It’s a critical time for BSF. With the programme’s first schools just open and large-scale building starting, local authorities will begin to find out if the effort has been worthwhile.

Using materials more efficiently is a simple way to make a big difference to the cost and sustainability of your project.

We examine the potential for biomass energy systems, considering the adequacy of the fuel supply and the viability of various system types at different scales.

We revisits industrial units, primary schools extensions and primary health care centres to investigate how recent changes to legislation, specifications and general price increases have affected building costs.

Davis Langdon's International Procurement Group’s 2nd series of articles explores the issues faced by the construction industry as global demand for materials and resources becomes ever more competitive

2,500 lorries driving in the capital each day do not currently meet the required standard. Each operator has been given 28 days to achieve compliance across their fleet.

Despite the pessimism all around, most contractors have strong order books and there are few reports of projects being cancelled or delayed.

Led by surging Chinese and Indian economies and supported by solid performance in most industrial and emerging-market countries, world GDP growth  accelerated to over 5% in 2007.