Iain Mcilwee News Today

The government has failed to respond to a key post-Grenfell construction product safety report a year after its publication.

Clients should pay for extra costs incurred by scaffolders incurred due to measures in the Building Safety Act, according to the head of a trade body. On

Contractors can start building tower blocks with some gaps in design details under the new building safety regime, the regulator in charge has said. In a

Government departments are failing to regularly use project bank accounts (PBAs) on large construction projects, contrary to their own procurement rules,

Christmas can be a particularly stressful time for specialist contractors. Anecdotal evidence suggests that main contractors’ payments start to dry up –

The problem of late payment is worsening but project bank accounts promise a sunnier future for subcontractors, industry insiders say.

Vistry has written to its subcontractors asking for a 10 per cent reduction on the prices agreed in current contracts, sparking anger in the sector. In an

Making sure firms and workers are competent to carry out construction projects is one of the biggest post-Grenfell initiatives in the sector. CN

Site managers and workers face a September and October of visits from safety inspectors cracking down on the proper moving and handling of materials.

Firms have been warned that a government pledge to allow indefinite use of the CE marking post-Brexit does not apply to construction products.