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New guide published on measuring and reporting waste across the built environment

The Supply Chain Sustainability School today launches a vital new guide, Measuring and Reporting Waste in the Built Environment: A Practical Guide, which reveals the scale of built environment waste and what the industry must do next. The UK construction ...

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Gleeds construction market report reveals industry caution

The latest Market Report from construction consultancy, Gleeds, has revealed that almost three quarters of construction professionals in the UK feel the current economic and political climate is negatively impacting contracts. Contract conditions and heightened risk profile were common factors ...

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CROSS-UK named as the official voluntary occurrence reporting system for building safety

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE), in its role as the Building Safety Regulator(BSR), has appointed CROSS-UK (Collaborative Reporting for Safer Structures) as the official voluntary reporting system for structural and fire safety until at least 2028. As part of ...

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Free programme launches to tackle net zero skills gaps across the construction supply chain

Berkeley Group, in partnership with the Supply Chain Sustainability School, has launched the Net Zero Skills in Construction Programme – a practical initiative aimed at equipping the built environment sector with the skills needed to meet the UK’s net-zero goals. ...

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Bellrock acquires Summers-Inman

Bellrock has acquired Summers-Inman Construction and Property Consultants LLP as part of an ambitious ongoing M&A programme. Summers-Inman provides cost management, quantity surveying, project management and building surveying services to the UK’s private and public sectors. With over 100 years ...

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Calls to get ahead for site cooling amid soaring temperatures and construction sector surge

Amid forecasts of a major boom in UK construction, Aggreko is advising construction managers to take steps to protect site productivity and worker welfare as extreme heat increasingly becomes the norm on building sites nationwide. The call follows the Glenigan ...

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BCIS reports tender price inflation of 0.5 per cent

The latest data from the Building Cost Information Service (BCIS) shows tender prices increased by an estimated average of 0.5 per cent between 1Q2025 and 2Q2025 The increase resulted in 2.3 per cent annual growth in the BCIS All-in Tender ...

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Construction launches Skills Mission

Senior leaders from across construction and Government Ministers will today (26 June) launch the construction sector skills mission, to ensure the sector has the workforce it needs to deliver. The Construction Skills Mission Board will meet to set a strategy ...

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Fixing the Levy

As construction faces its biggest skills shortage in decades, Nicola Hodkinson, Owner and Director of Seddon explains why reforming the Apprenticeship Levy is essential to securing the industry’s future workforce The UK construction industry continues to face a workforce crisis, ...

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Record-breaking financial performance in 2024 for Morris & Spottiswood

Multi-skilled, end-to-end services provider, Morris & Spottiswood has reported its best-ever consolidated financial results, achieving exceptional growth in turnover, profit and cash reserves during 2024, driven by strategic sector growth and diversification and operational excellence across its business portfolio. The ...

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