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Jennifer Varley is a senior associate at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP The construction industry will continue to face rising material prices, volatile markets and inflation. Disputes go hand in hand with rising prices as projects become much more difficult to complete on time and within budget. However, contractors can…

Site managers and workers face a September and October of visits from safety inspectors cracking down on the proper moving and handling of materials. Construction News understands that the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is planning to officially announce an intensification of safety checks at the end of August. Inspectors…

Joanna Hunt is head of immigration at Fieldfisher Recent developments in the immigration sector have been a bit of a mixed bag for the construction industry. When it was announced recently that several construction roles would be added to the shortage occupations list to enable companies to recruit overseas workers…

Detailed planning approvals fell against both the previous quarter and 2022 levels. In contrast, project-starts grew on the previous quarter and detailed planning approvals received a boost compared with last year. Infrastructure overview Totalling £3.807bn, civil engineering work starting on site during the three months to July grew 17 per…

Project-starts and detailed planning approvals fell against both last year and the previous quarter. More positively, main contract awards grew on the previous quarter. Community & amenity overview Community & amenity work starting on site totalled £214m during the three months to July, a 35 per cent decrease compared with…

Project starts, main contract awards and detailed planning approvals all fell against both the previous quarter and last year. Education overview Education work starting on site totalled £873m during the three months to July, experiencing a 42 per cent decrease compared to the preceding three months and standing 7 per…

Project starts, main contract awards and detailed planning approvals all grew against both the previous quarter and 2022 levels. Health overview Adding up to £690m, underlying health work starting on site (less than £100m in value) during the three months to July grew 23 per cent against the preceding three…

Project-starts, main contract awards and detailed planning approvals suffered declines on the previous quarter. More positively, approvals were up on last year. Hotel & leisure overview Totalling £501m, hotel & leisure projects starting on site during the three months to July fell 20 per cent against the preceding three months…

Projects starting on-site, main contract awards and detailed planning approvals all slipped back against both the previous three months and last year. Retail overview Totalling £324m, retail work starting on site during the three months to July fell 48 per cent against the preceding three months to stand 40 per…

Project-starts and main contract awards decreased against both the previous quarter and last year. More positively, growth in detailed planning approvals on last year provides a boost to the development pipeline. Offices overview Office work starting on site totalled £919m during the three months to July, a 54 per cent…