The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) has welcomed some of the measures to curb the cost of living crisis in chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini Budget today (23 September). But it warns that many are “consumer led and only for the short-term”.
The CIOB also renewed its call for a national retrofit strategy to improve the energy efficiency of UK homes.
A charity has launched a new text service that aims to help construction workers who are struggling to open up about their mental health.
Band of Builders has launched the service alongside its industry-wide Big Brew initiative, which shines a spotlight on the mental health crisis in construction.
First launched last year and returning this October, the Big Brew encourages
With reports showing that three quarters of households in the UK will be pushed into fuel poverty by January 2023, urgent action needs to
BSI has developed a new suite of building safety standards. Clare Price explains how to use them.
The new Building Safety Regulator (BSR) has been established in England to oversee the safe design, construction and occupation of higher-risk buildings (HRBs). While the establishment of the BSR in England is intended to oversee a new, more stringent regime for HRBs, it
Project risk expert and blogger Warren Beardall reviews Dave Stitt’s new book, Coach for Results: Empower your people to achieve the extraordinary.
This is a book worth a place on the desk of any construction manager (and people managers everywhere).
Dave Stitt and I connected instantly when we first spoke last year, completely unrelated to this or any other book.
The recent decision in Mallino Development Ltd v Essex Demolition Contractors Ltd provided a lesson in the retendering of construction contracts. The court ruled the contractor was entitled to damages for
