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Scope Clarity Essential to Avoid Structural Safety Oversights – Key Lessons from Latest CROSS Report
The latest report published on the CROSS (Collaborative Reporting for Safer Structures) website serves as a timely reminder of the vital importance of clearly defined design responsibilities and scope management on construction projects. In this case, a scope gap...
Government finally step in proposing significant overhaul of legislation on fair payment and retention
Government has backed up commitments to tackling the scourge of late payments and retention in the construction sector by seeking views on a package of proposed legislative measures. The package of new measures is claimed to be the most significant attempt to...
Scottish Awards 2025 Shortlist Announced
Join us on 12 September in Glasgow for our annual Scottish Awards Lunch at which we honour the outstanding projects completed by our members in Scotland. The FIS Scottish Awards showcase the remarkable achievements of our members, with each project undergoing rigorous...
The FIS Acoustic Verification Scheme is expanding
Growing concerns and legal challenges around acoustic performance claims led FIS in 2018 to take positive action and launch an acoustic verification scheme that covered glazed and demountable partitions and acoustic walls. The scheme reviews test data through a...
UK construction growth but risks intensify
The Construction Products Association’s Summer Forecasts, published today, show that the key drivers of cautious growth in UK construction remain similar to three months ago but the economic risks and uncertainties have risen considerably. Total construction output is...
Guidance on Building Control Approval Applications for a new Higher-Risk Building (Gateway 2)
The Construction Leadership Council has published a suite of guidance on Building Control Approval Applications for a new Higher-Risk Building (Gateway 2). This guidance has been produced by the CLC, industry stakeholders and the Building Safety Regulator. It...
Fighting your corner…FIS advocacy and Representation
One of the 7 core objectives of FIS is to provide: A voice to lead positive change and champion the sector and membership. This is something we are doing all the time as we work directly talking to civil servants and politicians. Below is a snapshot of what this...
Growth returns for the second quarter of 2025
Growth returned in the Construction Products Association State of Trade Survey for the second quarter of 2025, with 53% of heavy side product manufacturers and one-third of those on the light side reporting an increase in sales, on balance. This follows the fall in...
House of Lords call for evidence on the Building Safety Regulator
Following concerns raised by Industry that delays in approvals by the BSR have slowed down the delivery of new buildings and homes, the House of Lords Industry and Regulators Committee, chaired by Baroness Taylor of Bolton, has launched an inquiry into building safety...