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The cost of repairing substandard local authority bridges in Great Britain has risen by 34% in the past year alone to £6.7bn....

Online Home Retail Limited, an online bathroom products retailer based in Worcestershire, has been acquired by its management from Irish builders’ merchant group Grafton....

The use of digital technologies in construction is expanding far beyond building information modelling. Lisa Russell reports on how this creates a need for ‘digital engineering’...

Brexit, a major reorganisation of the apprenticeship regime, training issues, a poor image and the ageing UK population have all combined to exacerbate skills shortages across the construction industry. Jim...

Flexible working can free up time for additional training, including online learning.Jim Simpson reports....

Building information modelling will only enter the mainstream if more clients can be persuaded of its merits, says a new guide that aims to do just that. Lisa Russell reports...

Contractors are nearing completion of a unique project to restore one of the defining symbols of the Industrial Revolution. Margo Cole reports....

Homes England – the government’s answer to the housing crisis – is designed to help small builders. But there are strings attached, explains Mark Smulian....

The industry’s new training framework is proving to be controversial...

Dundee City Council is set to start work on the demolition of a number of former school buildings to make way for housing and community facilities....