by admin | Aug 9, 2019 | Uncategorized
Japan’s capital has had temperatures above 31C for two weeks, prompting fears for 2020 Games’ athletes Heatstroke is suspected in the death of a worker at a Tokyo Olympics construction site, NHK national television has said, as the Japanese capital swelters...
by admin | Aug 7, 2019 | Uncategorized
The Eurozone construction sector grew marginally in July despite activity falling in Germany for the first time in nine months. The construction purchasing managers’ index (PMI), a gauge of the sector’s health from data firm IHS Markit, rose slightly to 50.8 in July...
by admin | Aug 6, 2019 | Uncategorized
The domestic reverse charge – referred to as the reverse charge – is a major change to the way VAT will be collected in the building and construction industry. However a significant number of construction businesses are unaware of it, and many more are...
by admin | Aug 2, 2019 | Uncategorized
The UK’s construction industry activity sank for the fifth time in six months in July as economists all but ruled out a swift turnaround, a closely-followed measure of sector activity revealed today. Output fell for the third month in a row in July, according to IHS...
by admin | Jul 29, 2019 | Uncategorized
Contractors are being forced out of business by a lack of insurance cover or massive hikes in premiums. Worried companies have contacted the Enquirer in a bid to highlight the intensifying problem of securing Professional Indemnity (PI) cover. One...
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...
