Tristan Hughes is business unit manager at water-services company OSSO There has been little discussion of how to manage the environmental risks posed by the unprecedented expansion of power grids envisaged in the UK. Long-distance, high-voltage transmission grids are set to connect cities to remotely located renewable power sources. However,…
Sinead Cuthill is an associate and Dan Coppel is a partner at Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath Merger and acquisition activity in the UK construction sector has declined from its peak in 2022, frustrating would-be buyers and sellers, as well as the bankers, brokers, lawyers and accountants who service the…
Jozefa Lewis is sustainability and wellbeing manager at ODGroup As we all know, the construction industry has a carbon problem. In the UK, the built environment produces more than 10 million metric tons of carbon per year, making it one of the most significant polluters of the major industries. At…
Kieran Bradley is director of architecture at consultancy Pick Everard As a society, much is made of our ability to repurpose where possible. Buildings are no different, and in recent years we’ve come a long way in making our construction choices more net-zero ambitious. Now, Labour is pledging to build…
Lee Brankley is chief executive of the Certification Authority for Reinforcing Steels It will have barely registered on the screens of brokers trading amid the relentless global movement of rebar, but the last rites have finally been read to firms using “potentially false” steel paper trails. An arm of the…
Eleanor Eaton is managing director at health and safety consultancy CQMS Ltd As the construction industry faces ever-growing demands and pressures, the mental health of its workers is a rising concern. Health and safety procedures – typically focused on preventing physical injury – are critically linked to safeguarding the mental…
Stuart Green is a professor in the School of Construction Management and Engineering at the University of Reading The phase two report of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry offers little comfort for those who work in construction. The report also highlights systemic failings on the part of the state, not least…
Alex Delin is a construction partner at Irwin Mitchell Solicitors The Technology and Construction Court (TCC) has released a decision, Bell Building Ltd v TClarke Contracting Ltd [2024] EWHC 1929 TCC, concerning the supply and installation of sub and superstructure works (subcontract works). The works were carried out by Bell…
Marc Perry (pictured above left) is principal geoenvironmental engineer and Tom Henman is sustainability director at RSK Geosciences Soil is an undervalued and finite resource. At government level, its importance is somewhat understood and recognised alongside the benefits of carbon reduction, waste reduction and the delivery of biodiversity net gain…
Emma McGrath is a professional support solicitor at Citation The Labour government hasn’t wasted any time in taking action on its manifesto pledge to “make work pay”. It has promised to introduce the Employment Rights Bill to parliament within its first 100 days, so before mid-October 2024, but it will…
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