Shattered trust: one year on from ISG’s collapse
When ISG broke, so did the businesses that trusted it. A year on, CN examines the wreckage
16 Sep 2025 Comments Off on Shattered trust: one year on from ISG’s collapse
When ISG broke, so did the businesses that trusted it. A year on, CN examines the wreckage
20 Aug 2025 Comments Off on ISG’s prison PBAs ‘not protecting subcontractors at all’
As a pre-action legal letter is sent to the MoJ, CN asks if project bank account agreements are worth the paper they’re written on
03 Jan 2024 Comments Off on 10 companies to watch in 2024
Which companies are likely to have the biggest impact on the industry in the year ahead? ISG In November, ISG felt moved to issue a statement denying “unsubstantiated, wholly inaccurate and false claims” about its financial health”. However, it did not elaborate on the nature of these claims. Last year…
16 Jan 2023 Comments Off on We’re banking on a change of mindset on material reuse
Peter Kelly is group director of sustainable operations at ISG The word ‘bank’ is working hard these days. It’s often associated with a retrograde societal step – think food bank, warm bank or even a log bank for those suffering the injustice of fuel poverty, without access to a modern…
26 Jan 2022 Comments Off on Going for the gold standard in framework procurement
Scott Clark is framework and sector lead at ISG Constructing the Gold Standard by Professor David Mosey is the much-anticipated review of the UK’s public sector framework market and now sits alongside the Construction Playbook, answering the question of how we are going to deliver the government's new procurement vision.…
25 Mar 2020 Comments Off on Building ‘Asbestos-free Valley’: students reclaim Wolverhampton from Carillion
Project: Springfield campus – School of Architecture and Built Environment Client: University of Wolverhampton Contractor: ISG Contract value: £26m Contract type: Pagabo Framework Architect: Associated Architects Start date: October 2018 Completion: May 2020 At an old brewery site in Wolverhampton, an excavator chugs across the rubble, raising its bucket to…
12 Dec 2019 Comments Off on Should social value count as much as cost?
What is a successful project outcome? It depends on who you ask, of course, but increasingly the answer is no longer couched in simple financial, quality or programme terms. The ‘social’ aspect of project success is becoming more influential today. To take one example, social value accounts for 20 per…
06 Mar 2019 Comments Off on ISG puts on a performance in the shadow of Twickenham
ISG is beyond the halfway point of its build of a new facility for Richmond upon Thames College. Lucy Alderson takes a look at how the Second World War and rugby matches have both posed obstacles for the team.
13 Feb 2019 Comments Off on Logistical challenges tackled ‘at every turn’ on Procession House revamp
Trad is due to finish delivering its first package of works on the revamp of Procession House, located a stone’s throw away from St Paul’s Cathedral. How has it managed to deliver work safely in such a busy location? Lucy Alderson takes a look.
28 Nov 2018 Comments Off on ISG attempts ‘ship in a bottle’ on Monmouth Leisure Centre
In south-east Wales ISG is throwing off its armbands and diving straight in to the challenge provided by a community swimming pool.