Construction News is the leading provider of UK construction industry news, opinion, analysis and events. Founded in 1871, the Construction News celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2021.
CN runs a full programme of annual face-to-face and online events including conferences, award ceremonies, webinars, roundtables and more. We bring contractors, suppliers and clients together to share knowledge, best practice and other industry insight. We honour excellence in the industry through our awards events, which are judged by independent panels.
The magazine was first published as Labour News on 30 August 1871, under founder, Victorian reformer Alsager Hay Hill, aimed at tackling unemployment by printing information about job vacancies. It was first published under its current name during the 1960s.
Today it publishes news on topics impacting the UK construction industry, including sustainability, skills shortages, materials prices, workforce diversity, legal commentary, deep-dive analysis, administrations and contract wins.
Kim Hegarty is the director of Linesight The UK Trade Skills Index shows that the construction and trade industries need 937,000 extra workers by 2032. With skills from the high-tech industrial sector in demand from the burgeoning life sciences and data centres industries, upskilling for semiconductor projects needs to start…
Pictured left to right: Fiona Lomas-Holt is director of sustainability and ESG, Mat Jones is senior director of planning, and Katy Lightbody is senior director of heritage and townscape at consultancy Turley Decarbonising buildings is critical to achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, but the strategy for it raises a…
Haman Manak is procurement director at contractor Stanmore Last year, Rishi Sunak’s International Technology Strategy set the UK’s path straight: we would pivot to remain at the forefront of innovation, drive success and establish ourselves as an unwavering global tech powerhouse. Unlike before, the strategy outlined the steps to place…
Charles Maurice is a partner at law firm Stevens & Bolton Businesses and individuals across all sectors are increasingly falling prey to cyber attacks. Strategies to combat these risks are of course freely available, as are various commercial products and services. But a working understanding of the risks and vulnerabilities…
Martin Barnfield is head of manufacturing at Painter Brothers, part of Balfour Beatty Group In an era marked by constant change and innovation, companies in the manufacturing and construction sector face a multitude of challenges. With fierce global competition for skilled workers, combined with high domestic material costs, the stakes…
Graeme Fox is technical director of the Building Engineering Services Association According to data from government agency Public Health Wales, poor air quality is responsible for up to 1,400 excess deaths per 100,000 each year. Compare that with smoking, which annually accounts for 180 deaths per 100,000 of the global…
Kim Hegarty is director of Linesight The global chip shortage, which began in 2020, has had a severe impact on a number of industries from electronics to automotive and renewable energy. At the same time, demand for chips has continued to rise, resulting in a global race to localise semiconductor…
James Freeth is associate director at McBains With the oldest and leakiest housing stock in Europe, it’s estimated that 29 million homes in the UK will need retrofitting before 2050 to protect against uncontrolled heat loss. Retrofitting projects will therefore become increasingly common as property owners seek to upgrade existing…
Charis Beverton is a partner at law firm Winckworth Sherwood April marked two years since the Building Safety Act 2022 (BSA) received royal assent, pledging far-reaching overhauls to building standards in response to the Grenfell Tower fire disaster. “Liability for remediation costs – and where they sit within the supply…
Lewis Yorke-Johnson is co-founder of construction recruitment firm The Shore Group. On Friday (3 May) he announced on LinkedIn that his firm was ending corporate golf days due to the sport’s lack of diversity. The post caused a huge stir, with more than 125,000 views and dozens of comments. Below,…
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