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The record-breaking demolition of St Helen’s tower, the tallest building to be demolished in the capital, highlights London’s missed opportunity to reuse 49,000 tonnes of demolished concrete to permanently store and remove hundreds of…

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE), in its role as the Building Safety Regulator(BSR), has appointed CROSS-UK (Collaborative Reporting for Safer Structures) as the official voluntary reporting system for structural and fire safety until…

Amid forecasts of a major boom in UK construction, Aggreko is advising construction managers to take steps to protect site productivity and worker welfare as extreme heat increasingly becomes the norm on building sites nationwide. The call…

OCS has secured a three-year soft services contract with one of London’s most iconic and reimagined landmarks, Battersea Power Station. Claire Rumsey, Managing Director of Destinations, and Tom Anderson, Business Director for Destinations,…

The post Oak Framed Complexes – Award Winning Craftsmanship appeared first on UK Construction Blog. Presenting The Classic Barn Company A well-established company recognised in the art of crafting bespoke oak-framed garage complexes,…

Jaguar Building Services has won a new mechanical and electrical contract with CBRE at The Gilbert for a three-year term. Following a significant refurbishment in 2021, The Gilbert, located in Finsbury Square, London EC2, comprises of…

Arcus FM has landed an initial three-year contract with The Midcounties Co-operative for the delivery of integrated facilities management (IFM) services across all its trading locations and offices including Co-op Food stores, Your Co-op…

Latest data from the Building Cost Information Service (BCIS) shows tender prices increased by an estimated average of 0.8 per cent between 3Q2024 and 4Q2024. The increase resulted in 2.3 per cent annual growth in the BCIS All-in Tender…

A new report from energy solutions specialist, Aggreko, has found that more than 70 per cent of UK construction managers have experienced major weather-related delays to projects in the last 12 months, underscoring the threat that extreme…

Bishop & Taylor have yet to be much impressed by the new government’s impact on the construction industry. They also discuss Britain’s second-biggest house-builder, and plant hire companies turning away from general plant. 16th…

The latest construction forecast data from the Building Cost Information Service (BCIS) shows building costs are set to increase by 15 per cent over the next five years, while tender prices will rise by 20 per cent over the same period. As…

The Pilot Version of the UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard (UK NZCBS) has launched. It is the UK’s first cross-industry Standard that brings together net zero carbon requirements for all major building types and will enable the UK Built…