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Lee Brankley is chief executive of the Certification Authority for Reinforcing Steels  It will have barely registered on the screens of brokers trading amid the relentless global movement of rebar, but the last rites have finally been read to firms using “potentially false” steel paper trails. An arm of the…

Eleanor Eaton is managing director at health and safety consultancy CQMS Ltd As the construction industry faces ever-growing demands and pressures, the mental health of its workers is a rising concern. Health and safety procedures – typically focused on preventing physical injury – are critically linked to safeguarding the mental…

Stuart Green is a professor in the School of Construction Management and Engineering at the University of Reading The phase two report of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry offers little comfort for those who work in construction. The report also highlights systemic failings on the part of the state, not least…

Alex Delin is a construction partner at Irwin Mitchell Solicitors The Technology and Construction Court (TCC) has released a decision, Bell Building Ltd v TClarke Contracting Ltd [2024] EWHC 1929 TCC, concerning the supply and installation of sub and superstructure works (subcontract works). The works were carried out by Bell…

Marc Perry (pictured above left) is principal geoenvironmental engineer and Tom Henman is sustainability director at RSK Geosciences Soil is an undervalued and finite resource. At government level, its importance is somewhat understood and recognised alongside the benefits of carbon reduction, waste reduction and the delivery of biodiversity net gain…

Emma McGrath is a professional support solicitor at Citation The Labour government hasn’t wasted any time in taking action on its manifesto pledge to “make work pay”. It has promised to introduce the Employment Rights Bill to parliament within its first 100 days, so before mid-October 2024, but it will…

Beth Bundonis is regional managing director for the East Midlands at Lovell Last month’s news of the closure of Women into Construction was met with understandable dismay across the sector. Over 16 years, the organisation championed gender equality in our industry. It leaves a massive gap, and we’ll now need…

Alister Grey is managing director of technology and manufacturing at Mace Construct When we think about the cloud, generative artificial intelligence or 5G, we think of abstract things in a digital world. We don’t think of the huge physical infrastructure required to support them. “The demand for data centres exceeded…

David Savage is a partner and head of construction engineering & projects at Charles Russell Speechlys Grenfell Tower was an all too typical project for its level of value, procured on the same flawed basis of construction economics and pressures that are still recognisable everywhere. It was also discharged against…

Amelia Woodley is executive ESG director at Speedy Hire The construction sector has been historically responsible for significant damage caused to biodiversity and nature, with built environments accounting for nearly 30 per cent of biodiversity loss globally. Considering that the UK is one of the most nature-depleted countries on earth,…