Laing O’Rourke has become the first UK construction group to achieve a quality management systems standard across all its UK businesses, the British Standards Institution (BSI) said.

A contractor ‘alliance’ established last year to build single-living accommodation for the British army using MMC has been allocated its first projects as part of a ‘programmatic approach’ to construct 16,000 new bedspaces by 2034.

Laing O’Rourke and Finnish lift engineering company Kone have manufactured and installed the first off-site constructed lift at the Network Rail Test Track in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire.

The Greater Manchester Institute of Technology works with contractors to design qualifications to meet the sector’s needs. CM People speaks to some of the key players to hear how its apprenticeships are setting up the future workforce.