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CLC industry-side chair Mark ReynoldsThe Construction Leadership Council (CLC) – a government appointed panel – has written to chancellor of the exchequer Jeremy Hunt proposing a range of measures for the forthcoming spring 2024 budget statement, including a revival of the private finance initiative in...

West Lothian Council is a Scrooge, says UniteStrike action will take place on 19th, 20th and 21st December followed by a further two days of action on 3rd and 4th January 2024, said the Unite union. The membership supported strike action by 96.3% and previously took strike action...

Stephen BellStephen Bell, 57, was barrowing tarmac from the back of the local authority’s tipper lorry when he was struck by a farm vehicle passing the road works. Cardiff Crown Court heard how, on 18th July 2019, Mr Bell and his gang had been carrying...

New house arrives in New Road in DurringtonThe first modular home for Wiltshire Council, manufactured by Dorset-based Rollalong, is a two-bedroom accessible bungalow on New Road in Durrington. Wiltshire Council is putting in more than 150 such homes across the county. The properties arrive on...

Can't afford to have you hanging 'em up yet...Extending careers is one of the more original suggestions among a raft of familiar ones to help reduce construction industry costs. The Construction Leadership Council (CLC) report, Creating a productive environment for UK construction, says that implementing...

What Mast Quay Phase II was supposed to look like, according to the planning application (left) and what was actually built (right)The Royal Borough of Greenwich, as the local planning authority, is taking enforcement action against Comer Homes Mast Quay Phase II development, on Woolwich...

The development in Albion Street, SouthwickAmong clients left stranded by the collapse of Westridge Construction is Adur District Council. Westridge typically works for public sector clients in healthcare, education and housing. Its latest accounts show turnover of £28m for the year to 28th February 2022...

Stephen Hodder [image from hodderandpartners.com]While the summer U-turn on UKCA marketing for construction machinery – although not yet for construction products – may have been welcomed by many, the subsequent relaxation of net zero deadlines and continuing doubt over HS2’s Manchester line, has given the...

RAAC panels have been found in several Edinburgh schoolsEdinburgh Council has been carrying out surveys and remedial work since March this year with eight schools having RAAC identified. All the schools have remained open, with affected areas closed for access. The measures being put in...

A reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete panelThe CLC is seeking to provide a single industry approach to the issue of crumbling, life-expired RAAC. The CLC intends to conduct its own assessment of the current situation and risk levels, and then ‘support the design and delivery of...

The CLC is seeking to provide a single industry approach to the issue of crumbling, life-expired RAAC. The CLC intends to conduct its own assessment of the current situation and risk levels, and then ‘support the design and delivery of any required remediation programmes across...

GravesendThe Gravesham Community Investment Partnership (GCIP) will identify locations and develop suitable sites for new council-owned homes in the north Kent borough, which currently has more than 1,000 households on its housing register. Cllr John Burden, leader of Gravesham Borough Council, said “We have long-held...

An aerial view showing the bridge and route of the old railway to its northeast (© The HRE Group)King’s Lynn & West Norfolk Borough Council has told National Highways to apply for retrospective planning permission for a controversial bridge infilling scheme in the borough. National...

Robin Williamson, an asbestos surveyor employed by Glasgow City Council’s property operation, suffered severe injuries after he fell while carrying out a survey on the roof of Netherton Community Centre in the city on 5th April 2018. Mr Williamson suffered multiple skull fractures as well...

Gravesend by twilightThe Gravesham Community Investment Partnership has been set up to help the council build hundreds of affordable homes across the borough. The strategy is to ‘unlock’ brownfield sites for regeneration. Andy Hill, chief executive of The Hill Group, said: “By combining expertise in...