Features

How can businesses entice young people to a career in construction?


Why is construction struggling to recruit home grown talent?

Energy efficiency upgrades


More than 115,000 homes across England will benefit from energy efficiency upgrades.

How net-zero architecture is transforming the construction industry


From embodying energy-saving features within the design of the building to minimising waste, there is no shortage of environmental measures.

Breaking ground on smarter approaches to technology in construction


In this article, Shirin Arnold at Dropbox provides some tips on how businesses can better adopt technology solutions

Data reveals half of construction workers feel lonely at work


New data has revealed that half (47%) of construction workers in the UK feel lonely in the workplace.  

Patent protection granted for innovative ‘hammock-style bath’


This patent of the month is for a bath with an innovative drainage system that allows it to be suspended above the floor, like a hammock.

Arvinder Birdi – engaging the supply chain at UK Infrastructure Show


Arvinder Bird, Partner at Gardiner and Theobald LLP and keynote speaker at UKIS23.

What is Social Value and how does it help suppliers to win work with the public sector?


Guy Battle, CEO, Social Value Portal offers his unique perspective on what it takes to win new contract

Potential changes to flexible working legislation


Changes to the right to ask for flexible working is changing and businesses must change with it. But what could the consultation mean?

The Time is Now


James Fiske, CEO of the Building Cost Information Service looks at the role data has to play in reducing carbon in construction in 2023.