Ukraine crisis piles further pressure on construction margins

Knock on effects of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are set to pile additional cost pressures on the construction sector and could force some projects to be cancelled or put on hold, warns Mace in its latest market analysis. The report also delivers a fresh warning that insolvencies are likely to rise this year.

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First signatories join carbon reduction code for construction

High Speed 2 and Skanska are among the first organisations to sign up to a new Carbon Reduction Code for the Built Environment, which provides a framework for reporting on progress towards net zero.

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Prison sentence given for unsafe excavation work

A principal contractor has been handed a prison sentence after he was found to have supervised unsafe excavation work at a site in Denton, Greater Manchester which put workers in danger and rendered a neighbouring property unstable.

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Late payments exacerbated by pandemic

Covid has worsened late payments in the UK construction industry as firms continue to struggle with cashflow in the aftermath of the pandemic, according to research carried out by Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking.

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Slow progress on infrastructure “poses threats” to key agendas

Government is at risk of failing to deliver the key aims of its National Infrastructure Strategy unless it picks up the pace of detailed policy design and implementation, the National Infrastructure Commission has warned. The role infrastructure must play in achieving net zero should not be forgotten, according to one lawyer.

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Leadership Council reports early win in net zero drive

Efforts to decarbonise the construction sector have reached an important initial milestone according to the Construction Leadership Council, which last year set out its CO2nstruct Zero industry change programme.

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Falls from height continue to cost contractors

A construction company has been fined after two bricklayers suffered serious injuries in a fall of approximately eight feet while building a parapet wall at a property in Cheshire. Falls from height remain the number one cause of serious injury and death in the construction industry.

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Government urged to broaden pursuit over unsafe cladding

All parties which played a role in causing the building safety crisis must be required to provide funding for remediation and the government should take steps to hold overseas developers and other relevant foreign firms to account, a committee of MPs has urged.

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Thames tunnel project procures for low carbon construction

National Highways has claimed the Lower Thames Crossing will be the first major UK infrastructure project to use procurement to reduce carbon, after inviting shortlisted bidders to tender for £1.9 billion worth of contracts to deliver road infrastructure either side of the tunnel.

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