CITB experts are predicting an extra 168,500 new construction jobs will be created over the next five years despite the uncertainty of Brexit. The training body’s annual Construction Skills Network (CSN) report anticipates average annual industry growth of 1.3% until 2023. That is down a third of a percent on last year’s forecast and is […]
A detailed analysis of the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union, with or without a deal, has shown that it will have little or no impact on UK construction, according to Laing O’Rourke group finance director Stewart McIntyre. He has lead an analysis of Brexit implications and explained his findings in the company’s 2018 financial review. […]
The Considerate Constructors Scheme has launched its industry-wide campaign ‘Spotlight on…plastics and packaging’ to raise awareness and showcase best practice in how the construction industry can reduce, reuse and recycle plastics and packaging. Plastics and packaging are unavoidable in modern society, with the global market driven by consumerism and convenience, the demand for plastic is […]
Surging mortar sales reached a record high in 2018, indicating that house-building in Great Britain remained buoyant in 2018. However, faltering concrete sales suggest an industry in limbo, waiting for planned infrastructure projects to get going. Latest data from the Mineral Products Association (MPA) show volumes of mortar sales at their highest level since records […]
The government is banning combustible materials on new high-rise homes and giving support to local authorities to carry out emergency work to remove and replace unsafe aluminium composite material (ACM) cladding. Regulations have been laid in Parliament which will give legal effect to the combustible materials ban announced in the summer. The ban means combustible […]
Unless the government makes changes to planning regulations affecting turbines on land, offshore wind will overtake onshore wind as the least expensive source of renewable power in the UK, a leading analyst argues. Currently, onshore wind is one of the cheapest sources of renewable power. However, without changes to planning restrictions, Cornwall Insight has estimated […]
Albert Cuyp parking garage scooped the European Standard Parking Award (ESPA) Gold Award for its design, which accommodates hundreds of cars. Designed by ZJA Zwarts & Jansma Architects, the garage is unique in being the first parking garage built under an Amsterdam canal. The designers took this approach to maximise use of limited space in […]
Building.co.uk have published their thoughts on what there is to look forward to this year in construction – and they believe that there is a lot! The construction industry could be forgiven for not looking forward to 2019 with any great relish. After all, the year begins with the economy in a moribund state, housing […]
Construction News have created a list of the 10 projects worth keeping an eye on this year. 1) Crossrail and HS2 Crossrail should never have made this list given its December 2018 open date, but a nine-month delay (which may now be even longer), plus a potential £2bn overspend make it impossible to leave out. Pressures on […]
China completed a staggering 88 buildings 200 metres or higher in 2018. Research by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) found 143 buildings of 200 metres or more were erected around the world in 2018, down by four from the all-time record of 147 in 2017. The tally included 18 “supertalls” (buildings […]