In an era of tightening regulation and growing concerns about climate change, Churngold Construction’s Duncan Houlden explains the key considerations for managing groundwater on construction sites Regulation of groundwater on…
Breaks in construction supply chains caused by the insolvency of a contractor can have disproportionate impacts, writes Michael Cracknell Image: Dreamstime Insolvency numbers have fallen from their peak of 4,592…
A selection of readers’ comments about news and issues in the industry from across the CIOB community and social media Image: Dreamstime In response to Nicky Roger’s article, Construction management…
With the World Cup into the knockout stage and Wimbledon getting under way, Victoria Hills reflects on the common links between construction and top-level sport London Olympic village. Image: EG…
A selection of the most impressive construction pictures from the past month Royal Institution’s retrofit Image: Royal Institution The Grade I-listed Georgian building of the Royal Institution (RI) is on…
The rugby superstar is working with a former construction manager to put public artwork at the centre of building projects. He speaks to Will Mann Maro Itoje in action for…
An HS2 joint venture of Skanska Construction UK, Costain and Strabag has been fined £400,000 after the driver of a 20-tonne tipper truck was injured when his vehicle fell off…
How well is your project performing compared with similar projects? Are the trades as productive as they could be? A new, free benchmarking service from Buildots may have the answers.…
A contractor has been fined after one of its employees was killed when he fell through an unglazed window opening. Antonio Rodrigues, 55, had been working for Lima Construction Ltd,…
Leading steel contractor William Hare has saved more than one million sheets of paper after moving all its quality, safety and operations to a single connected digital system. William Hare…