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Learn About the Latest News on US Worker Fell 40 Feet, Growing Construction Worker Wages, and Construction Aggregates Market

Construction Daily News

Unskilled laborers get less for trench digging, concrete mixing, and site preparation. Our study provides contractors with a simple wage trend forecasting method to estimate future labor costs. Unskilled construction laborers, who prepare sites and handle materials, drove industry wage trends. Wage increases ripple.

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The Ultimate Guide to Air Quality Monitoring: Protecting Health & Environment

UK Construction Blog

London established such a network in 2018, featuring sensors at over 300 monitoring sites across the city. These portable systems can be mounted on vehicles, carried by individuals, or temporarily installed at specific sites to gather localised data.

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Planning permissions for new homes sink to new low

The Construction Index

The number of new homes given planning approval in England during the first quarter of 2025 was 39,170 – barely a third the number required to hit the government’s target of 1.5 million new homes by 2030. million new homes by 2030. million target. It represents a 55% drop on the previous quarter and a 32% drop on Q1 2024.

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Barratt Redrow joins Pallet Loop

The Construction Index

Now, all pallets delivered to Barratt Redrow sites that are suitable for reuse, whether white or green, will now be sent back to the Pallet Loop – with all of the company’s house-building sites already set up and using the service.

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Sizewell C gets green light with £38bn final investment decision

The Construction Index

Sizewell C was projected to cost around £20bn when its planning application was submitted in May 2020, and that was total cost (i.e. including planning, legal and land acquisition/access), not just for construction. Enabling works construction is already under way on the site in Suffolk. Email news@theconstructionindex.co.uk

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Bid race to finish Tolent’s Vaux job in Sunderland

Construction Enquirer

It is estimated the project will cost around £24m to complete. The 26-acre site of the old brewery on the south bank of the River Wear has been vacant since it closed in 1999. It was bought by the council in 2011 which drew up a regeneration plan with then partner Carillion in 2014.

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Ofgem gives initial approval to £24bn grid investment

The Construction Index

The draft settlement for RIIO-T3 (April 2026 to March 2031) is the first step in an estimated £80bn investment programme boosting electricity network capacity. It means up to 126 GW of clean power generation will be connected to the grid by 2030, if all goes to plan, alongside additional flexible storage and technologies.

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