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The flow of onsite work grew during the three months to May and a strengthening pipeline points to further growth

Mark Fletcher is a partner at law firm Russell-Cooke The built environment contains many structures built with slavery and other forms of abhorrent conduct. This has become a topical issue, both for our inherited statues and buildings and the construction projects being undertaken today. The existence of the Modern Slavery…

Graham Harle is the chief executive officer of Gleeds Worldwide. The greatest long-term challenge to those working in construction is not the current materials shortage, the paucity of available skilled labour, or even cash flow. These are important inhibitors to growth, especially as we come out of the pandemic, but…

Andy Barratt is UK managing director of cyber-security consultancy Coalfire A group of major contractors recently began cooperating to draw up digital security guidelines for the industry, specifically to guard against cyber-attacks directed against joint ventures. The new Chief Information Security Officer Forum will meet regularly to establish how to…

Shona Frame and Adrian Bell are partners, and Amy Roberts is an associate, all at law firm CMS Last month, the Joint Contracts Tribunal (JCT) released its Dispute Adjudication Board Documentation 2021 (DAB 2021). The guidance includes a model tripartite agreement to bind client, contractor and adjudicators, and is tailored…

Amos Simbo is director of Winway Consultants and founder of the Black Professionals in Construction Network (BPIC) Poor mental health, at times referred to as stress, is something we all deal with on a daily basis within the construction industry. Every day when we arrive on site, we are faced…

Stuart Murphy is the founder of tidal power research firm TPGen24 As Construction News reported in March, the Welsh Government has revived its interest in tidal energy solutions. The call for involvement towards establishing a consortium to explore the resource in more depth closed a few weeks ago, and this…

Leo Quinn is group chief executive of Balfour Beatty and founder of The 5% Club Youth unemployment is an issue I am particularly passionate about, and something that I have spoken about frequently. It’s of particular relevance to our industry, because we could have a real impact in solving the…

150 years ago, in 1871, the first edition of Construction News was published. To help mark the anniversary, four past editors reflect on their own spell in charge of CN

Following its launch in 2019, the Common Assessment Standard has quickly become the gold standard for prequalification (PQ) of construction contractors. Now, the rollout of a new data-sharing agreement between different Common Assessment Standard providers means the benefits of the scheme are greater than ever, for those seeking qualification as…