Expertise and Opinion on UK Construction Industry | Construction News https://www.constructionnews.co.uk Read UK Construction Industry News, Analysis, Opinion and data Mon, 22 Jul 2024 10:39:09 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0 https://emap-romulus-prod.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2023/07/favicon-cn192-70x70.png Expertise and Opinion on UK Construction Industry | Construction News https://www.constructionnews.co.uk 32 32 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/wp-content/themes/mbm-mops-2017/images/logo.gif Construction News https://www.constructionnews.co.uk 125 75 Read UK Construction Industry News, Analysis, Opinion and data The predictable state of board diversity https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/sections/long-reads/opinion/the-predictable-state-of-board-diversity-22-07-2024/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/sections/long-reads/opinion/the-predictable-state-of-board-diversity-22-07-2024/#respond Mon, 22 Jul 2024 10:39:09 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=502037 Data on the social background of UK companies’ employees is hard to come by. If it was available, construction would surely score highly. There are few industries where so much money is made by people who did not go to university. In a society where…

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Will retrofit decarbonisation momentum remain under Labour? https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/sections/long-reads/opinion/will-retrofit-decarbonisation-momentum-remain-under-labour-17-07-2024/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/sections/long-reads/opinion/will-retrofit-decarbonisation-momentum-remain-under-labour-17-07-2024/#respond Wed, 17 Jul 2024 11:11:30 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=502294 Derek Horrocks is chair of the National Home Decarbonisation Group (NHDG) and owner of Sustainable Building Services Ltd Despite a change in political power, the task at hand when it comes to housing decarbonisation spans party borders. Too many people, including many of the most…

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Getting the blend right to meet Labour’s growth plans https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/getting-the-blend-right-to-meet-labours-growth-plans-16-07-2024/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/getting-the-blend-right-to-meet-labours-growth-plans-16-07-2024/#respond Tue, 16 Jul 2024 11:01:52 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=502385 Richard Robinson is the UK & Ireland president of AtkinsRéalis The importance attached to infrastructure investment and economic growth has been elevated to the central priority of the new government. And our industry has loudly voiced the need to maintain the momentum of projects in…

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Supreme Court turns the tables on collateral warranties https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/sections/long-reads/opinion/supreme-court-turns-the-tables-on-collateral-warranties-15-07-2024/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/sections/long-reads/opinion/supreme-court-turns-the-tables-on-collateral-warranties-15-07-2024/#respond Mon, 15 Jul 2024 11:43:02 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=502310 Matthew Taylor is a partner and Aidan Steensma is of counsel at CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang  The Supreme Court last week reversed 11 years of law in relation to the existence of a statutory right to adjudicate under collateral warranties. The right depends on…

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R&D in construction: It’s (not) coming home https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/sections/long-reads/opinion/rd-in-construction-its-not-coming-home-09-07-2024/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/sections/long-reads/opinion/rd-in-construction-its-not-coming-home-09-07-2024/#respond Tue, 09 Jul 2024 11:26:55 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=501974 Robert Miles is Senior R&D Tax Manager at Ayming As England bring home an early victory in the European Championships, the national team is once again under pressure to ‘bring football home’. But it’s not just football that we need to come home. “The consistent…

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How Labour can keep its manifesto promise to power up construction https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/sections/long-reads/opinion/how-labour-can-keep-its-manifesto-promise-to-power-up-construction-05-07-2024/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/sections/long-reads/opinion/how-labour-can-keep-its-manifesto-promise-to-power-up-construction-05-07-2024/#respond Fri, 05 Jul 2024 10:42:17 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=501882 Suzannah Nichol is chief executive of Build UK Homes and infrastructure have been at the heart of manifestos and debates over the past six weeks, and Labour, the party that promised to ‘turbocharge’ housebuilding, is now in power with all eyes watching to see those…

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Could a Labour supermajority be bad for construction? https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/sections/long-reads/opinion/could-a-labour-supermajority-be-bad-for-construction-03-07-2024/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/sections/long-reads/opinion/could-a-labour-supermajority-be-bad-for-construction-03-07-2024/#respond Wed, 03 Jul 2024 10:05:38 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=501746 Richard Selby is director and co-founder of Pro Steel Engineering We’ve read the manifestos and heard all the promises for the good of the country, but in the event Keir Starmer’s party wins with a supermajority, the key will be whether he can keep his…

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How can we balance unavoidable mineral extraction against climate goals? https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/sections/long-reads/opinion/how-can-we-balance-unavoidable-mineral-extraction-against-climate-goals-28-06-2024/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/sections/long-reads/opinion/how-can-we-balance-unavoidable-mineral-extraction-against-climate-goals-28-06-2024/#respond Fri, 28 Jun 2024 11:25:31 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=501527 JS Pelland is executive director of Eland Cables The world risks missing climate targets, but it’s not as simple as halting carbon-intensive operations such as mining and smelting. The affronting fact is we need to increase output to keep pace with demand. “It’s a delicate…

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The importance of bonds when insolvencies are rife https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/legal/the-importance-of-bonds-when-insolvencies-are-rife-26-06-2024/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/legal/the-importance-of-bonds-when-insolvencies-are-rife-26-06-2024/#respond Wed, 26 Jun 2024 11:42:05 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=501392 Kirsteen Milne is a partner at Brodies LLP For the past few years the insurance and bonds market has been hardening, but the headlines in mid-June that QBE Europe has pulled out of the construction market is a blow to contractors. This follows other big…

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Depoliticisation: the future of sustainability in construction https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/sustainability/depoliticisation-the-future-of-sustainability-in-construction-24-06-2024/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/sustainability/depoliticisation-the-future-of-sustainability-in-construction-24-06-2024/#respond Mon, 24 Jun 2024 11:01:13 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=501269 Simon Richards is sustainability director at Sir Robert McAlpine The scale of change needed and timescales involved in a green transition supports the argument that a depoliticisation of sustainability is necessary in order to make our ambitions a reality. Carbon continues to hog the limelight…

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