Opinion Top of the class: construction should welcome PM’s message on technical careers Andy Burnham wants an education system that values the ‘hard hat’. This is a chance for construction to promote its diverse career paths. People Costain doubles apprentice intake to 50 CPD CPD: Materials management plans News Vinci and McAlpine hand over delayed Nottingham hospital scheme Mace Consult, Arcadis appointed to £2.5bn Luton Airport expansion New CIOB-CIH guidance tackles damp and mould in social housing Burnham launches code and payment app to clamp down on rogue builders Spitalfields Market gets London’s biggest rooftop solar array Sisk arm Farrans starts work on battery energy storage scheme Construction jobs Project Manager (Capital Works) – The Royal Parks, LondonLondon Assistant Building SurveyorBrandon JamesLondon Site Manager (Holiday Cover)Madigan GillLondon Senior Quantity SurveyorDamicor LtdLondon Chartered Building SurveyorBrandon JamesEast of England Technical New guidance on managing water risk in mass timber buildings due in October Why the World Bank is interested in building safety More aircon is not the answer. How do we make buildings more heat resilient? Opinion ‘UK’s not the only one dealing with shortage of apprenticeships’ CM Readers’ Comments Circularity’s becoming a requirement, so we need to start measuring it David Cheshire Sustainability director, Aecom Top of the class: construction should welcome PM’s message on technical careers Victoria Hills CEO, CIOB How new orders are impacting market change in housing and industrial Barrett Harris Turner & Townsend People Costain doubles apprentice intake to 50 New e-learning academy targets project management skills gap Bath College and Beard announce Real Skills Hub partnership Digital Six questions contractors should ask before buying AI systems Time to compete for a digital construction Oscar Is carbon data your next competitive advantage? CPD CPD: Materials management plans CPD: Managing groundwater on construction sites CPD: Delivering projects with modular construction Video ‘We’re running out of time’: new CIOB president on net-zero backsliding Prisoners building homes: new scheme tackles three big problems at once Video | BAM uses helicopter to install heat pumps on top of London’s Broadgate Tower Podcasts 25 years on from 9/11, do tall buildings have a future? How can we live in this heat? Meet the prisoners building homes CIOB Community Diary dates: What’s on in September 2026 CIOB Member training day helps future construction talent NTU partnership gives surveying students hands-on retrofit experience Partner Content What agency margin really costs UK contractors, and how direct hiring closes the gap New Siderise Inspection App helps construction managers prepare for Gateway 3 Party wall agreements: what you need to know before work begins Legal The core capability gap slowing progress on building assessment certificates How would a Grenfell Tower replica be used in a criminal trial? ‘How do we price work on boggy ground?’ Academic When ‘yes’ doesn’t mean ‘I understand’: the hidden safety risk on multicultural construction sites Social value and construction projects: can it be measured practically by FM clients? Can virtual reality help build a more sustainable construction industry?
Opinion Top of the class: construction should welcome PM’s message on technical careers Andy Burnham wants an education system that values the ‘hard hat’. This is a chance for construction to promote its diverse career paths.
Circularity’s becoming a requirement, so we need to start measuring it David Cheshire Sustainability director, Aecom
Top of the class: construction should welcome PM’s message on technical careers Victoria Hills CEO, CIOB
How new orders are impacting market change in housing and industrial Barrett Harris Turner & Townsend
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