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Ryan Mayor is the early careers development manager at Balfour Beatty National Apprenticeship Week provides an opportunity for the construction and infrastructure industry to reflect on the importance of developing the next generation of skilled professionals. “National Apprenticeship Week beckons us to go beyond celebration and actively engage in reshaping…

Rudi Klein is a barrister and former chief executive of SEC Group Trade body Build UK boasts it provides leadership to the industry. Some five years ago – egged on by its large tier one contractor members, the Civil Engineering Contractors Association and Construction Products Association – it announced a…

Frederik Murphy-Jackson is the founder of FMJ Plastering In the turbulent landscape of the UK construction industry, a pressing concern has emerged: a severe shortage of qualified and skilled tradespeople. The sharp rise in home improvements has magnified the lack of skilled workers within the industry, hampering the timely completion…

In a new tie-up with data firm Tussell, Construction News brings you quarterly data on construction contracts awarded by the public sector. View the biggest contractors, clients, frameworks and opportunities, with analysis from Tussell. Market overview The UK government awarded 1,529 contracts relating to construction in Q4 2023, worth a…

Julie White is managing director of D-Drill & Sawing and chair of Build UK I have always been a huge advocate of apprentices, so National Apprenticeship Week gets my full backing every year. It’s in my blood, you see. More than 40 years ago, my dad, Peter White – who…

Kingsley Clarke is operations lead at Southern Construction Framework With a recent report by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) finding that there were 45 fatalities in the construction industry in 2022/2023, up from 29 the previous year, it’s more important than ever that the right health and safety training…

Andrew Kitley is managing director of Kitall In the construction sector, the extent of support for neurodivergent individuals significantly varies depending on the employer. A notable observation is that the highest levels of awareness and support are often found in companies where leadership openly identifies as neurodivergent. This personal connection…

Marc Preston is chief executive of Vertice Development Management and New Foundation Counselling, and director of Construction Disputes Experts  The impact of poor mental health within the construction industry is now an undisputed fact, with suicide statistics escalating every year. In 2021 there were 507 deaths and, without proper address,…

Aidan Steensma is of counsel in the infrastructure, construction and energy disputes team at CMS London A smash and grab adjudication (SGA) involves a party claiming a sum that was applied for but never challenged in a valid payment or pay-less notice (or the ‘notified sum’). The paying party must…