by admin | Jul 26, 2019 | Uncategorized
With temperatures climbing above 30 degrees again later this week, do construction companies have an obligation to stop work when temperatures become too hot? Amanda Stubbs and Tola Balogun explain how contractors should protect their workers during heatwaves. The...
by admin | Jul 25, 2019 | Uncategorized
Crossrail has filed its latest construction cost updates to Parliament showing the project has cost nearly £14bn to build so far up to the end of May. Figures for the last year show £1.48bn was spent from May 2018 – May 2019 – which works out at more than £4m every...
by admin | Jul 24, 2019 | Uncategorized
Latest figures collected by the Joint Industry Board on behalf of trade body ECA and Unite the Union show the rate of RIDDOR-reportable accidents fell once again last year to 164 per 100,000 employees. No fatalities were reported during 2018 and the rate of major...
by admin | Jul 11, 2019 | Uncategorized
A new report has revealed that 64% of those in the construction industry believe that their ability to gather and analyse data has improved or improved significantly. The report – released by Dodge Data & Analytics, in collaboration with construction...
by admin | Jul 11, 2019 | Uncategorized
Following successive declines, output in the construction industry inched upwards in May 2019 as the warm weather provided good building conditions. The latest ONS construction output figures reveal a rise in construction output both annually and year on...
