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Construction start levels continued to fall in April

Glenigan, one of the construction industry’s leading insight experts, releases the...

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Housing and infrastructure drive downgrade to...

Construction output is forecast to fall from a record-high level and contract by 6.4%...

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Embrace social value or get left behind warns CIOB

Construction SMEs risk losing out in a competitive market if they don’t embrace the...

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Homes England appoints suppliers to DaRTS Framework

Homes England has awarded its new DaRTS Framework, which will deliver a broad range...

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Katy Dowding appointed President and CEO Skanska UK

Katy Dowding, who is currently a member of Skanska UK’s Executive Management Team,...

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Housing Ombudsman publishes business plan 2023-24

The Housing Ombudsman has published its business plan for 2023-24. The business...

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Aluprof Redefines Energy Efficiency with the Launch of...

By Wojciech Brożyna - MD of Aluprof UKIt is not often that a new aluminium system...

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UK manufacturing downturn continues at start of second...

The downturn in the UK manufacturing sector continued at the start of the second...

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Two-thirds of contractors unaware of correct fire...

Two-thirds (64%) of main contractors admit they aren’t aware that manufacturers...

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Universitas Indonesia win Global Student Challenge

A team of four construction students from Universitas Indonesia have won the...

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Industrial Fellowships awarded for engineering projects...

Seven talented engineering researchers have been awarded Royal Academy of Engineering...

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UK Passivhaus Certified projects map goes live

The adoption of Passivhaus throughout the UK is growing rapidly and the Passivhaus...

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Over 12m homes need energy retrofitting in next five...

The Government must commit to investing £10bn over the next five years to help...

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Yasmeen Lari to receive the 2023 Royal Gold Medal

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has announced that Pakistan’s...

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CIAT and CIOB sign renewed Memorandum of Understanding

CIAT and the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) have this week renewed their...

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