The UK government has committed to net zero by 2050, and construction must act early because it is one of the largest contributors to UK emissions. The built environment is responsible for around 25% of the UKs total carbon emissions, being the second largest source of emissions after transport so heavy focus will be put into how to transform this sector away from fossil fuel use.

You have planning permission. The land deal is done. The programme says enabling works start in eight weeks. Then someone points out that three pre-commencement conditions have not been discharged, and the whole programme stalls.

Most people hear "value engineering" and think cost cutting. They picture a QS crossing items off a specification to bring a project back within budget. That assumption costs projects more than it saves.

HVO in Construction: A Practical Guide to the Diesel Alternative. Within the construction industry, fuel is one of the biggest sources of carbon emissions.

From 1 October 2026, every major residential development in England will carry a new cost. The Building Safety Levy adds a per square metre charge to every building control application for schemes of 10 or more dwellings, and there are no transitional provisions for projects that have not yet submitted their applications.

Site clearance sounds simple. Strip the vegetation, clear the debris, hand over a clean platform. But on a live development project, the clearance phase is where ecological constraints, contamination surprises, and waste management obligations converge, and getting any of them wrong can hold up the entire construction programme.

Every construction project in Great Britain falls under CDM. But the regulations are referenced far more often than they are understood, and the consequences of getting duties wrong land on the people who signed the contract, not the people who drafted the health and safety policy.