The Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 (also known as the Construction Act) has revolutionised the construction and civil engineering industries, making commercial construction contracts comply in respect of payment terms and giving the right to adjudication. It has helped to stamp out the worst practice on payment. However, other aspects of commercial construction could still be improved.
The
Published in partnership with Danish think-tank The Happiness Research Institute, Ramboll’s Happy Home report builds on the Institute’s own research which found that 15% of happiness is influenced by a person’s home environment.
The Happy Home project identified the five factors within the home and
The alliance will plan and design the 24-kilometre light rail network, half of which will run underground. The project is essential to the creation of a modern, multi-modal transport system in Auckland.
Auckland Light Rail will encourage quality growth, give people more travel choices,
For the year to end of January 2022 Muir Group made a pre-tax loss of £4.3m on turnover of £84.9m. During the previous year, when the ipact of Covid on the economy was at its height, Muir Group turnover dropped from £88m to £63m but it still made a £1m
Winvic Construction is already installing infrastructure for the PLP MK development at South Caldecotte in Milton Keynes and has now been handed the main construction contract for the first four units.
The four sheds together offer more than
Government watchdog the Office of the Ombudsman will investigate three government departments – the Labour Department, Buildings Department and the Development Bureau – to see how effectively they enforce the laws intended to protect workers.
The Ombudsman, Winnie Chiu, made the
