AI boom hits residential and commercial sector demand, finds T&T report
The boom in AI has pushed data centres to the second most in-demand construction sector in the UK, new data from Turner & Townsend reveals. Data centres are behind defence…
Construction still unprepared for Building Safety Act, survey finds
Industry awareness of safety issues remains shallow, with only one in five professionals fully prepared for the Building Safety Act, a new survey has found. The survey, jointly produced by…
Balfour Beatty invests £10m in VC to gain early access to innovations
Balfour Beatty has invested £10m in a venture capital fund to gain early access to the robotics and AI innovations the fund is backing. The contractor has invested in venture…
NEETs crisis drives interest in trades, but apprenticeships barriers remain
Nearly half of young people are now considering a career in the construction and trade sectors, as rising youth unemployment and concerns over job security push more 16- to 25-year-olds…
Skills for nuclear, not just nuclear skills
The UK’s civil and defence nuclear programmes are competing for many of the same people and suppliers. Sharmila Jugessur, strategic growth director at AtkinsRéalis, says greater coordination, better use of…
Wellbeing isn’t a perk: it’s part of how we build better
Beard has secured Investors in People Gold. Neil Sherreard, deputy chairman, explains the contractor’s strategy behind the accreditation. Bespoke programmes are part of Beard’s wellbeing policies. Image: Beard Construction has…
CITB fund supports employer-led net-zero skills projects
The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) is highlighting three employer-led training programmes designed to help the construction industry develop the skills needed to support the UK’s transition to net zero.…
New Scottish housing agency needs independent oversight to work properly, says CIOB
Scotland should consider embedding an independent oversight group alongside the multi-million-pound agency More Homes Scotland (MHS) to support long-term housing delivery, according to a new paper published by the Chartered…
Building confidence through the Chartership process
How working with a CIOB Approved Training Centre helped Antonio De Falco MCIOB demonstrate his professionalism. Antonio De Falco's construction career began in New Zealand, where he left school at…
‘Tunnels in eight years’: Shetland council votes to pursue fixed links
The Shetland Islands could be the scene of a new chapter in UK subsea tunnelling after councillors there voted to pursue the idea of a fixed link, or tunnel, between…