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They blame a number of factors including Brexit and the Covid pandemic, as well as supply chain problems and spiralling costs.
Webinar from ACE Emerging Professionals will explore impact of EU exit on construction industry
06/01/2022
On Thursday 20 January 2022 at 12.30pm, ACE’s group for emerging professionals will explore the effects of Brexit on the construction industry, in a special webinar co-hosted by Ellie Eastwood and Harry Coates of legal experts Beale & Co.
Brexit and the pandemic has been blamed for the soaring cost of a new pedestrian bridge in Glasgow.
Trade Consultation: Give Your Evidence - UK Trade and Business Commission [Deadline: 17/03/2023]
23/01/2023
The UK Trade and Business Commission is gathering evidence to understand the main challenges facing businesses, organisations and economic sectors to establish which policies and trading arrangements will help overcome the economic and trading barriers facing the UK today.
Restoration work on St Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall has been hit by a hold-up in the delivery of specialist glassware from the continent.
Brexit is being blamed for making the building of affordable homes on a housing site near Kirkby unaffordable.
Brexit is being blamed for making the building of affordable homes on a Derbyshire housing site ‘unviable’.
Kirkcaldy: Covid and Brexit challenges push Adam Smith Theatre renovation £1.7m over budget
11/04/2022
The major Adam Smith Theatre renovation in Kirkcaldy has gone £1.7 million over budget due to Covid-19 and Brexit.
Kirklees council say the cost of the project has risen by £3m.
UK visa rules to be relaxed for foreign construction workers in a bid to plug post-Brexit labour shortages
15/03/2023
The government is expected to relax the rules in a bid to plug gaps in the construction industry
Covid and Brexit have delayed developments across Sheffield, including the flagship Heart of the City 2 project.
East Renfrewshire warn Brexit and Covid could see costs for school and leisure centre rise
05/10/2021
A council officer said projects where contracts are yet to be agreed are "more at risk" as councillors heard how 'increasing numbers of goods and services are proving challenging to procure'.
A mix of factors specific to the UK risks denting the construction sector’s recovery from the pandemic this year, Aecom has warned.
The construction of Bristol University's Temple Quarter Campus has been delayed again and is now not expected to open until 2025.
Construction Products Association moots extension to transition period on CE markings.
A RECORD 78 per cent of UK firms attempting to recruit faced difficulties in finding staff in the first quarter, a survey by British Chambers of Commerce shows.
The UK construction industry has been one of the major losers from Brexit according to the president of Dundee Institute of Architects.
Former NBS boss says ‘not achievable’ to swap CE markings for UK version by end of year.
A local authority has revealed that it is struggling to deliver highways construction projects because of a shortage of engineers likened to the national haulier crisis.
The rising cost of building materials and worker shortages in the construction sector as a result of Brexit are to blame for a lack of progress on London’s affordable housing targets, Sadiq Khan has said.
The plans have also been delayed by three months, while costs have risen by almost £1m as a result of problems created by the pandemic and Britain's exit from the European Union.
One port operator has had to demolish building work for new checks, while other crucial customs sites do not even have planning permission yet.
After six years and nearly £500,000, fears have been aired over the future of the Shotley pier restoration.
The borough council faces an eye watering £700m bill for the completion of Woking's flagship regeneration project in Victoria Square after Covid and Brexit sent costs spiralling.
Government told that lack of capacity to test products will hit supplies and disrupt building projects.