A 19-year-old from the West Midlands has become one of the world’s youngest fully qualified IPAF MEWP Instructors. Lawrence Latham, managing director of Latham’s Plant Hire, Repairs and Sales, completed…
Bricklaying robots developed by a Dutch startup will be heading to sites in the UK after the firm secured $32m (£23.8m) of funding. Monumental, founded in 2021, has a fleet…
A new app has been launched to help contractors record incidents, hazards and near misses at the point they occur. The app, called Jobsafe and created by Midlands-based software firm…
The government has announced an inquiry into the death of Zane Gbangola, following a long campaign by his father, a CIOB fellow. Kye Gbangola FCIOB has been calling for a…
The government could meet a third of its ambitious housing targets by transforming historic buildings for residential use, a report by a cross-party group of MPs has found. The report,…
With 17 housing ministers in 16 years, is it any wonder there’s a housing crisis? Tent used for shelter in Ramsgate. Image: Wirestock | Dreamstime.com Britain has had enough ‘growth…
The single construction regulator will be committed to interoperable data, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has stated. In its response to industry feedback on the consultation on the single…
Construction leaders face relentless pressure to make difficult decisions and deliver results. Yet some of the most powerful lessons in leadership can come from beyond the built environment. Construction leaders…
Youth unemployment is rising, not because young people lack ambition, but because construction businesses increasingly cannot afford to employ and train them, argues Craig Bell, CEO of Bell Group. Apprentice…
In the second in a series from Mates in Mind, Sam Downie, managing director, explores what effective wellbeing support looks like in practice for construction, where businesses often fall short,…