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Environment Secretary announces work to identify additional flood protection measures in Cumbria. Work to identify additional flood protection measures for Cumbrian communities affected by extreme weather events like the record rainfall seen last weekend was announced by Environment Secretary Elizabeth Truss today. The new Cumbrian Floods Partnership group will consider what improvements to flood defences […]
Seventy-seven projects have been selected to receive £3 million coastal revival funding. Blackpool’s iconic Winter Gardens is one of 77 projects whose future is looking much brighter thanks to £3 million government funding, Communities Minister Brandon Lewis said today (11 December 2015). Mr Lewis said the coastal revival funding will help secure these key seaside […]
A powered gate company has been fined £50,000 for corporate manslaughter following the horrific death of a child who was crushed to death outside her Moss Side, Manchester home in 2010, by an unsafe automatic gate. The sentence was passed at Manchester Crown Court on Monday 7th December. Cheshire Gates and Automation Ltd had admitted […]
18 countries and over 60 organizations launch an unprecedented global alliance for buildings and construction to combat climate change. Ministers from Cameroon, Finland, France, Morocco, Senegal and Sweden, international organizations, multinational CEOs and civil society leaders launch the alliance to speed up and scale up the potential of the sector for climate action. 18 countries […]
Study shows typical BREEAM Excellent building saves in excess of 30% CO2. A new briefing paper gives an overview of sustainability standard BREEAM’s contribution to global carbon reduction in buildings. Published during global climate change conference COP21, the paper also gives details of how BREEAM has evolved since the standard was created 25 years ago […]
New construction activity has fallen back into contraction, according to figures released today by industry analysts Glenigan. The value of new projects starting on site was 4% lower than a year earlier during the three months to November. Housing, non-residential and civil engineering starts were all scarcer during the period compared to this time last […]
The section of HS2 that connects Birmingham with Crewe is now set to open six years ahead of the original schedule in 2027. This announcement follows last week’s Autumn Statement revealing that the overall cost of HS2 is now rising to over £55bn, £5bn more than the projection made two years ago of £50.1bn. In […]
Recent studies by the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) have suggested that a third of small construction firms are actually being put off from offering apprenticeships due to the bureaucracy involved. The report, entitled “Defusing the skills time bomb”, explains further. Chief Executive of the FMB, Brian Berry commented “The construction industry is in the […]
With the judges set to meet at the beginning of December to decide on what will undoubtedly be another stellar shortlist, preparations for the industry’s leading event are well underway. The ACR News Awards panel comprises several distinguished figures from across the air conditioning and refrigeration industry. After the deadline for entries (30th November), the […]
In the wake of today’s statement, the industry is currently abuzz with chatter about whether Osborne’s plans will affect the housing sectors for better or worse. Here is what some of the big names in housing are saying regarding the latest spending review. Skills shortage threatens 400,000 home target The construction skills shortage could scupper […]
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