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ISSG report reviews five key construction safety issues.
Changing regulations could compromise Scotland's fire safety standards.
Modular homes could drive 'build, build, build' agenda.
Infrastructure Intelligence, Sept 21
Survey: public lacks understanding of major infrastructure projects.
New Government task force will build beauty into reformed planning process.
Construction Enquirer, Sept 22
AI site safety tech being tested at two locations
Hard hats may not offer sufficient protection.
More than half of Scotland's construction firms change recruitment plans.
Short film looks at Goldfinger's brutalist Glenkerry House.
Are cities a thing of the past?
Construction Enquirer, Sept 21
Network Rail delays Heathrow rail link bid race.
CIOB calls Building Safety Bill "once in a generation" opportunity.
ECA Engineering Services Survey
Results show guarded optimism and payment concerns.
Butts into bricks? Researchers investigate source of construction materials.
Construction Enquirer, Sept 18
M&E contractors optimistic about future prospects.
CITB extends support for apprentices.
BCO launches 'reimagining the workplace' competition.
Making mission impossible...possible!
Report provides actions required by 2030 to achieve a zero carbon economy.
Boss given suspended prison sentence for fatal 2017 scaffolding collapse.
London skinny house on the market for nearly £1m.
Office for National Statistics, Sept 16
Where are UK housing prices headed?
Lockdown exposes greater challenges of accessibility in the home.
Construction Enquirer, Sept 16
Network Rail considers switch from steel to composite for footbridges.
Hitachi withdraws from Isle of Anglesey nuclear power plant.
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