The UK Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism imposes a carbon price on imported steel, cement, and more. What it could mean for costs and sourcing.

Buildings and construction account for nearly a third of global material extraction. Kingspan’s head of sustainability explains why design, recycled content and recovery systems must work together.

The Environment Agency’s “Electric October” trial shifted shingle with an electric fleet, cutting air and noise pollution on a working beach.

Reformed waste exemptions reach England on 6 January 2027, subject to Parliament approval. The U1 exemption is tightened, with a 12-month transition.

For every £1 of contract value in 2025, 22p of social value was created, supporting jobs, skills and local economies.

My Company is working on a Construction Site in Wales, are the rules different? The purpose of separate collection of different waste streams is to improve the subsequent quality of recycled material by reducing contamination on collection. This should increase the total quality, quantity and value of recyclates produced across sites and the UK. This […]

What is Social Value and what are the implications for my Construction Business? Social Value is external whereas Corporate Social Responsibility is internal.   Social Value might be seen as an extension of Corporate Social Responsibility whereby a company embracing Social Value seeks, through its policies and actions, to actively produce benefits, that is, adding social […]

Any job, any day of the week, can potentially release lethal asbestos fibres. It’s not like dust –  you can’t see, smell, or feel the fibres in the air or on your clothes. Asbestos can be found in any building built or refurbished before the year 2000. Houses built in the fifties, sixties and seventies […]

A coroner called for safety improvements in the directional drilling sector after a worker died on an HS2 site in Birmingham last year. In April 2023 a construction worker received fatal injuries when they were struck by the end of a pipe coil as it was being fed from a coil trailer. The stored energy […]

Construction Logistics Plans are the golden thread that runs through the CLOCS Standard. CLOCS’ Construction Logistics Planning (CLP) training is engaging, informative and insightful. The training receives positive reviews every session and delegates gain relevant knowledge to bring back to their role.  Effective CLPs require all stakeholders in construction to work collaboratively. CLP training provides […]