Entries by Lyn

Reviving Britain’s High Streets

Photo Credit: Lichfields High Street Auctions’ Initiative Launches to Revive Britain’s Town Centres   Today, the UK Government rolls out its highly anticipated ‘High Street Auctions’ scheme, a flagship measure of the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act 2023. This initiative grants local authorities the power to take control of long-vacant high street properties, marking a […]

JAMES HARDIE APPOINTS NEW CHANNEL SALES MANAGER

  James Hardie, a world leader in the manufacture of high-performance fibre cement and fibre gypsum building solutions, is pleased to announce the appointment of Gabriela Carp as their new Channel Sales Manager for the Midlands.  This strategic move reinforces James Hardie’s commitment to optimising channel performance, and strengthening their presence in the region.   […]

Architects: Post Grenfell Recommendations

Leading architecture firms, including Foster + Partners, have come together to endorse the Grenfell inquiry’s final report and put forward an action plan in response The Architectural Technical Leads Group (ATLG), which includes more than 330 individuals from 190 practices, said this week (25 November) that it welcomed the findings, published in September, and has […]

How Climate Change Delays Construction

Over 70 per cent of construction managers have experienced delays to their projects over the last year due to major weather events. 850 construction managers were asked about the weather conditions that pose the greatest risk on construction sites. Extreme heat, freezing temperatures, excessive rainfall and flooding, and sleet and snow were named as the […]

UK’s first training facility for modern methods of construction

New facility to create highly skilled, digitally capable workforce to help transform sector productivity Laing O’Rourke, in collaboration with Barnsley College and T3 Training & Development, opened the UK’s first dedicated modern methods of construction (MMC) training facility. The first of its kind training centre represents a groundbreaking step in addressing the UK’s construction skills […]

FMB: Rising Costs & Skills Shortages Impact SME’s

Current workloads for construction businesses have fallen to similar rates as the 2008 financial crisis, according to a survey from Federation of Master Builders (FMB). Rising costs, skills shortages, and barriers to growth are all contributing to the slowdown in productivity in the construction industry. And as we approach the end of the year, we […]

US CONSTRUCTION RACES TO BEAT TRUMP’S TARIFFS

  Trump’s proposed tariffs – up to 20% on all imports and 60% on Chinese goods – have spurred urgency among contractors. “I suspect among many contractors, there is a rush to buy critical materials and equipment before tariffs might have any impact on prices,” Anirban Basu, chief economist of the Associated Builders and Contractors, […]

Looking on the Brightside – or maybe not!

Residents of a flats development in Kent have been left bemused after a new balcony was built around a lamppost. Construction began on the four-storey block of flats in Gillingham, in 2022 and developers have recently added balconies to the homes. But workers failed to remove an in the way lamppost before building started – meaning […]

Data innovation and improved insights to deliver sustainable places

A new publication (the PlaceTech Innovation Lab Report) that demonstrates the innovative use of data to support improved place-making, has been published today (27 November 2024) by infrastructure body, the Scottish Futures Trust (SFT) in partnership with Scottish Government and infrastructure consultancy Ramboll, with support from Architecture and Design Scotland. The ‘PlaceTech Innovation Lab’ initiative […]