Data

A recent roundtable by Construction News and Hitachi Solutions gathered construction experts to discuss the challenges of data sharing. It uncovered a – perhaps surprising – appetite to put aside traditional rivalries to boost collective productivity. Ian Weinfass reports On the panel        Alex Coles, head of data…

SITE WASTE More than one-third (36 per cent) of waste generated at construction sites is not properly documented, according to technology firm Qflow. The finding was based on more than 90,000 legally required waste-transfer notes over five years to April this year. Qflow chief executive Brittany Harris said: “Our report…

Bowmer & Kirkland was the Department for Education’s (DfE) top builder in the past two financial years, Construction News can reveal. Data obtained through the Freedom of Information Act shows that the Derbyshire-headquartered firm – the UK's 12th-largest contractor by turnover according to the CN100 2022 – was paid £409m…

The value of construction project starts across the UK stands a third lower than its level a year ago, research has revealed. Glenigan’s latest Construction Review, which covers the three months to the end of July, found that the value of work starting on site each month dropped by 10…

A swathe of major contractors are still failing to pay invoices on time, according to their own payment data. Build UK has compiled fresh payment-performance data on a range of tier one and specialist contractors, as well as clients, that have filed the information under the government's Duty to Report…

Construction output grew for the first time in four months in June, new figures show. Data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) shows a 1.6 per cent increase in volumes in the month, following three successive months of falls. New infrastructure work grew by 4.7 per cent in the…

Construction workloads are continuing to flatline as the industry’s financial outlook deteriorates, according to new research. The latest construction monitor survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) reports a net figure of -1 for its headline question of how workloads have changed over the past three months. This…