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The London Fire Brigade has called on developers to carry out fire safety tests on all modular construction projects before they are completed. The “very bespoke nature” of modular structures means each one should have an individual fire test "to enable full understanding of the performance of the structure when…

Offsite construction specialist Merit has filed for administration. Northumberland-based Merit Holdings Ltd, the firm's main trading arm, and subsidiary Merit Health Ltd each filed an application to appoint administrators on 13 October via Newcastle-based law firm Muckle. Merit Group Services, the group's holding company, and 13 other subsidiaries have not…

Construction News (CN) has reached a major digital milestone, surpassing 300,000 followers on LinkedIn. The achievement underlines CN’s position as the leading voice of the UK construction industry and reflects the enduring influence of its journalism across the sector. Since launching on LinkedIn, CN has built an engaged and diverse…

A Midlands-based housing association has put its offsite housing subsidiary up for sale, saying the “landscape has changed significantly”.  GreenSquareAccord (GSA), which manages 25,000 homes, said it wants to offload its LoCaL Homes brand to focus on its core social landlord services.  Mona Shah, chief finance and investment officer at…

Four in ten construction firms are still approaching innovation in “opportunistic and ad hoc” ways, according to a survey of the industry. Legacy systems and processes are also holding back 85 per cent of all construction firms in the UK, global product and service solutions provider RS said in a…

Morrisroe Ltd has become the latest contractor to suffer a cyber-attack, Construction News can reveal.  Founder and chief executive Brian Morrisroe contacted staff on Wednesday (17 September) to advise them that personal data held by the company, including financial and banking information, may have been compromised.  “We have a team…

A clean-tech start-up supported by Oxford Brookes University has launched an AI-driven misting system designed to reduce harmful dust levels on construction and industrial sites. Oxfordshire-based Mistify AI’s autonomous dust suppression system combines AI, patented nozzle technology and solar power to disperse ultra-fine atomised mist, which binds airborne particulates before…

Professional indemnity (PI) insurers have started quizzing construction firms as to whether they have sufficient oversight of artificial intelligence (AI) use in their businesses, a broker has said. Miller Insurance highlighted the emerging issue in a review of the London construction market. While there has been much talk of AI technology…

Balfour Beatty has invested £7.2m in Microsoft 365 Copilot as part of its digital transformation strategy, marking one of the UK construction industry’s largest known commitments to artificial intelligence. The four-year partnership will see the technology embedded across Balfour Beatty’s internal Microsoft 365 systems, allowing the AI assistant to operate…

The window for entries to the 2025 TechFest Awards closes next Friday (26 July) – submit your innovations and achievements before time runs out. TechFest celebrates the cutting edge of digital transformation in the built environment. This year’s festival will once again bring together leading thinkers, developers and practitioners in…