Lark fleet homes to build flood proof houses
Larkfleet homes have submitted planning to build experimental flood proof houses on stilts which would hydraulically jack up the house in flood prone areas. The building company hopes that if…
Read More
Log In
Sign Up
Construction News
Keep up to date with the latest news
Growth slowdown in construction to ease skills shortages
The construction industry is facing a slowdown in growth in the aftermath of the EU referendum vote, according to the latest data from the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB). The…
Read More
Contractors report shortages of bricklayers, carpenters and plasterers
The Construction Product Association’s latest Construction Trade Survey, published today, shows that the construction industry grew for a fourteenth consecutive quarter in Q3 but the rising cost of materials post…
Read More
Carpenter dies and steelfixer seriously injured after platform collapse
A worker died and two others were badly injured at a construction site in Putney, when a temporary platform collapsed. Southwark Crown Court heard how, on 29 October 2012, a…
Read More
Construction hits seven month high in October
With all of the talk of Brexit and possible recession the UK’s construction industry particularly housing building has shown a “solid” rise after construction activity hit a seven-month high in…
Read More
Indian national jailed after CPCS and CSCS fraud
A Luton man has been jailed for 18 months and recommended for deportation for illegally working in the UK and falsely obtaining construction skills certification cards, following a Construction Industry…
Read More
Bam contractor dies on Scottish power site
A construction worker, working for BAM Nuttall has died after sustaining injuries at an electricity substation in Moray, Scotland on Friday. Health and safety inspectors are now investigating the circumstances of the…
Read More
BAM intimidates UCATT members on V and A Dundee site
UCATT have castigated the wall of silence received from major contractor Bam over workplace intimidation, bullying and the threat of blacklisting on a major public project. UCATT officials undertaking a…
Read More
Site worker dies from carbon monoxide in mobile digs
A Nottingham based company has been fined after a worker died from carbon monoxide poisoning while using an accommodation unit. Southwark Crown Court heard that the father of three from Nottingham was carrying…
Read More
CPCS could be bought out by consortium
Rumours about the offloading of CPCS from the CITB to a privately run consortium have emerged after a review industry’s plant skills card scheme. The CITB own CPCS as a non…
Read More