Construction News

Any builder or plumber hoping to benefit from the government’s Green Homes Grant scheme will have to be registered with TrustMark.

A new smart card identification system for road workers has been launched on 1st August 2020.

Utility companies in the capital have been asked to explore what planned investment they can bring forward to help stimulate economic revival.

Britpave, the British Cementitious Paving Association, is advocating the use of titanium dioxide to make concrete roads counteract traffic fumes.

Las Vegas-based SR Construction has become the first user of a modular walk-through station designed to combat the spread of bacteria and viruses including Covid-19.

The construction talent retention scheme, the government-backed industry jobs website that bypasses the commercial recruitment sector, has begun operations.

Data supplied by a fuel card supplier show the extent to which the construction industry is getting back to its pre-Covid normal working state.

Kent County Council and Amey are collaborating on a trial to assess the potential of using drones in road maintenance planning.

CESAR, the Construction Equipment Security & Registration Scheme, is offering a pin badge to any police officer who helps recover a stolen machine with one of its security tags on it.

Devastating though the Covid-19 lockdown has been, construction of the NHS Nightingale hospitals provided a showcase for industry expertise

The government’s Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) has been used by more people in the construction industry than any other sector.

Demand for groundworkers, a leading indicator of housebuilding activity, has passed the pre-lockdown peak, suggesting that UK construction could be on the way to a rapid V-shaped recovery.

As debate and confusion surrounding the wearing of face masks in public continues to grow, inconsistencies among construction contractors are to be expected.

The Unite trades union is heading for a falling out with the government’s Construction Leadership Council over face masks.

Construction contractors J Murphy & Sons and Willmott Dixon have joined organisations across the UK introducing free period products into the workplace for employees as part of the Hey Girls Period Dignity movement.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has unveiled a series of measures to stem the tide of redundancies caused by the economic impact of the Covid-19 virus.

Hyperloop is being heralded as the first new form of public transportation in more than a century. Lisa Russell looks at whether Covid-19 might accelerate its adoption

The construction industry’s fatal injury rate is proving stubborn to reduce.

JCB has developed what it says is the construction industry’s first ever hydrogen powered excavator.

The latest version of the Construction Leadership Council’s Site Operating Procedures – Version 5 – is now out.

The prime minister has confirmed that he is looking to the construction industry to drive UK recovery from the economic torpor induced by the Covid-19 lockdown.

High-tech ear defenders are to become standard PPE across Galliford Try’s highways division

The Construction Industry Council is reviewing its coronavirus Site Operating Procedures in the wake of the government’s decision to relax the so-called two-metre rule.

A team that includes Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC) is launching an initiative that aims to accelerate the adoption of exoskeletons in SMEs.

The Construction Industry Coronavirus Forum has produced a short animation aimed at putting workers in the picture about a safe return to work.

The construction industry is returning to work more quickly than any other sector of the economy, according to official surveys but many remain furloughed or working from home.

A US$6bn contract has been awarded for construction of a new city in Senegal that has been described as a real-life version of a futuristic country in Marvel movies.

A survey conducted by Build UK for the Construction Leadership Council at the start of June 2020 has revealed that contractors expect to lay off an average of 11.4% of their employees by September.

Three months ago it was rolls of toilet paper; now, apparently it is plaster that is the subject of panic buying.

The Health & Safety Executive has issued a warning that sub-standard Chinese face-masks are flooding the market that should not be used as PPE (personal protective equipment) in the workplace.