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The Construction Industry Council (CIC) has unveiled its new corporate plan for 2025-2030 as it aims to be the unified voice for construction professionals.

The concept of building new towns once epitomised a transformative approach to addressing housing and infrastructure challenges in Britain. From early developments, such as Letchworth Garden City, to post-war projects like Milton Keynes, these planned communities provided innovative solutions to overcrowding and economic stagnation. Yet momentum appeared to stall in the 21st century, raising questions about their relevance today. Can the vision of new towns be revived – as the current Government hopes – or has land assembly become too complex to manage?

The Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) Action Plan has been officially launched at the National Demonstration Park as the government aim to modernise the construction sector, expand housing capacity, and create sustainable, skilled jobs.

NBS has launched The Best Practice Guide to Specification Writing, a free framework designed to standardise and improve specification writing across the sector.

New IStructE-led guidance aims to address the existing knowledge gap in a widely used, safety-critical building design feature.

Technical guide to house building from foundations to roofs and finishing.

Building costs will increase by 15% and tender prices by 19% over the next five years, according to the latest forecast from Building Cost Information Service.

After four years of virtual collaboration, the Construction Industry Collective Voice (CICV) met in-person for the first time in Edinburgh, bringing together representatives from many of its 29 member organisations, including CIAT.

The UK government has published a new policy paper, a forward-looking pipeline of planned projects and programmes in economic and social infrastructure.

Hundreds of residents of a 15-storey tower block in Bristol have been evacuated by the council due to a major structural fault in the building.

A local council in south-east London has ordered a housing developer to demolish two newly built blocks of flats for breaching planning conditions.

According to the Construction Products Association (CPA), the construction industry is headed towards an "acute recession" this year.

The Palace of Westminster could 'collapse' if refurbishment work does not get underway, MPs have been warned.

The Construction Leadership Council (CLC) has appointed four industry leaders to join the board as part of an overhaul of its governance structure.

Booking is now open for Open Doors 2023, giving young people and those looking for a change of career the chance to visit construction sites across Great Britain from Monday 13 – Saturday 18 March 2023.

The Government has revealed plans to block developer's planning proposals if they are too slow to build on land they own.

The Construction Leadership Council (CLC) has written to new business secretary Grant Shapps and secretary of state at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, Michael Gove, warning of confusion over safety markings on some imported construction products.

The Construction Playbook has been revised to take account of the Building Safety Act.

We have teamed up with Grand Designs Live to offer you free and discounted tickets to this year’s event, taking place at NEC Birmingham from 5-9 October 2022. For a limited time only, you can claim free weekday and discounted weekend tickets.

A new report published by the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) suggests the pandemic has left some positive legacies for UK construction industry.