Covid recovery

Cautious welcome for September’s UK construction boost

Industry leaders welcome September’s PMI boost, but fears persist that construction is currently in the calm before the storm with a challenging winter ahead.

2 years 5 months ago
Scape Group opens window for £14bn frameworks

Prequalification window opens for expanded £14bn public sector frameworks.

2 years 5 months ago
Empower local authorities to build resilient post-Covid communities, says ACE

ACE calls for strategic infrastructure investments to bolster society’s economic, climate and social resilience.

2 years 5 months ago
New £3bn green upgrade of England's buildings gets underway

A £3bn plan to upgrade the nation’s buildings and help support over 100,000 green construction jobs is now underway.

2 years 5 months ago
Midlands calls for £20m to ‘revolutionise public transport’

Regional leaders call for government funding to help revolutionise public transport in greener post-Covid era.

2 years 5 months ago
Renewables and telecoms amongst the most resilient in pandemic, says new report

Foresight white paper reveals significant differences in pandemic resilience across infrastructure sub-sectors.

2 years 5 months ago
CITB launches Strategic Plan 2021-25

Supporting training and retraining to rebuild recovery and making it easier to recruit apprentices are key elements of CITB’s Strategic Plan.

2 years 6 months ago
Future leaders challenge conventional thinking

Optimism bias is a major factor in overspends and delayed project delivery, according to Leila Behzadi-Spencer.

2 years 6 months ago
Put placemaking at heart of planning policy, say MPs

Parliamentarians call for placemaking to be at the heart of the National Planning Policy Framework.

2 years 6 months ago
Turner & Townsend report growing revenues and profits

Turner & Townsend is building resilience in the face of the pandemic, with global turnover reaching £744m.

2 years 6 months ago