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Planning reform working paper published

A working paper on proposed planning reforms has been released by the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government to accompany the working paper on the government’s Ten-year Infrastructure Strategy.

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Water industry ‘reset’ advisory group members announced

The Independent Water Commission has announced the nine members of the new Advisory Group that will help with its major review of the UK’s water system.

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Inadequately secured load leads to driver death and £2 million fine

Building materials supplier Travis Perkins has been fined £2 million after pleading guilty to health and safety breaches that led to inadequately secured timber falling from one of its lorries, killing the driver of a car.

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Architects call for contractors to be licensed

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has called for a licensing system for contractors to be introduced, along with an improved competence system for construction professionals.

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New hospital building programme delayed by up to ten years

Full delivery of the New Hospital Programme that aims to build or expand 40 hospitals has been delayed for at least ten years, and some might not start construction until 2039, Health Secretary Wes Streeting has announced.

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Judicial review challenges to projects to be curbed

Opinions are divided about government plans to reduce the ability of objectors to projects to cause delays using repeated judicial review appeals.

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Public sector buildings maintenance backlog demands urgent action, says report

Schools, NHS properties and defence properties are suffering the worst from a maintenance backlog that public spending watchdog the National Audit Office (NAO) says will cost at least £49 billion to catch up on.

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Company fined after worker loses lower leg

A Sheffield precast section manufacturer has been fined £60,000 after a steel pallet landed on an employee, leaving him permanently disabled.

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State of the industry blamed for tendering failure

Leicester City Council has decided to retender for a major railway station upgrade after receiving only a single bid, blaming ‘the state of the industry’ for the lack of interest.

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Spending watchdog slams roads as ‘national embarrassment’

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) says the Department for Transport (DfT) is not taking its responsibilities and use of public money on local roads sufficiently seriously.

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