A new Europe-wide report has found external site disruptions and inflationary pressures are causing delays to the construction of new data centres and preventing such projects from adopting greener practices. This comes from the second half of a two-part report ...

IFMA EMEA, EU.BAC and REHVA have long championed the importance of upskilling the existing building workforce and effectively training the next generation of building professionals and have now come together to launch the Pact for Skills for Sustainable Facilities. The ...

Morgan Sindall Property Services (MSPS) has launched its flagship Apprenticeship Academy, aimed at attracting and inspiring talented young people into a wide range of roles across the property maintenance and construction industry.   Developed by MSPS’ in-house social value team and ...

In its latest published accounts for the financial year (up to 31st March 2023), GRAHAM has reported a “strong performance” which has seen the national contractor and developer surpass the £1 billion turnover milestone. Following the successful delivery of major ...

The Building Cost Information Service (BCIS) has acquired price book business Griffiths & Hutchins Publications to expand its offering to the built environment industry. The takeover will boost BCIS’ efforts to support the market with construction costs and will also ...

Wates Group has been named one of the Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality 2023, and has also been recognised by Women Into Construction. Now in its 13th year with Business in the Community (BITC), The Times Top 50 ...

International consultancy and construction company, Mace, is calling on the UK construction industry and government to ramp up efforts to retrofit non-domestic buildings through a series of recommendations. The policy recommendation, included in its report ‘Transform & Renew – Making ...

The third annual Social Value in Construction Benchmarking Report, produced jointly by social value measurement and monitoring platform Social Value Portal and SCAPE, one of the UK’s leading public sector procurement authorities shows that £1.08 billion social value was generated ...

Construction firm, Skanska, has partnered with Maximus to provide mental health support for its UK employees and help improve wellbeing in the wider construction sector. Skanska, which employs more than 3,300 local experts in the UK, delivers projects across sectors ...

UK provider of essential infrastructure, social housing maintenance and construction services, United Living is to be acquired by American private equity firm, Apollo. Both firms have entered into a definitive agreement with the acquisition expected to be completed over the ...