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How data and AI can help, not hinder, strategic workforce planning
2+ day, 37+ min ago (706+ words) Despite funding and training schemes being in place to help the construction industry meet its workforce demands, supply challenges continue. An ageing workforce, lack of investment in talent and a retention gap are just a few of the factors resulting…...
Managing 210 subcontractors with pen and paper and a spreadsheet
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (276+ words) Five people managing 210 subcontractors with pen and paper and a spreadsheet: this is the picture painted of the average contractor’s approach to financial control and subcontractor payments in a new report from Payapps. The report surveyed more than 160 construction professionals…...
More aircon is not the answer. How do we make buildings more heat resilient?
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (1041+ words) The summer 2026 heatwave is just part of a developing trend. In summer 2022, the UK recorded 40°C heat for the first time, while 2025 became the hottest year on record. The UK’s climate is changing, and it’s becoming harder for building designers,…...
Is continuous compliance the answer to building safety regulation?
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (619+ words) Generally speaking, if you ask a tier 1 contractor about whether their latest project complies with safety regulations, they would likely point to a certificate. But if you ask whether the project is still in compliance today, three months after that…...
Solar panel fires are rising sharply across UK, insurer warns
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (553+ words) Research from global business insurer QBE reveals that solar panel fires are happening at more than twice the rate of installations. Fires were up 133% over four years to the end of 2025, while solar installations rose 52%. QBE collected data through Freedom…...
Vistry is first major housebuilder to join Prisoners Building Homes initiative
4+ day, 5+ hour ago (318+ words) Vistry has become the first major UK housebuilder to join the award-winning Prisoners Building Homes (PBH) programme, launching a pilot at its timber-frame manufacturing facility in Warrington. Three people are now gaining skills and job experience there, helping to address…...
The skills shortage won???t solve itself??? so start growing your own
4+ day, 8+ hour ago (664+ words) Construction businesses can’t recruit their way out of the skills crisis. The answer is to start building the workforce they need for the future, says Guy Parker, who shares how Conlon Construction has built its own talent pipeline. Every construction…...
The hard hat is finally getting its moment - now we need to make it work - Construction Management
4+ day, 8+ hour ago (547+ words) Andy Burnham’s pledge to value the hard hat as much as the graduation cap is a welcome step towards closing construction’s skills gap. But ambition alone won’t be enough, argues Tony Mitchell, director of O’Brien Contractors. Young people need accessible…...
Bricklayer breaks back in barn roof fall
5+ day, 5+ hour ago (237+ words) A contractor has been fined £20,000 after a bricklayer broke his back after falling through a barn roof in Northumberland. The 24-year-old stepped on a polycarbonate roof sheet and fell approximately eight feet to the concrete floor below. He suffered two…...
German contractor uses 3D printing for walls of new HQ
5+ day, 23+ hour ago (207+ words) A German contractor has used 3D printing for the walls of its new headquarters building, which were produced in under five days. Matthäi Schlüsselfertigbau, a subsidiary of the German construction giant Matthäi, worked with specialist firm PERI 3D Construction on the innovative…...