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Sir David Higgins, the chairman of HS2, has provided evidence to the Lords claim suggesting that the UK’s lack of experience in building new railway lines was contributing towards the high construction costs of HS2. The project is set to cost £90 million per kilometre, compared to the £23.3 million per kilometre cost of the[…]
The CITB and CSCS have begun by conducting an industry-wide online survey into skills card fraud. The investigation follows the recent prosecution of an organised gang that dealt in fake identity documents. The survey seeks to determine how common this type of fraud is, and whether identity checking procedures meet the required standards. Cardholders are[…]
Brick production during 2014 year rose 17% compared to 2013, totalling 1.8 billion bricks – demonstrating how the brick industry has reacted to meet increased demands from house builders. The Brick Development Association – which represent 99% of the UK brick manufacturers – have estimated that output numbers will rise to 2 billion bricks in[…]
The acquisition will add around 340 employees operating in 16 countries, bringing Exova’s network of specialists worldwide to over 4,400. The move will also extend the company’s range of certification services and markets served, and expand both capacity and capabilities in building product testing. BM TRADA generates revenues in excess of £20 million. The company[…]
The Construction Trade Survey provides a timely pan-industry assessment of current and expected conditions within the construction industry. It collates data from construction companies, engineering contractors and building products suppliers to produce a detailed quarterly report on the state of the construction industry. The survey collates data from construction companies, engineering contractors and building products[…]
After weeks of uncertainty and speculation surrounding the General Election and the policies of those campaigning, we finally have a result in the form of a Conservative majority. In 2014, the Office for National Statistics reported that 4.6 million people in the UK were self-employed; that’s 15% of the workforce who work for themselves, and[…]
HFCs are commonly used as refrigerants in air conditioning, refrigeration and heat pump equipment The new F-gas Regulation (EU) No 517/2014 was introduced in early 2015, to strongly reduce emissions as a substantial contribution to the EU’s efforts of reducing climate change. The European Commission has released a new tri-fold leaflet that provides helpful information[…]
BLOG from Howard Chapman, Editor of Buildingtalk Follow Buildingtalk on Twitter and subscribe the Buildingtalk newsletter Whats new in building – read the latest Buildingtalk newsletter In order to meet the UKs housing needs, we need to deliver in excess of 250,000 new homes per annum My favourite comment after the clear Tory majority win[…]
The SEC Group found that only 25% of public sector bodies had a system in place to track the speed of payments. 38% of public sector clients have breached late payment legislation. In addition to these statistics, the group also discovered that 9 in 10 public sector clients used a cash retention system to withhold[…]
The sponsorship was unveiled during an afternoon event in Birmingham, where over 20 Fermacell customers and employees participated in a darts tournament against professionals, hosted by TV MC Paul booth. Dean Winstanley and Daryl Gurney will be sponsored by Fermacell for the next 12 months. The amateurs had to try and match the professionals’ scores[…]
