Construction

Orwell Housing Association has appointed Apex Scaffolding Anglia and S P Scaffolding (East Anglia) for repair and maintenance work under two contracts valued at £165,000 each excluding VAT.

The masonry and scaffolding contractor invested £2.99m in scaffold and other fixed assets and entered 2026 with £131m of secured work.

Materials prices rose again in August, while brick and block deliveries remained below year-earlier levels despite a monthly rebound.

The UK construction PMI rose to 46.1 in September, but new work fell faster and subcontractor usage returned to decline.

Planning permissions for new homes in England have fallen to their lowest quarterly level since 2012, raising questions over the volume of residential work likely to reach scaffolding contractors further down the construction pipeline.

Government figures show 46% of monitored buildings in England are recorded as awaiting work on unsafe cladding.

Researchers have demonstrated an autonomous drone system capable of placing bricks and applying adhesive in mid-air, in a development that could shape future approaches...

Tilbury Douglas has begun using a humanoid robot to carry out administrative and data-collection tasks on a live construction site. The contractor says the...

The number of women completing construction apprenticeships has more than tripled since 2018, according to new figures from the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB). CITB...

The government has confirmed Roads Investment Strategy 3 (RIS3), a £27 billion programme covering England's motorway and A-road network through to 2031. A record £8.4...