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Entry into FIS Innovation Awards now open!
Entry is now open for the 2024 FIS Innovation Awards. Now in their second year, the Innovation Awards are open to all companies operating in the finishes and interiors sector and focus on ideas that help support improvements in efficiency, productivity, performance,...
JCT Updates Scheduled for 2024
It has been confirmed that the next edition of JCT (JCT 2024) is anticipated to be issued in the early part of next year. The final decision on the release date will be determined by when the secondary legislation necessary to implement many of the provisions of the...
UK Government overlooks construction in extension of CE mark use
The Department for Business and Trade announces an indefinite extension to the use of CE marking for UK businesses, but DLUHC (who regulate Construction Products) have indicated that this extension will not apply to construction products. The Department for Business...
Government launches biggest cladding removal scheme
Cladding Safety Scheme opens to give thousands more buildings access to government funding to fix dangerous cladding for the first time. The government has announced its biggest building safety intervention to date as part of a wider package of measures to help end...
FIS State of Trade Survey Q2 2023: Market holds firm
Workloads reported by members in the FIS Q2 State of Trade Survey have continued to trend positively with a higher balance (18% up from 5% in Q1) reporting Growth. Within this, 35% of members have experienced growth greater than 5% and just 29% reported a decline for...
BSR Lunch and Learn webinar: Building Control – an Overview to the New Regime
The Building Safety Regulator (BSR) is set to oversee the building control approval process for all higher-risk buildings from 1st October 2023. In order to ensure the ongoing safety of residents, the BSR will also manage the safety of these buildings while they are...
CPA Construction Industry Forecast Summer 2023
Construction output is forecast to fall by 7.0% in 2023, primarily due to sharp falls in activity in the two largest construction sectors, private new housing and private housing repair, maintenance and improvement (rm&i). Output in the third largest construction...
Latest FIS Wage Rate Survey
To help keep tabs on wage rate inflation, FIS launched in 2021 The FIS Wage Rate Index. The aim of this work is to support contract negotiations and to help track the impact of labour shortage on the cost breakdown of projects. The survey is conducted every six months...
Morrell and Day Report – recommendations to improve and strengthen the testing regime for construction products
The CPA has produced its response to the Independent Review of the Construction Products Testing Regime by Paul Morrell OBE and Anneliese Day KC. This latest briefing paper outlines how the CPA intends to respond to this report, as well as working with the government...