What is the process of acquiring a Structural Warranty? This month, Derek Byrne, one of our Relationship Managers at AHCI, has broken down the process of acquiring a structural warranty, from submitting your plans, right through to receiving the paperwork that shows...
Government urged for new construction apprenticeships after falling by half The Government has been urged to review its approach to apprenticeships after statistics were published this week which show that construction apprenticeship starts have plummeted by almost...
Surveyors say the property market was steady in May as London starts to bounce back According to latest research by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), house buying is picking up in London. They add that a ‘slightly more stable’ picture is emerging...
House-building now accounts for 60% of all new construction work Last month we wrote about house-building being on the rise, with The Planner reporting that in 2018, 370,000 new homes had received planning permission, the second highest annual total on record and over...
It will take 200 years to achieve gender equality among construction workers Readers of the Advantage Contraction Insurance blog will no doubt be familiar with the scale of the gender pay gap for construction workers. Last year, we wrote that: The stats are damning;...
