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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...
Construction trades added to Shortage Occupations List to help ease shortages
As announced in the Spring Budget 2023, five trades will be added to the Shortage Occupations List (SOL) from Monday 7 August ‐ bricklayers, carpenters, plasterers, roofers, and construction and building trades not elsewhere classified (NEC). This move is significant...
FIS update Risk Register
Following recent changes to the Building Safety Act, FIS has updated its Product Process People Risk Register to support members with compliance. The FIS PPP Risk Register gives people a structured framework to interrogate project risk based on a assessment of...
BSI agrees to develop a British Standard for Construction Product Competence
The Building Safety Act states that those working in constructing our homes, offices, hospitals and care homes should provide evidence of their competence to the client to submit as part of the applications to build and before occupation of the buildings. FIS...
Consultation on draft regulations to implement the Procurement Bill (Part 1)
The Cabinet Office is consulting on the secondary legislation required to implement the new public procurement regime set out in the Procurement Bill, including the financial thresholds that will mean contracts need to comply with the regime. The deadline for...