Features & Insights

Peel Ports Group Calls for Smarter, More Efficient Movement of Construction Materials Ahead of October Budget

Major infrastructure projects and house building at risk from bottlenecks Peel Ports Group calls for efficient consolidation and deep-water ports for construction materials [...]

October 9, 2026

Retrofit at Scale Has an Asbestos Problem Nobody Is Budgeting For

Social housing retrofit has moved on from pilot schemes. Landlords are now working through whole estates at a time, and projects such as Onward Homes’ £9.5m upgrade of 343 [...]

October 7, 2026

How Subcontractors are Closing the Tier 1 Credibility Gap with Onetrace

Construction’s trust problem is not a perception issue—it shows up in the data. Research by NEC Contracts, part of the Institution of Civil Engineers, surveyed over [...]

October 6, 2026

Section 35: An Opportunity for Excellence

As the call for demonstrable competency continues, Nicola John, Managing Director of Fire Door Maintenance (FDM) Training and Development, discusses what this means for the [...]

October 5, 2026

How to Care for Engineered Wood Flooring in a Kitchen

Engineered wood brings a warmth and character to a kitchen that cold hard tiles simply can’t. But kitchens are brutal rooms. Steam from pots, splashes around the sink, [...]

October 1, 2026

The Drawings Were Right and the Sequence Still Went Wrong

The clash was not in the model. The steel fitted, the ducts fitted, the drawings coordinated properly and the clash detection came back clean. What nobody had looked at was [...]

October 1, 2026

The Cost of Utility Location Errors in Pipeline and Infrastructure Projects

Utility-location cost is usually discussed after a strike. That is too late—and too narrow. An omitted line, unsupported depth, wrong identity, or stale mark can trigger [...]

September 30, 2026

Deliverability, Not Aspiration, Will Define The Future Pipeline

The UK construction sector has become familiar with testing market conditions over the last decade. And despite the challenges of Brexit, Covid-19, inflationary pressures, [...]

September 30, 2026

Anglian Water’s @one Alliances Delivers Critical Water Asset Diversions Alongside the North Hykeham Relief Road in Lincolnshire

The construction of the North Hykeham Relief Road is progressing in Lincolnshire, with the new route set to provide an important connection between the A46 Lincoln roundabout [...]

September 29, 2026

Is the Secret to Healthier, Ultra-Efficient Homes Hidden in the Building Envelope?

With hotter summers, high energy costs and the Future Homes Standard (FHS) on the horizon, the way homes are designed to balance energy efficiency, resilience and occupant [...]

September 28, 2026

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