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New public procurement regime designed to deliver better value for money
The Procurement Act received Royal Assent on 27 October and aims to create a new public procurement regime designed to deliver better value for money. Expected to come into force from October 2024, simpler and more transparent procurement processes will streamline the...
Help us to develop the End Point Assessment for Interior Systems
FIS is working at pace with NOCN (National Open College Network) to develop the End Point Assessment for Interior Systems Installer apprenticeship – Ceilings and Partitions pathway as there is not an assessment in place for this pathway. To progress this work, we...
New Passive Fire Knowledge Group develops knowledge shares to support compliance
A new set of resources looking at penetrations and compatibility were launched today at London Build by the Passive Fire Knowledge Group (PFKG), a collaborative construction forum (co-chaired by FIS Technical Director Joe Cilia). The PFKG brings together contractors,...
The Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Bill has been introduced
The Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Bill has been introduced. The bill seeks to reduce the risk of life from unsafe cladding on people’s homes and will give powers to ministers to assess and remediate certain types of buildings with unsafe cladding....
FIS is in good health
At the FIS AGM this week, Philip Brown (FIS President) assured members that their trade association “is in good health, is well managed, in good financial shape, well respected and continues to grow in every meaningful way”. This is in no small part due to the...
Lens Blog: It’s all about survival
FIS Consultant Len Bunton shares his concerns about the payment and cash flow issues in the construction industry in the UK. "Everybody who reads this will be acutely aware of difficulties in the current marketplace, and what I would like to do is to share some recent...
Rate of inflation reducing, but costs are still going up warns FIS
The Building Cost Information Service (BCIS) has reported at the start of November that construction materials prices for all work fell by 1.8% in the 12 months to September 2023, according to new figures from the Department for Business and Trade. This was a smaller...
Helping members recruit overseas skilled workers
To help members recruit overseas skilled workers to fill the skills gaps being experienced in the industry which is inhibiting growth, FIS has partnered with specialist immigration lawyers, Migrate UK. This partnership enables members to explore whether hiring...
Tackling project defects at source
Business Models and Fair Payment Workstream - Pilot project to cut defects CLC is running a pilot project on a scheme developed by the contractors’ umbrella body ActuateUK to tackle project defects at source with the long-term aim of removing the need for payment...