisations that are showin...
Some of our door closers are missing: Th...
For those of us who know our RRFSOs from our BS7273-4s, there’s no question that fire doors save lives; that the weight associated...
Decision on Woolwich towers scheme hande...
Comer Homes’ 200-home site in Woolwich handed enforcement notice last year after breaching planning permission
Small builders key to delivering 1.5 mil...
The Federation of Master Builders (FMB) has welcomed the prime minister Keir Starmer's re-commitment to the Labour government’s 1....
Court Orders Demolition of Unauthorized ...
In a recent court case that unfolded in the Birmingham High Court, the judge has issued a groundbreaking order mandating the demol...
Call for tougher action over tool theft ...
Trades United says in the past six years more than 44,500 tool theft incidents have been reported
Deputy PM will 'unblock' south east hous...
Deputy PM Angela Rayner says potential housing sites across the South East will be freed up
PMI survey reveals two-speed industry wi...
November’s survey of construction purchasing managers reveals commercial construction activity surging ahead but house-building is...
EG announces plans to close
EG, the UK’s real estate news and intelligence service, is to close.