Construction Management

New CIOB president Saul Humphrey is a consultant and professor of sustainable construction management at Anglia Ruskin University. Image: Rod Sweet New CIOB president Saul Humphrey used his first interview with CM as president to outline his priorities for his year-long term. As you’ll see in the video, top of the list for this man who joined the industry at 16 – and who is now a consultant and professor of sustainable construction management at Anglia Ruskin University – is sustainability.

Image: Cttpnetwork | Dreamstime.com The revised draft of the lifecycle costing standard, BS 8544, includes recommendations on how data should be handed over to clients. Several sections of the draft tackle the standard of information and how it should be handed over. For example, section 7 notes that lifecycle costing information should be identified as an organisational information requirement, an asset information requirement, or a project information requirement.

Chipping Warden green tunnel is in an ‘M’ shape, with separate halves for northbound and southbound trains. Image: HS2 One of five giant tunnels required for the London to Birmingham HS2 London project was lifted into position in Northamptonshire this week. The last of the 5,020 reinforced concrete segments was set in place for the 1.5-mile tunnel being built inside the cutting at the site near Chipping Warden in Northamptonshire.

The Building Safety Regulator’s latest Gateway 2 update indicates more steady improvement since it launched a remediation plan in April, with an increase in both decisions made and the approval rate. In the 12 weeks to 28 June 2026, BSR made 368 Gateway 2 decisions, with a 77% approval rate (284 cases), compared with 358 and 75% in the previous 12-week period to 30 May.

The Samuel Beckett Bridge in Dublin. Image: Matthi | Dreamstime.com Faster clash resolution, improved collaboration between project teams and improved accuracy are the top three benefits from adopting BIM reported by public sector construction clients and industry in the Republic of Ireland. The latest annual survey from Build Digital reveals that digital transformation is providing faster resolution of design clashes and improved collaboration for more than half of the 205 respondents.

The Lawson Centre for Sustainability at Trinity College, University of Toronto. Image: Graham CIOB Americas helped North American contractor Graham mark its 100th anniversary this spring when a group of CIOB Toronto Hub members visited two important projects the contractor is delivering in Canada’s largest city, Toronto.

Image: Vladimir Timofeev | Dreamstime.com Would you like to significantly speed up the pre-construction phase on major industrial projects? Want to deal with technical due diligence and early design work in days rather than months? If so, Build and its army of AI workers may be the answer. James Stirrat-Ellis, CEO of Build, gives the lowdown on his startup.

Contractor Mulalley has been awarded £1.8m in a significant legal judgement related to the Building Safety Act (BSA). Last week, a High Court judge ruled that the German parent company of a UK cladding manufacturer and supplier was liable for the contractor’s costs – through a building liability order (BLO) – to replace a defective cladding system.

Visualisation of nuclear small modular reactors planned by developer SGE. Image: SGE Laing O’Rourke has joined a consortium aiming to build 14 small nuclear reactors on three sites in the UK. The consortium is led by Polish-based developer SGE, which has applied under the UK’s Advanced Nuclear Framework (ANF) to develop a combined 4.2GW fleet of GE Vernova Hitachi BWRX-300 small modular reactors.

Image: Yongnian Gui | Dreamstime.com The number of construction workers killed on site has halved in the last two years, according to new figures released by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). A total of 25 workers died in incidents between April 2025 and March 2026, down from 35 last year and 51 in 2023/2024. Construction continues to account for the largest proportion of fatal injuries (20%) compared to other industries.