NOCN Group, a charity specialising in skills and workforce development, is set to launch a new digital workforce competence platform. It is designed to help construction employers demonstrate workforce competence…

Prime minister Andy Burnham has announced plans to introduce new technical education pathways for 14-year-olds, promising to put vocational learning on an equal footing with academic study and create stronger…

With Gateway 3 requirements placing greater scrutiny on installation quality and project records, construction managers are under growing pressure to demonstrate that work has been completed correctly and in line…

Construction has a new minister after Scottish MP Blair McDougall replaced Chris McDonald in the reshuffle implemented by Andy Burnham. McDougall, who has been MP for East Renfrewshire since July…

New research by Don Samarasinghe MCIOB indicates that VR-based training can play an important role in preparing the construction workforce for emerging sustainable technologies Image: Dreamstime The construction industry is…

Think EDI is a ‘soft’ issue? Think again – workforce integration is now critical to delivering safe, high-quality construction, says Florence Phua FCIOB in her new academic research Image: Dreamstime…

While global construction markets face remarkably similar challenges, our latest Global Construction Market Intelligence (GCMI) findings reveal that the strategies used to overcome them are becoming increasingly divergent. Covering 112…

Kier has won a £45m education project in Lancashire which is part of a government programme shaping the future of low-carbon school design. The Wellfield Academy in Leyland is one…

We are now just over two years into the Building Safety Regulator’s (BSR) five-year plan to undertake in-depth assessments of an estimated 12,500 occupied higher-risk buildings in England. During that…