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If something is left, buried under weight and pressure, for long enough, it becomes the subject of a unique, geological phenomenon. This is how fossils are made. Organic structures are petrified – locked into shape by time and the absence of air.

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Government penalties for housing delays could ripple through construction. Discover how policy shifts may affect infrastructure, materials, and the wider built environment—and what this could mean for a slow recovery in 2025.

If you’ve inherited design responsibility, this guide helps you navigate what comes next. Learn how to prove competence, get the right advice, and specify tested systems to meet Building Safety Act expectations.

Where Does Responsibility Live in Construction? A Journey Through Competence, Liability, and the Building Safety Act

You may’ve seen our crowns. Our op-eds. We certainly hope you’ve heard us shouting from the rooftops about our plant expansion.

This is not yet another story about tariffs. Not really. It’s a story about ripples. About tremors. Because what might appear a small tremor in one place, may become a landslide in another.

Passive fire protection is more than a construction material. It’s about the expertise, the design, the construction. It’s about competency.

Let’s not sugar-coat it: headlines are that the first quarter of 2025 has been pretty doom and gloom. It’s not set the world alight.

Growth is coming. That’s the manifesto of today’s spring statement, the first major financial update of the year, delivered by Chancellor Rachel Reeves.

Bright sun breaks the dawn on Spring Statement week. It’s joined by an announcement. Headlines for the construction industry to sink its teeth into. £

Construction stands at a crossroads. Completion of projects are at risk from a range of threats: , grappling with a growing skills shortage that threatens not just the completion of projects, but the very fabric of its future.