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Loraine Martins, director of diversity and inclusion at one of the industry’s biggest clients, has spent more than a decade turning round the rail body's reputation on inclusivity. As she prepares to leave Network Rail, she tells Ian Weinfass about the progress she’s made and why there’s still a lot…

Matt Ace is a director in the Wales office of engineering firm and regeneration specialist Hydrock The publication of the government’s levelling up white paper begs the question: is “levelling up” enough? In Wales, our issue has never been a lack of ambition, but instead one of distance. The long…

By Rudi Klein (pictured left) and Trevor Hursthouse  Subcontractors and suppliers have lost almost £115m following the collapse of NMCN – a sum that will no doubt include millions of pounds worth of retentions. It is four years since the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) closed its…

Exclusive: The average tenure of a construction minister is notoriously short, but freshly appointed Lee Rowley has clear ambitions. He aims to speak up on behalf of an industry he also hopes to hear more from, he tells Ian Weinfass

Board members of major clients, government figures, a mayor and the head of construction's skills body are set to be among those making headlines in the New Year. Here are 10 people the industry will be watching in 2022.

Mike Smith is technical director at the Electrical Contractors’ Association When Dame Judith Hackitt reviewed Building Regulations in the wake of the 2017 Grenfell Tower fire, she found a construction industry in need of major and urgent improvement. The Building Safety Bill (BSB), which has resulted from that review, will…

Colin Jones is a partner at law firm HCR, writing on behalf of the Forum of Insurance Lawyers (FOIL) Regulatory Sector Focus Team The short-term response to the 2017 Grenfell Tower fire tragedy has, understandably, focused on high rise buildings with multiple occupancy. With inquiries concluding that the building safety…

Paul Reeve is CSR director at engineering services body Electrical Contractor’s Association and a member of the Construction Leadership Council’s Zero Carbon Workstream Ahead of COP26 kicking off this Sunday, major new public sector procurement rules on carbon reporting came into effect at the end of September. Procurement note PPN…

Reaction has swiftly followed chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Autumn Budget announcement – Construction News takes a look at how the industry is responding. Refresh to update.

Tom Boland is head of digitisation at software provider Zutec Planning Gateway 1 arrived at the start of August, forming a crucial part of the UK government’s strategy for addressing risks in the residential property sector in the aftermath of the Grenfell tragedy. The requirements set out in Gateway 1…