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Construction comes with fundamental risks that all professionals in the sector must navigate. In recent years, however, a series of economic, social and other factors have conspired to increase uncertainty; in response, construction workers say that contractors are becoming increasingly risk averse.
Sustainability has been integral to responsible construction for years. As greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions rise and the impacts of biodiversity loss become ever clearer, the construction industry continues to face up to its environmental challenges.
Exance and Focus Insurance have joined forces to deliver smarter, stronger, and more accessible construction insurance for brokers across the UK. Why? Because we believe insurance should be built around you – your clients, your challenges, your ambitions.
Reforms laid out in the new Planning and Infrastructure Bill have broadly been welcomed by the construction industry. But what is included? And when can we expect it to become law? This article looks at the key questions and how the construction sector has responded so far.
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) has been around for a long time, and the concept will certainly not be new to anyone in the construction industry. As the urgency to transition the economy towards net zero by 2050 heightens, construction contracts are increasingly including requirements relating to ESG standards.
In 2020, the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) published a report examining the state of mental health in construction. It found that there was a “silent mental health crisis in the industry”, with a quarter of workers saying they had suicidal thoughts.
The construction industry is currently benefitting from a new phase of government investment that promises to drive growth in the coming years. Here’s why we’re optimistic about the future of construction.
The UK government will introduce a single regulator for the construction industry by 2028, after it accepted all 58 recommendations in the Grenfell Tower Inquiry’s final report.
Working in construction comes with risks, and the most effective way to minimise these is to foster a culture of safety on-site. . To do so, employers have a duty to record accidents and near misses in order to keep clear records of incidents and to learn for next time how safety can be improved.