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City transport infrastructure feasibility tool launched
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (177+ words) A free tool has been developed to sketch out a bus, tram or metro route across a city to determine whether it’s worth building. The brainchild of AI and data science graduate Aleksejs Belasovs, TransportForge helps to see early on…...
Morgan Sindall’s Crystal Palace sports scheme gets planning approval
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (257+ words) The refurbishment of Crystal Palace National Sports Centre in south London is on track after receiving planning approval this week. Work on the sports centre part of the scheme, designed by architect FaulknerBrowns, will include an enlarged gym, a reconfigured…...
Kent contractor fined £90,000 after worker falls from forklift truck
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (306+ words) A contractor has been fined after a worker fell from a tipping bucket on a forklift truck in Kent. Aaron Back spent months in hospital and was left “physically ruined” after the incident at the Emir site on Wotton Road…...
A2 Engine tool to speed up early planning around ground movement
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (229+ words) A digital platform called Gemma has been launched to help engineers assess ground movements during early project planning. The platform, developed by A2 Engine, is aimed at projects with basements, retaining walls and deep excavations. It will provide early indication of…...
A fifth of firms miss out on tenders due to poor compliance prep
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (363+ words) One in five (21%) construction businesses have lost out or been marked down on tenders because they didn’t have compliance data prepared. The finding in the UK Construction Compliance Index 2026 comes despite the vast majority (64%) recognising documentation gaps posed moderate or…...
Wates starts on MMC prison block geared to rehabilitation
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (375+ words) Wates this week held the official groundbreaking ceremony for the new prison houseblock it’s building at HMP Wayland in Norfolk, part of the Ministry of Justice’s Accelerated Houseblocks Delivery Programme for boosting prison capacity in England. Set to house 247 prisoners,…...
BSR warns contractors over build quality to avoid Gateway 3 delays
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (307+ words) The Building Safety Regulator (BSR) will be scrutinising how contractors manage their supply chains on major projects as they move from Gateway 2 approval to Gateway 3 completion. BSR chair Andy Roe said the control of subcontractors was crucial to ensure the…...
Falls from height fatalities in construction down in 2025/26
3+ day, 14+ hour ago (377+ words) The number of deaths caused by falls from height in construction has dropped by a third in the last year, according to figures released by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). Between April 2025 and March 2026, 12 construction workers died from this…...
Startup lowdown: Prolo procurement for SMEs - Construction Management
3+ day, 15+ hour ago (415+ words) Want to avoid supply chain disruptions? Prolo’s AI-driven procurement promises to give SMEs the same buying power as Tier 1 giants. James Morris-Manuel, founder and CEO of Prolo, gives the lowdown The construction supply chain inherently penalises SME contractors, burdening them…...
Construction vacancy increase points to growth, but obstacles remain
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (516+ words) Construction hiring regained momentum in the second quarter of 2026, with vacancies increasing despite wider weakness in the UK jobs market, although employers continue to face rising employment costs and persistent skills shortages. New figures from job board CV-Library show there…...