LANCASTER’S Grade II* Church of St John the Evangelist is hosting a summer school run by Historic England for 21 trainees from northern England to learn under-threat heritage craft skills. The trainees will assist Bullen Conservation with emergency repairs to the roof and high-level masonry. The repairs to the Grade II* church, dating back to
THE CONSTRUCTION industry expects increased activity despite current levels remaining steady, according to the latest RICS UK Construction Monitor for Q2 2024. While current workloads show little change, the future looks brighter, according to the survey. Respondents also seem hopeful that Government ambitions for housing will materialise, with private housing workloads expected to rise. Overall
THE LATEST Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report, published in July, shows the value of builders’ merchants’ sales in May were down -5.2% year-on-year. The volume of sales also fell -7% and prices edged up 2%. With one more trading day this year, like-for-like value sales were down -9.7%. Compared to May 2023, 9 of
THE CHAIRPERSON of the NFRC has hit the headlines this week, after being forced to invest more than £40,000 in unplanned van upgrades. Scott Miller, director of Edinburgh-based Compass Roofing Ltd has spent the money replacing four vans to comply with the city’s new Low Emission Zone (LEZ) rules. The new rules, which came into
THE LAST section of the barrel clad roof has been installed on the new Everton Stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock in Liverpool. Panel number 872 was finally lifted into place more than seven months after the first panel was fitted in December 2023. Barrel Clad Roof Aided by a specially-adapted mechanical crane attachment, which is able
THE NEW Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has today revealed an overhaul of the planning system which will see all councils in England given new, mandatory housing targets to help deliver Labour’s target of 1.5 million more new homes by 2029. New Homes Targets Speaking in the Commons, the housing secretary said the number of
NORTHERN BUILDING PLASTICS (NBP) is reassuring customers of the capacity within its nationwide Super Depots, located in Birtley, Bolton, Hinckley and Leeds, following the latest report from the Construction Leadership Council’s Material Supply Chain Group. In its July report, the group predicts that the current market downturn is unlikely to improve this year, and that
BUILDING REMEDIATION specialist Anamore is supporting families affected by the ‘mica crisis’ in Ireland by diversifying its building remediation offering to include defective concrete block issues such as mica and pyrite. First reported in County Donegal in 2013, the mica crisis affected around 7,500 homes and a number of buildings including schools, libraries and hospitals.
A CITB Consensus consultation with the construction industry on Levy proposals for 2026-29 will start in September 2024, it has been announced. Consensus is a process that the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) usually undertakes every three years. It asks construction employers for their views on its plans for generating Levy and the skills and
FOR THE FIRST TIME, AI energy management tools have surpassed traditional building retrofits as the most effective in achieving net zero. A World Economic Forum report identifies integrated energy management as a critical strategy for achieving a collective 80% reduction in emissions. For the first time, it was placed as more important than insulation or
