Entries by Lyn

THE ‘Right to Regenerate’

From: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government and The Rt Hon Robert Jenrick MP 16th January 2021   The public will be able to convert vacant plots of land and derelict buildings into new homes or community spaces. The public will be able to convert vacant plots of land and derelict buildings into new […]

Grenfell Tower Enquiry: Implications for mortgage lenders

Re-cladding work in progress – Stratford, London Peter Glover offers a surveyor’s view of the recent Grenfell enquiry and what it means for mortgage lenders With the news headlines dominated by Covid, lockdowns, Donald Trump and Brexit the general public may be forgiven for failing to appreciate that details of a major regulatory and corporate […]

HS2 hits out at Cheshire campaign group over quicklime claims

A CAMPAIGN group against HS2 has been attacked by the company building the project and accused of ‘scaremongering’ the public. Mid Cheshire Against HS2 is concerned about the environmental impact of the high-speed railway, which it claims ‘will likely never be carbon neutral’, and points towards the emissions that will be caused during its construction. […]

A Letter to Construction and the ONS report

ONS report overview Construction output grew by 1.9% in the month-on-month all work series in November 2020, because of a 3.5% increase in new work that more than offset the 0.6% fall in repair and maintenance; this was the seventh consecutive month of growth since the record decline (40.7%) in April 2020. The level of […]

Board Room Bans for Carillion Directors

The government has initiated legal proceedings to have eight former Carillion directors banned from holding boardroom seats. The filing comes three days before the third anniversary of the collapse of Carillion, after which time it would be too late for action to be taken. Eight former directors are named: Philip Green (chairman), Richard Howson (chief […]

BREXIT – CHECKS AND BALANCES

The Impact of Brexit on the Construction Industry – an overview On the 24 December 2020, the European Union (EU) and the United Kingdom finally agreed a post-Brexit trade agreement, the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA), which came into effect on 1 January 2021. In the years following the 2016 Brexit referendum, the construction industry […]

GLENIGAN – Top 100 Construction Projects

Top 100 construction projects to work on in 2021 Construction project-starts are forecast to increase by 17% in 2021†, so what better way for our 2021 newsletters to start than looking at the top 100 construction projects to work on in 2021. We’ve analysed our data and identified the top 100 projects (by total project […]

Industry urged to redouble site safety efforts

The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has warned against safety complacency on construction sites during the new lockdown period. It congratulated the sector on its efforts so far to keep everyone safe, but stressed the industry was now under even more intense public scrutiny and could not afford to relax. “It will just take one […]