James Ellis of Certsure is to be the new Chair of CIMCIG, taking over from Mike Lomax of Tarmac, who steps down at the end of his term.

he Construction Products Association has once again downgraded its forecasts for construction output for 2020 and 2021.

Purchasing activity and new orders dropped like a stone in June as the UK construction sector experienced its worst month for a decade.

Jade Lewis, Director of Advocacy for Saint-Gobain UK and Ireland, recently spoke at the annual CIMCIG debate at the Palace of Westminster - Improving the Image of Construction.

Following CIMCIG’s event on 16 May 2019 at the House of Lords on ‘Improving the image of construction’, Mark Farmer, CEO of Cast Consultancy discussed that consultants, lawyers and funders were to blame for issues with procurement bidding.

The value of all construction contract awards in April 2019 was £5.2bn, a decrease of 2.1% on March. However, the number of contract awards increased by 26% in April, indicating the volume of projects awarded must be at a lower value than March.