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The number of British construction worker fatalities increased to 51 in the last year, which shows that “lessons aren’t being learned” according to safety experts.

A rate of one in 10 women are likely to leave the workforce due to menopause, but a 2022 survey of 92 HR managers in construction found that 61% of organisations had no policies for menopause in place.

Aecom, AtkinsRéalis, Jacobs, Ramboll, Stantec and WSP have all won spots on West of England Combined Authority’s (WECA’s) new professional services framework to progress infrastructure schemes in the region.

The second annual NCE Awards was held in central London last night 2 July to recognise the cream of the crop in the broad and inspiring UK civil engineering industry.

An end to delays in processing Harbour Orders is undermining confidence in the UK ports sector's ability to meet the growing demand for offshore wind, according to the British Ports Association (BPA).

Projects put on pause by the General Election, such as the Lower Thames Crossing, must be unblocked within the first 100 days of the next government, according to the Civil Engineering Contractors Association (Ceca).

Where do you start when creating a social value strategy? What should you be measuring and how do you operationalise it? Creating an effective approach to social value is a complex challenge and the stakes are high, with stakeholders increasingly scrutinising unsupported claims.

McLaren Construction has completed the first phase of planned works to double capacity at the World Freight Terminal development situated to the west of Manchester Airport.

Productivity in construction is a new focus of the Laing O'Rourke Centre for Construction Engineering and Technology at Cambridge according to its 2020-2023 review.

A long-term infrastructure plan from government that “transcends the five year parliamentary cycle” and brings major projects back onto the UK’s horizon is being sought by Ferrovial Construction UK managing director Karl Goose.