Features

Establishing Resilient Health & Safety Practice


This year, the ILO is promoting learning developed through the COVID-19 pandemic and investing in resilient health and safety systems

Self-Build revolution for housing


The Help to Build scheme is hotly anticipated to kickstart a self-build revolution.

How Women Can Save Engineering


Eliza Serna-Cochrane shares her thoughts on how UK engineering can address its gender disparity problem and how it could save the industry

Building the Commercial Case for Digital


The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust is working on an exciting project to create a new healthcare campus

Tax refunds & Construction Industry Scheme


Stephen Chapman is Senior Tax Manager at Brian Alfred here he takes a look at tax refunds and the Construction Industry Scheme (CIS)

New Guidance on Interpreting Exclusion and Limitation Clauses


The English Technology and Construction Court has provided confirmation on how clauses excluding or restricting liability

What to Consider if Your Contractor Goes Bust


As a result of the pandemic, we have seen, and advised on, numerous instances where main contractors have downed tools or closed sites.

Lessons to be Learnt from CMA Investigation


There are useful lessons to be learnt from the Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) investigation into three major suppliers

How Data is Greening UK Infrastructure


Mark Coates discusses how the use of data to achieve long-term net-zero carbon targets is helping secure better lending rates

Challenges for construction in 2021


From the introduction of the VAT reverse charge to Brexit, experts predict even more change in the construction industry this year.