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Construction orders in the UK surged 28% from a year earlier in Q2 of 2024, rising for the first time since the third quarter of 2022, and sharply rebounding from a revised 2.5% fall in the previous quarter. It also marked the sharpest growth in construction orders in two-and-a-half years, as orders recovered for all […]
The incredible story of how Nick and his wife Annie are fighting to protect their home from flooding and offers practical insights on how to self-build a flood resistant wall Drawing on their personal experiences of flooding at their Worcestershire home, Nick and Annie Lupton have today published an e-book, “The Great Wall of Pixham: […]
Adding to its well established and diverse product range, Schlüter®-Systems has developed the Schlüter®-DILEX-F movement joint system to transform the appearance of tiled floors; completely changing the landscape in terms of visual impact: replacing the discordant intrusion of conventional movement joints with a much more discrete and elegant alternative. An ideal solution for […]
A multi-billion pound subsea cable that can shift vast amounts of renewable electricity between Scotland and England has been given the go-ahead by regulators. SSEN Transmission says the energy transfer project is needed to move energy around the grid on days when the wind doesn’t blow or demand is high. The two 315-mile (507km) cables […]
Bellway said buyer confidence was improving after a drop in mortgage rates. photo: Rueters UK homebuilders boosted by rate cut and promise of planning reforms Homebuilder Bellway joined larger rivals on Friday (Aug 9) in offering an upbeat assessment of the sector’s prospects after the Bank of England cut its benchmark lending rate and […]
It is well established that addressing climate change requires decarbonising of the construction industry. A critical aspect of this is reducing embodied carbon in new structures. One emerging solution to this would be the wide scale adoption of bio-based construction materials. These materials come from biological sources (such as plants, animals and microorganisms) and have […]
The Labour party has aimed high and set itself the ambitious target of building 1.5 million homes over their five-year term. After a rocky year in the construction industry, this is exactly what we need; bold targets will jumpstart activity in the sector. But the government will need to consider every potential hurdle if it […]
Modular construction faces many challenges on the path to help solve the housing crisis, MiTek Offsite construction has been featured more frequently in the national media spotlight for its potential to help bridge the gap in the country’s housing supply shortage. It’s popularity can only grow. According to the Modular Building Institute, only 5.5% of […]
AkzoNobel Coil Coatings is pleased to announce the launch of FIDURA™, the coil coating systems designed specifically for the construction industry, and with that is the release of a new website. Inspired by life At the core of the launch is the concept “Inspired by life”. It highlights how coil coatings find their true […]
Photographed left, former army member turned carpenter, Van Midgley, and right, a recent project created from West Fraser’s CaberMDF “I found the transition from machine gun to nail gun quiet an easy one” – Van Midgley A former member of the Royal Corps of Signals, who switched to carpentry after leaving the Army, […]
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