How do you stop non-compliant or non-specified materials being installed on site? Stop them as they arrive on site is the answer from product and waste tracking platform Qflow.

What are product platforms and why should construction embrace them? Mott MacDonald’s Ben Carlisle, author of a new report on the technology, explains.

The construction industry should welcome scrutiny, but the burden mustn’t fall on contractors alone, writes Neil Hargreaves, managing director of Knauf Insulation.

Some SME builders are becoming reluctant to take on certain projects because the don’t have the trades to complete the work.

The war in Ukraine and sanctions on Russia and Belarus will hit the supply of wood products used in construction, including OSB (oriented strand board) and plywood.

A seasonal drop in demand for construction products has helped to take pressure off supply chains and prices, according to the latest Construction Leadership Council (CLC) statement on product availability.

Timber battens have replaced concrete roof tiles as the hardest-to-obtain construction product, although the overall picture for products and materials is more positive than it has been in recent months.

Lack of capacity in product testing could lead to the delay in construction of 150,000 homes in a single year, the Construction Leadership Council (CLC) is warning the government.

Construction prices rose by 14.7% in June 2021, compared to the same month a year before, according to the latest official figures.

The prices for construction products and materials have risen by 10-15% as demand remains “far in excess of supply”.

The full detail of the Construction Products Association’s (CPA) proposed Code for Construction Product Information will be published towards the end of the summer.

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