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Click/tap image to enlargeThe headline S&P Global / CIPS UK Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) for September 2023 registered 45.0 – down from 50.8 in August. The construction PMI, based on monthly surveys of purchasing managers, is a seasonally adjusted index tracking changes in total...

Deck sections are lifted into place over Moorhall RoadThe 3.4km Colne Valley Viaduct, in the northwest London commuter heartlands, is mostly being built by a launching gantry that slides along progressively placing precast deck segments. However, for a 40-metre section that crosses over a public...

Glasgow City Council granted outline planning permission for Modas Living’s proposed £205m Lancefield Quay build-to-rent development last monthData from the British Property Federation (BPF) shows a 14% increase in BTR homes in planning, under construction or completed during 2022, rising from 212,916 to 242,548. But...

Britain’s builders’ merchants are currently going through a phase where they are selling less stuff, but as prices have gone up everywhere, the amount of money going through the tills is  increasing. However, the merchants are paying more for their stock – and face higher...

Kier Group results for the year ended 30 June 2022 show total revenue down 4% to £3,144m (2021: £3,261m). But thanks to several years of restructuring, pre-tax profit rose nearly threefold to £15.9m (2021: £5.6m). After losing more than £500m before tax over the two...

Careers are like colour schemes... hard to choose Construction is considered an ‘attractive’ career prospect by 56% of the 2,000 young people (18 to 29 years old) who took part in the survey. They were asked “How attractive or unattractive do you consider a career...

Pellets containing graphene and recycled plastics are meted into the aggregate mix Nottingham Transportation Engineering Centre at the University of Nottingham has been working with Kent County Council (KCC) and its highways contractor Amey to assess the pros and cons of using Gipave to repair...

RRES cuts the road surface with a custom chain sawGas distribution company SGN has teamed up with New York robotics firm ULC Technologies to develop the Robotic Roadworks & Excavation System, or RRES. Following three years of development and funding from energy regulator Ofgem, RRES...

Crane-based GEN 3 systems transfer some of the health and safety risks from the construction site to the factoryThe study, commissioned by Stewart Milne Group for the Advanced Industrialised Methods for the Construction of Homes (AIMCH) research project, found that crane-lift panelised building methods provide...

RLB’s annual Getting Closer to your Supply Chain*procurement trends survey provides a snapshot of market sentiment on procurement issues. The 2022 report found that the use of frameworks continues to grow in importance – 75% of respondents are seeing fixed price durations decreasing, following the...

Contains more than 90% ground granulated blast furnace slagThe concrete has a carbon footprint that equates to a 62% reduction in CO2e per cubic metre of concrete compared to standard CEM I concrete (according to BSI PAS2050 calculations), yet meeting the same specification in the...