Construction News - Marketing's role in sustainable construction

The Government has announced a new Champion for Modern Methods of Construction as part of a drive to make the UK the global leader in housing standards.

At first position in the Barbour ABI Top 50 Contractors league table for September 2019 is Galliford Try, jumping up 21 places with a massive 17 contracts awarded valued at a total of £965 million. Major awards came from Highways England with two schemes totalling £500 million for major road improvement works.

The construction products manufacturing sector began to feel the impacts of the broader weakness in economic growth and a diminishing pipeline of construction activity in Q3, with heavy side manufacturers reporting a fall in sales and a slowdown in hiring during the quarter.

The Finalists for the 2019 Construction Marketing Awards have been announced! Those listed below have beaten off stiff competition from a bigger and, say the judges, a better crowd of entries than 2018.

The Construction Products Association’s (CPA) Autumn Forecasts for construction output growth in 2020 and 2021 have been downgraded from 1.0% and 1.4% to 0.5% and 0.9% respectively from its summer forecasts.