The Masonry Association of Great Britain (MAGB) is calling for the fire safety performance of cavity barriers to be considered over the full life of a building, not just at the point of laboratory tests.

Homeowners are being warned of the dangers of hiring disreputable installers for solar panels, following a series of fires linked to the renewable energy source over the last year.

A robot that can self-locate, self-position and self-tie up to 1,100 rebar intersections an hour is being used on a major civils project in Florida.