Construction News

New Playbook Launched for Construction


New plans on how the UK Government will work with the construction industry to ensure public sector works have been revealed.

Health Infrastructure Plan Brings Opportunites


The Health Infrastructure Plan is now under way and provides the construction industry with six confirmed major hospital project opportunities

Extension Planned for Mental Health Unit


The North East of England’s mental heath provision is set for a boost after contracts to deliver an extension to the Sunniside Unit

Rethinking the Urban Jungle via Biophilic Design


Rory Doak of Stora Enso considers the positive impacts that introducing biophilic design in this latest feature

New Video-Enabled Protection Launches


SureCam and Peoplesafe have joined forces to create and develop the construction industry’s first lone worker service

Council to Create Hundreds of New Jobs


Portsmouth City Council has started on new construction work which will create hundreds of new local engineering and manufacturing jobs.

Construction Growth Continues


The latest ONS statistics have been released for UK construction output, and show growth for the month of October

IR35 Education Drive Urgently Needed


More than 70% of medium to large businesses in the UK construction industry are still not fully prepared for the IR35 legislation changes

Third Innovate Funded Project Starts for Winvic


Winvic Construction has secured another round of Innovate UK funding as part of a cross-sector multidisciplinary research group.

Turner & Townsend Appointed Cost Manager


Turner & Townsend has been appointed by the Government of Jersey to deliver the cost managements services for Our Hospital Project