People Older talent could be the new talent you’re looking for You don’t have to look far to find a headline about the recruitment crisis the industry is facing currently. So, could older workers hold the answer?
Digital Construction AI in construction: get on board or get left behind Construction is ripe for transformative change via AI, so embrace the future, says Estimate One’s Simon Herod.
CIOB Community CIOB Awards 2024: Rising Star Jessica Haskett hit the ground running when she joined Kier Group’s Construction division in 2021 as a graduate design manager.
People Mental health advocate named construction’s Rising Star 2024 Kier Construction’s Jessica Haskett has been awarded for her passion for supporting colleagues with their mental wellbeing
News Kier Otter project declared new national nature reserve Kier has completed works on the Lower Otter Restoration Project, enabling the 55-hectare wetland habitat to be declared a new national nature reserve.
Video Video | Kier installs 23m steel bridge at Dover school Kier has finished installing a 23m bridge consisting of steel Vierendeel girders and a deck at Dover Grammar School for Boys.
People Refugees can help construction build Yemeni engineer Omar Alhuraibi had a career spanning two decades, but struggled to find work in the UK industry
Digital Construction Can embodied carbon data be rolled into Scope 3 reporting? How can embodied carbon data be used and included within Scope 3 emissions reporting? The UKGBC wants to the industry’s answer.
Digital Construction Yorkshire Water project cuts carbon with 3D printing The team of Mott MacDonald Bentley (MMB), Tarmac and Finnish technology firm Hyperion Robotics have combined to reduce carbon on a Yorkshire Water project by using 3D printing.
Digital Construction How should materials passports be implemented? Multi-disciplinary consultant Waterman has launched a materials passport framework, aimed at standardising the approach to documenting and managing materials throughout their lifecycle in order to improve their reuse. How should materials passports be implemented?
Video Video | Kier reinstates 19th-century statues to top of Glasgow theatre Kier has returned six Victorian-era stone statues to the rooftop of the Citizens Theatre in Glasgow.
Digital Construction 21CC Podcast: Call for Saudi giga project to be halted A scientist has called for the cancellation of Saudi Arabia’s giga project, The Line, on the grounds that it would be a terrible place to live.
People Why it makes business sense to help refugees into work By helping refugees to start a new life in the UK, Kier is also tackling the skills shortages it faces
People McNicholas named for failing to pay minimum wage Elstree-based contractor has been exposed as one of 202 companies ordered to repay staff
News Construction firm among companies that failed to pay minimum wage Kier-owned McNicholas Construction has been named by the government as one of the 202 companies failing to pay staff the legal minimum wage.
Video Video | Kier builds coastal defence in Somerset Kier has built a coastal defence in Blue Anchor beach, Somerset, to protect the cliffs, walls and a nearby road from continued erosion.
People HS2 announces new construction apprenticeships Applications are now open for a new apprenticeship programme with HS2’s construction partner EKFB
Construction clients are not happy about contractor workmanship. Find out more in the 2026 Construction Management and CIOB client survey.