Government proposals to strengthen the construction products used in buildings across the UK have been published in an attempt to tackle unregulated practices.

A new free guide provides designers, specifiers and installers with information to make informed decisions about the safety of construction products.

Straw-based wall systems will be easier to source in the UK after a partnership between sustainable products distributor Ecological Building Systems and a European construction technology startup.

The Office for Product Safety and Standards has recalled from the UK market a timber product used for construction sheeting after it was found not to consistently achieve the declared reaction to fire performance.

Simon Lewis and Michelle Essen review key points of the government’s consultation on its proposals for the reform of the construction products regime.​

The construction product manufacturing sector is showing “green shoots of recovery” after challenging years, according to CPA’s latest state of trade survey.

The digitisation of construction product information is not on manufacturers’ radars, according to research from the Construction Leadership Council (CLC).

BIM adoption hangs on everyone in the supply chain understanding its true value and realising their roles in an ecosystem, says Autodesk’s Marek Suchocki.

Researchers have developed an ultra-low carbon construction material made with sugarcane fibres that could be used instead of brick and concrete.

Glider has won an information management consultancy contract with the Network Homes housing association.

As chair of the working group that created the framework, Dame Judith Hackitt tells Will Mann how it will plug gaps in the current regulatory system.

The government has updated its guidance on the regulation of construction products in Great Britain.

Range, volume, and delivery times of construction products are at their best in two years, the Construction Leadership Council (CLC) reports.

A two-year period of sales growth in construction products came to an end in the third quarter of this year, amid a deteriorating economic backdrop.

It is still too early to tell what effect sanctions against Russia will have on building materials.