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Industry initiatives to encourage young women to join the construction industry do not appear to be making much headway, judging by latest apprentice statistics....

Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn performed the ceremonial honours last week when Nottinghamshire-based piling contractor Van Elle opened a new training centre....

An 83-year-old builder who stole almost £650,000 in fraudulent VAT repayments has been jailed after an investigation by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC)....

Newcastle builder Burridge Construction has diversified into social housing after 50 years of specialising in refurbishment and commercial house-building....

Construction health & safety is hidebound by red-tape and is compromised when people take refuge in pointless paperwork, says Bob Cummins...

The business case for occupational hygiene interventions is compelling. So why, asks Mary Cameron, are hundreds of thousands of people in the UK still made ill by their work each...

The review of building regulations in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire must take into account the combustibility of a building’s structural elements, says Tony Jones...

A trial of ‘wearable technology’ to monitor the safety of lone workers has concluded that the ‘Internet of Things’ has a way to go before a practical solution is found....

Two veterans of the scaffolding industry hope to revive one of the UK’s best-known manufacturers of scaffolding components after years of decline. Jim Simpson reports...

Grenfell Tower and the collapse of Carillion have failed to slow the growth of top cladding specialist Vivalda. David Taylor reports...