Construction

Action Sustainability’s Operational Toolkit: Combatting Slavery in the Built Environment aims to keep modern slavery off sites and out of the construction industry supply chain

Lars Fredenlund, CEO of Cobuilder, believes data templates are key for the CE/UKCA marking transition

A groundbreaking project completed by Leeds Beckett University and Aggregate Industries UK is informing best practice around safety in the UK construction materials industry.

Construction company ProjectPay has released its Global Economic Impact Report, which has found that 98% of the construction sector is constituted by SMEs, and both these companies and tier-one contractors consider it challenging to offer projects due to many organisations collapsing.

Collaborative reporting for safer structures. Report 1322: Structural designs carried out by non engineer

The UK construction product industry is facing a new era of regulatory and standards challenges. Huw Morris outlines everything you need to know about digital product passports.

Seminar content from this year’s UK’s Concrete Show in Birmingham in March 2025 is now available to view online.

Brenda Leach-Water, CABE member and author of The Book of Mould, offers a deep dive into the causes and treatments of damp

Of UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Spring Statement in March, Michael Cook, Chief Executive Officer of Leaders Romans Group, commented that the challenge of making £15bn worth of cuts to public spending was never going deliver everything on the property industry’s wishlist, but that the £600m for construction training was very welcome.

The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in Ireland has signed the Building Control (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. No. 56 of 2025).

Property developer Nofax Enterprises has been ordered to pay £63,000 plus £25,622 in prosecution costs after the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) uncovered numerous safety failings at a construction site in London.

How can building information modelling (BIM) transform facilities management? Perhaps that is best explained through the buildings themselves, says Microsol Resources.

The Golden Thread and building passports are both ways to maintain good information about a building, so how do they differ?

What happens when you find yourself working beyond your competency? It can happen, says Denise Chevin, and the consequences can be dire.

The Climate Change Committee (CCC) has published its Seventh Carbon Budget report, which features ambitious home energy targets.

Work has started to transform a vacant brownfield site in Greater Manchester into 15 homes for young care leavers.

Actis’ Mark Cooper welcomes the changes to apprenticeships, but warns that a longer-term strategy is required to tackle the housing crisis and skills shortage.

Olivia Summers, Architectural Assistant at Gradon Architecture, discusses the importance of considering neurodivergence in built environment design.

Construction and engineering struggle to attract women to the profession – but did you know they also have trouble retaining them once they reach a certain level?

Still not convinced about the value of apprenticeships and mentoring opportunities? Meet some of those who have taken this path in the industry