Legal & General insurance specialists have launched a new dedicated affordable housing division, which will enable them to continue their ambitions in the housebuilding sector. Legal & General Affordable Homes, an affiliate of Legal & General Capital, aspires to become the leading private affordable housing provider in the UK. It is aiming at all areas of the affordable housing market, including new build Section 106 and grant-funded affordable rent, social rent and shared ow

The National Access & Scaffolding Confederation (NASC) has reported a decrease in the number of accidents and injuries being reported. The NASC 2018 Safety Report reveals that there was only 17 major injuries recorded by members in 2017, down 37% from 27 in 2016, and 89 incidences in total, down from 96 in 2016. The report logs and analyses accident and injury statistics for its full contracting members, which holds information for more than 16,000 scaffolding operatives acro

Soft Landings Conference, which is being staged by BSRIA, is a culture for all projects, and it will take place on 15th June at RCIS in London. Soft Landings provide a piece by piece process for all clients and their projects, this allows them to follow the process and be able to avoid hazard and also be able to deliver a better performing product. The building delivery process is run through the project, from start to finish and beyond, this is so that they can ensure all de

The TRA (Trussed Rafter Association) has announced and published a new roofing guidance for housebuilders. “How to Build Compliant Spandrel Panels”, which is supported by the NHBC, has been brought up to date to include information about single-skin cladding for spandrel panels. The roofing guide now has a page highlighting fermacell Gypsum Fibreboard as an example of how single-skin cladding can replace two sheets of plasterboard either side of a spandrel panel, without comp

The professional construction team at Derby college (as part of the BRIDGE project) have organised an activity day at The Bemrose School in Derby, so that they can teach student more about careers available within the construction sector. The BRIDGE project is a shared research programme between with Gateshead College, Northumbria University and Derby College, the project aims to explore the barriers and limited engagement from women and ethnic minorities in professional cons

ebb3, who are experts in network infrastructure performance for 3D graphics, have announced they will apply Citrix® technology, so designers within industries such as automotive, aerospace and builders will have a VR solution. VR (also known as Virtual Reality) has grown rapidly in popularity over the past year, especially for designers due to its unique ability. This ability allows users to help visualise the project that they are developing. Also, it allows non-technical cl

House builders are expressing their concern for the lack of availability of bricks and roof tiles. At the beginning of this year is seemed that the brick stocks did recover slightly, but are at their lowest level since the beginning of 2015. The average demand is currently only two months’ supply. Stock of concrete roof tiles are also at their lowest and they represent only two weeks supply. Current headlines about brick stock seemed to confuse statistics, however, after rece

The latest Purchase Managers’ Index (PMI) for the construction sector has disclosed that the constructive industry suffered is largest drop in activity and work since the 2016 Brexit Vote in March 2018 due to severe weather caused by the “Beast from the East”. The latest PMI came in at 42 for the construction sector, down from 51.4 in February and below the 50 mark point that separates expansion from contraction. The City of London analysts had estimated a reading of 50.8. Ci