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By Tom Lowe2021-03-09T06:01:00+00:00 Figures will be made available for government and public alike The Construction Leadership Council has called on firms to play their part in tackling climate change as it reveals plans to share quarterly data with the government on the industry’s progress towards net zero. The move is part of a new industry-wide campaign, dubbed C02nstruct Zero, which the CLC said will aim to “drive carbon out of all parts of the construction sector, from manufacturing...

KEVIN STENT/STUFF Hutt City Councillor Chris Milne in 2019 complained police should be spending their time on more important things than ticketing people not wearing seatbelts in carparks after his wife was tickteted. He has again found himself in hot water. A Hutt City councillor found in "material and serious" breach of standards has been sent a letter signed by nine others around the council table calling for his resignation. "We have completely lost confidence in you as a Hutt City counci...

By • 28 Feb 2021 MAKING A SPLASH: Parish councillors in Middleton-in-Teesdale are asking for an investigation into whether damaged drains are responsible for the flooding and ice risk on Laneside DRAINAGE issues that could be linked to work carried out by contractors a year ago have become "dangerous" for motorists. Highways bosses are to be asked to investigate drains at Laneside on the B6282 at the entrance to Middleton-in-Teesdale after reports of excessive flooding across the carriag...

By Jordan Marshall2021-02-23T06:00:00+00:00 John Morgan and Andy Mitchell among those calling for government intervention The UK may be unable to meet its net zero targets because of construction skills shortages, according to the Institute for Public Policy Research. Source: Shutterstock The CLC is working on a green skills plan A letter signed by leading construction industry figures today has called on chancellor Rishi Sunak to support the sector to get the green skills it needs to play a...

The industry’s skills shortage means the UK could be unable to achieve a zero-carbon economy by 2050, a group of industry leaders has warned. The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) think tank has warned that policies are needed to address the 750,000 construction workers that could retire or be on the verge of retiring over the next 15 years. The letter, signed by industry leaders on the back of IPPR’s research, has called for increased funding and further education along with expa...

Actuate UK, a new umbrella organisation of trade bodies in the engineering services sector has been formed today. The new alliance will fill the breach left by the closure of the SEC Group at the start of this year, though Actuate UK aims to tackle a much broader range of issues than the payment malpractices for which the SEC Group was renowned. In particular, the new group aims to drive progress on skills, sustainability and building safety, as well as recovery from the virus crisis. At its la...

Andy Mitchell The co-chair of the Construction Leadership Council (CLC) and a senior union official have backed a new call on the industry to reduce its reliance on self-employed tradespeople. CLC co-chair Andy Mitchell and Unite assistant general secretary Gail Cartmail, also president of the Trades Union Congress, wrote in a foreword to a report released on Thursday that a “healthier, more sustainable balance” between self-employed and direct employment “needs to be restored”. Constru...

A group of industry trade bodies will launch a successor to the Specialist Engineering Contractors’ (SEC) Group, which has ceased operations. First established in 1993, the SEC Group gained wide recognition for campaigning against payment malpractice in the industry, championing prompt payment initiatives, project bank accounts and working to reform retentions. The group’s chief executive, Rudi Klein, and chairman, Trevor Hursthouse, stood down at the end of 2020. The new alliance, to be na...

The number of construction administrations in January was down by nearly half compared with a year earlier as the sector felt the benefit of government support schemes, Construction News can reveal. But industry figures have warned that contractual disputes and the end of the support schemes could reverse this trend in the coming months. A total of 12 firms collapsed in the first month of the year, down from 20 in December, and 19 in November, according to data provided by Creditsafe. Based on...

By Dave Rogers2021-01-29T06:00:00+00:00 Updated guidance issued for capital’s contractors Transport for London has issued updated guidance for the industry about reducing the number of workers using the Tube network to get to sites in the capital. It says firms should encourage workers to walk or cycle to site, stagger opening times and liaise with neighbouring jobs about when they start in order to cut congestion at hotspot stations. Source: Shutterstock TfL is hoping to persuade builders ...