Former UK chief construction adviser Paul Morrell says the number of candidates fit for the new role recommended by the Grenfell Inquiry is “very limited”.

The CLC says the industry is ready to act on the construction product testing review, but has emphasised the need for government action.

CIOB president Sandi Rhys Jones chose Paul Morrell as recipient of the 2024 President’s Award.

A selection of readers’ comments about news and issues in the industry from across the CIOB community.

Paul Morrell’s CIOB lecture was titled ‘How much longer? Why is change so difficult (and yet so necessary) in construction?’

The government has failed to engage with the results of a key product testing review that itself had commissioned, one of the report’s authors told a Commons select committee this week.