Huws Gray acquires AC Roof Trusses
AC Roof Trusses specialises in the design, production and supply of structural timber components and employs 30 people at its 1.4-acre site in Welshpool.
Ibstock targets 40% reduction in plastic use by 2025
Ibstock, the manufacturer of clay bricks and concrete products, has reiterated its pledge to reduce plastic use by 40% by 2025, as part of a wider commitment to sustainable manufacturing.
Health and safety leaders urge government to reconsider Retained EU Law...
Health and safety leaders have urged the government to scrap the arbitrary deadlines of the Retained EU Law Bill to help the UK keep its position as a ‘beacon of health and safety’.
Housing registrations outstrip 2014 figures
The highest number of new home registrations in a single quarter since the recession has been received by the NHBC, as 2015 continues to build on last year’s numbers
Spanwall recognised for its post Grenfell cladding solution
Spanwall has been recognised for a new cladding product developed in the wake of the Grenfell disaster.
CITB cuts and sell-offs put PM’s construction training plans at risk
Less than a day after the Prime Minister called for more vocational training, the UK's main construction training body, the Construction Industry Training Board, is planning to ditch staff, according to Unite, the construction union.
Invest in planning to help house building sector bounce back
The government must release bottlenecks in housing delivery with more resource for local authority planning departments and mechanisms to hold them to account if they are slow to respond to applications, according to the Federation of Master Builders.
Best site managers in the UK named at house-building’s top awards
Five site managers named Supreme Winners at 2014 Pride in the Job Awards
Extended site hours to continue until September
Longer COVID site working hours to 9pm have been extended until the end of September 2021, to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
Installer competence framework report published
The Construction Leadership Council has welcomed the publication of a report setting out the current state of competence arrangements for those installing products and systems in buildings.