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There is a skills shortage in the construction industry and it’s especially acute in the heritage sector – but what can be done about it? Hannah Prowse has some suggestions...

Contractor O’Keefe has used cement stabilisation techniques to improve ground conditions at a large brownfield site for the Port of Tilbury. David Taylor reports...

The Builders Merchants Federation has produced what might be the construction industry’s most useful service of the moment – a list of where to get supplies....

The Cabinet Office has published new guidance for government purchasers in light of the Covid-19 crisis....

Non-essential construction work must cease immediately, the Scottish government has said in its latest guidance....

Mace Group is bowing to political pressure and re-opening some of its suspended construction sites....

Homes England has exchanged contracts with Vistry Partnerships (formerly Linden Partnerships) on a £105m housing package...

The Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) is threatening to block Kingspan’s acquisition of a competitor unless its concerns are addressed....

Concerns are being raised about the failure of highway maintenance contractors to observe the new coronavirus Site Operating Procedures and maintain social distancing....

Urgent re-cladding work on a high-rise development in southeast London has been suspended after it proved impossible to continue while implementing social distancing....