A construction company in Manchester has been prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after a joiner fell through an unprotected skylight opening. Adam Kirkpatrick had been subcontracted by…

What can you achieve in two days of concentrated digital construction? CM previews next week’s Digital Construction Week (DCW). More than 9,000 professionals are expected to attend the show at…

Clair Weston on how to make safety footwear more comfortable for those working in construction during hot weather. As temperatures rise across the UK, construction workers will feel the heat…

A round-up of the most impressive construction pictures from the past month. Image: Mainmark UK School badger sett finds a new home The dark and warm void below a classroom…

From the outside, it looked exactly like the kind of opportunity a young business should be chasing. Image: Patricia Hofmeester/Dreamstime The best business decision I’ve ever made was saying no…

Schindler has grown its fleet of R.I.S.E elevator shaft robots. With the addition of a further pair of robots, it now has seven available worldwide. Launched five years ago, Schindler…

The UK needs alignment across upskilling, education and future signposting to tackle the green skills gap and meet net-zero targets, writes Nitesh Patel. In the race to reach net zero…

Now is the time for CIOB and its members to have influence over the conversation around professionalism, says CEO Victoria Hills Image: Dreamstime Many members will be aware that in…

A selection of readers’ comments about news and issues in the industry from across the CIOB community and social media. Image: Dreamstime ‘Managing health like we manage safety’ Silvia Navarro’s…

A female-founded Bristol company that launched with an insulated partition wall grown from fungi, agricultural and industrial waste, has secured £4m in funding to scale up production. It brings the…