Construction boss jailed after £60k pensioner fraud
A construction boss who defrauded a pensioner of £60,000 has been jailed and banned from being a company…
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Six civils clients to switch to low carbon concrete and steel
Six big infrastructure clients have pledged to switch to lowest carbon-sourced concrete and steel on their projects. Anglian…
JCT changes: tinkering around the edges or an important refocus?
David Lukic is a planning and construction solicitor at Weightmans The construction sector operates in a very different…
Original and replacement contractor on same scheme both turn to administrators
A local authority faces the prospect of having to change its main contractor on a residential scheme for…
Applications open for net-zero framework
A new framework for the decarbonisation and retrofit of social housing and public sector buildings has opened for…
Data is the innovation gift that keeps on giving
David Glennon is group head of digital engineering at Mace Innovation in construction and consultancy is frequently linked…
Regulator forced firms to recall and improve products
The government’s product safety regulator issued multiple recall and improvement notices to two building insulation manufacturers, an official…
Water companies behind on infrastructure goals, says environment chief
Some water companies risk missing legally binding deadlines after falling behind on their infrastructure targets, the head of…
Kier wins £118m civil service Darlington hub
The Government Property Agency has signed Kier to deliver its civil service office hub at the Darlington Economic…
Workers’ lives ‘deliberately put at risk’ via asbestos exposure
FIXEDD A director has been given a suspended jail sentence after knowingly exposing workers to asbestos. Inspectors were called…