People in the UK have an overwhelmingly negative perception of new-build houses, a report from the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) reveals. In December, it published results from a survey…

Dave Stitt FCIOB used to be hard as nails. A civil engineer, he came into the industry as a teenager and rose through the ranks at big UK contractors Taylor…

A 96-unit apartment complex built with Lego-style, snap-together blocks has opened its doors to residents in Palm Springs, Florida. It was put up by a small crew of unskilled workers…

Some things take longer than expected. Next year sees the opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum on the Giza Plateau outside Cairo. It’s 22 years since Egypt’s then-president Hosni Mubarak…

Omar Alhuraibi is an engineer with some 20 years experience as a construction project manager in the UAE. He was born in Yemen, a country ravaged by civil war since…

Serving up a Christmas meal for relatives and friends can be daunting, but what if you had to cook for 30,000? It’s a challenge Café Nero co-founder Antonio Motisi knows…

The December edition of the 21CC podcast is now live, featuring stories about refugees working in UK construction, the logistical challenges of the site Christmas lunch, and the epic project…

A prominent UK professor of construction management has blamed the seemingly intractable problems of the industry on its response to successive governments embracing of laissez-faire economic ideology over the past four decades.