Construction Management

Photo © 2025 – ASV Photography Ltd. www.ASVphotos.com There is just a month left to enter the Digital Construction Awards 2027. The entry deadline for the digital construction Oscars is 30 October. The Digital Construction Awards celebrate best practice and reward innovation in the application of BIM, information management and digital technology in the built and managed environments.

Image: Wrightstudio | Dreamstime.com. Construction businesses of all sizes can improve project outcomes by digitalising their PMO function – and the soon-to-be-published CIOB playbook on the topic offers important advice on how to do that. Some of the playbook’s authors and industry practitioners took part in a CM webinar devoted to the subject.

Reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete. Image: MTC When reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) became headline news in autumn 2023, attention understandably focused on identifying affected buildings and ensuring people remained safe. Today, the immediate crisis has subsided, but thousands of asset owners, estates teams and designers are still dealing with the practical realities of assessment, risk management and remediation.

Image: Richardjohnsonuk | Dreamstime.com A couple of weeks ago, CIOB co-hosted a webinar on “Building Safety Regulation in a Changing World: Global Lessons for Reform”. We had a stellar panel, featuring our co-hosts for this event, the International Building Quality Centre, represented by Kim Lovegrove, alongside Jayashree Srinivasan of the World Bank and Dame Judith Hackitt, who will be known to most of our UK-based members.

By pooling industry expertise and experience across the supply chain, a new group tasked with improving fire performance is sharing best practice, intelligence and influencing live projects, says Skanska’s Chris Greenhough The construction industry is not short of guidance, standards, working groups or technical committees. Yet many of the challenges surrounding passive fire protection continue to persist.

Legal experts have warned about the “unintended consequences” of the Building Safety Levy, a new tax on residential schemes that comes into force today. The levy is part of the Building Safety Act 2022 and aims to raise an estimated £3.4bn toward the government‘’s historical building safety and cladding remediation programmes. It applies to major developments of more than 10 dwellings or 30 student beds.

Image: North Yorkshire Moors Railway (NYMR) The North Yorkshire Moors Railway (NYMR) has raised half the money required to repair one of the 30 bridges and culverts on its line running through the North York Moors. The Bridge 42 Appeal aims to raise £800,000 to repair a bridge between Grosmont Level Crossing and a tunnel. The works are being carried out by CML Structures. Image: McLaren Construction A 125-tonne inverted ribbon truss has been installed at Wrexham AFC’s new Kop Stand at the Cae Ras.

The Crown Prosecution Service has committed to making the charging decisions before the tenth anniversary of the fire in June 2027. Image: Abdullah Sakr | Dreamstime.com Nine years after the Grenfell Tower catastrophe, the Metropolitan Police has submitted all files to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) to allow it to make charging decisions relating to the fire.

Continuing our series featuring insights from major employers, Rachael Smith, people & culture executive director at Sir Robert McAlpine, tells Nicky Roger what the contractor looks for in candidates, where skills gaps are emerging and how it is using workforce planning to develop talent For us, there are three things that stand out: attitude to learning and curiosity, ownership and accountability, and collaborative leadership.

Who is responsible for design management during the operational phase of construction projects and what does their responsibility cover? Zacharias Fotos MCIOB explains Design is a major area of risk on construction projects.