The House of Lords has delivered its verdict on the early performance of the Building Safety Regulator, and it has not pulled its punches. In a report titled The Building Safety Regulator: Building a better regulator, peers describe a system beset by “unacceptable” delays, with applications routinely taking far longer…
Homes England has committed to providing more cash to get the construction industry to adopt modern methods of construction (MMC), despite its recent financial losses in the sector. On Thursday (11 December), the quango published its new strategic plan and investment strategy covering the next five years, outlining details of…
Construction materials specialist GRS has acquired the 23.7 per cent stake in its business held by Tarmac, ending a long-standing shareholding arrangement for an undisclosed sum. The buyout returns the company to full private ownership and will support expansion of its sustainable aggregates portfolio, digital materials platform and construction solutions…
The government has launched a research initiative aimed at delivering 10 per cent savings across public sector construction by 2030. Construction is one of two sectors being supported by a new £4m fund, that will also focus on digital infrastructure for the creative industries. This latest initiative follows the 2023…
The government has allocated nearly £900m to complete publicly funded works for the Lower Thames Crossing, according to the Autumn Budget 2025. The extra cash for 2027-2029 announced in Wednesday’s Budget comes just months after £590m of public cash was committed to the project in the 10-Year Infrastructure Plan. It…
More than half of colleges in England have waiting lists for construction courses amid growing demand and continued capacity constraints, a new survey has found. Fifty-six per cent of colleges reported having waiting lists for construction-related programmes in 2025/26, according to an enrolment survey by the Association of Colleges (AoC)…
Galliford Try has retaken control of the water system at a delayed south coast care project in an attempt to solve a stubborn legionella problem. Due to have been completed in 2023, Worthing Integrated Care Centre (WICC) was handed over to the NHS in December last year, after Galliford Try…
Legislation has effectively prevented private building control firms from stepping in to reduce the burden on local authorities resulting from the collapse of Assent Building Compliance Ltd, a senior industry figure has warned. Chris Vaughan, director at Approved Inspectors Ltd and chair of the Association of Building Control Approvers (ABCA), said the…
The collapse of Assent Building Compliance will have only a limited impact on the Building Safety Regulator’s (BSR) target to elimnate its backlog of gateway two applications by January, the quango said today. The collapse of Assent and two of its subsidiaries led to headlines yesterday (4 November) casting doubt…
Private sector building control firms will struggle to take over the vast majority of projects from collapsed firm Assent, meaning they will transfer to council building control departments, according to experts. Since the weekend, councils across the country have been hit by a deluge of cancellation notices from Assent and…
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