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The construction sector is no stranger to a challenge, but as Mark Farmer – author of last year’s “Modernise or Die” report – identified – “we are now facing a set of problems that we haven’t seen before”. However, is there a solution? Are the problems out of our control as individuals? Or is there […]
For years, tradespeople have been tarnished with the reputation for prioritising football over work. Many members of the public see them as being a bit too eager to down tools and head to the nearest big screen. However, recent research among tradespeople busts this myth. The UK’s leading online trade supplier, IronmongeryDirect, has run a […]
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New YouGov research identifies general lack of flood risk knowledge across the UK. Ten years since the devastating summer floods of 2007, which saw over 48,000 homes affected by flooding, the UK population is failing to take adequate steps to understand whether their homes are at risk of flooding, with more than half (53%) of […]
For over 1.3 million UK workers, the office is simply not ‘good enough’. A new report released by Leesman, the world’s leading assessor of workplace effectiveness, analyses how organisations can better support employees by offering an office environment that actually works. Today, Leesman launches ‘The Next 250k’, a global report based on the evaluation results […]
A city covered in one million plants and 40,000 trees will soon be built in China to help tackle the long-standing air pollution problem that plagues the country at present. Designed by Italian architect Stefano Boeri (who was also behind the ‘Vertical Forest’ tower in Milan) the entirely fabricated metropolis will contain over 40,000 trees […]
Consumers are twice as likely to be ‘very satisfied’ with the quality of their new home if it was built by a small and medium-sized (SME) house builder, according to research by the Federation of Master Builders (FMB). Key results from the FMB’s research into satisfaction rates among people who have bought a home in […]
A consortium led by civil engineering visualisation expert Soluis Group has received £1m of funding from the government to develop a so-called Augmented Worker System (AWE) for the construction industry. The project aims to replace paper or handheld devices with hands free heads-up augmented reality (AR) displays that would provide real time access to BIM […]
Construction workers operating under the Construction Industry Joint Council (CIJC) agreement are set for a boost in pay and allowances next month after a new two year pay deal worth 6.2 per cent was recently agreed. The CIJC is the largest agreement in the construction industry and principally covers workers operating in civil engineering and […]
Sparkies, chippies and painters might not be the first trades that come to mind when you think about the preservation of Britain’s historic buildings, but according new research from the UK’s leading insurer of Grade I listed buildings, Ecclesiastical they are the most important. Chippies (61%), painters (60%), roofers (58%) and plasterers (53%) were also […]
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