DLUHC consults on cladding cost recovery proposals to protect leaseholders

The Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) has launched a consultation seeking views on proposals that would force landlords to try all other avenues of cost recovery before going after leaseholders for cladding remediation work.

5000 Employee US Heavy Civil firm, Clyde Companies, Selects SIS Construct 365 with Microsoft Dynamics 365 ERP for Digital Transformation

SIS, a Microsoft Solutions Partner for Business Applications, and leading implementation consultant of ERP|CRM|BI solutions for commercial construction and other project and service-based organizations built on Microsoft Dynamics 365, is pleased to announce: Clyde Companies has selected SIS Construct 365 applications including Construct 365 Project Cost Management and Construct 365 Advanced Labor built for Microsoft […] The post <strong>5000 Employee US Heavy Civil firm, Clyde Companies, Selects SIS Construct 365 with Microsoft Dynamics 365 ERP for Digital Transformation</strong> appeared first on Civil + Structural Engineer magazine.

NatureSpace offers free assessments for newt district licensing

Free upfront assessment summaries are to be offered by specialist operator NatureSpace Partnership to improve cost certainty related to great crested newt district licensing.

Construction Economics for February 6, 2023

ENR’s 20-city average cost indexes, wages and materials prices. Historical data and details for ENR’s 20 cities can be found at ENR.com/economics

£4.75m building work provision tips Higgins into the red

Partnerships business counts cost of changes to building safety rules

Constructacademy - Cost Value Reconciliation, The Definitive Guide to CVRs, 20032021

This video explains the basics of a CVR, why they're useful and more importantly how to prepare one. This is the most requested topic from Constructacademy viewers and Richard Wimbush gives a comprehensive explanation of the CVR process. CVRs are an important tool in construction reporting but they are often misunderstood. This can be as a result of the CVR template being too complicated or poorly interpreted. If you want to know how to compile a CVR then look no further than this video

Cost benefit analysis template - Published by You Exec

Have you ever wondered where to start on this when challenged in a meeting. Well maybe this template will help with a straight forward cost benefit analysis approach.

Costing Steelwork June 2022 - AECOM, BCSA, and Building

This quarter’s Costing Steelwork provides an update of the five previously featured cost comparisons covering oces education industrial retail and mixeduse

Mace - UK Market View Q1 2022

The attached report by Mace provides their view on the UK construction market "Construction orders look strong as we go through the first quarter of 2022 however this growth is likely to be tempered by geopolitical factors driving rising oil and gas prices. This, combined with inflation, interest rate and taxation rises will put pressure of the cost of living, the cost of borrowing and construction costs which in turn may translate into a slowing of growth in the economy over the medium term"

Building - Cost model - Low carbon frames, 21022022

Structural frames are one of the biggest contributors to embodied carbon, but issues with data quality and design approaches have made tackling this difficult – until now. Aecom cost consultant Mark Claridge and structural engineer Adam Parkes walk us through the options, obstacles and opportunities

What impact due to the recent tax cut and base interest rate hike?

Everyone has been talking about how to manage cost inflation but looking ahead, might insolvencies become the latest top risk to your business?

Do you like to perform cost estimation through old methods or by latest softwares?

Do you think that the RICS do enough to regulate cost advice being given to Employer's from the PQS practices?

Can the application of the RICS Cost Prediction Statement prevent colossal over expenditure we see on so many major infrastructure projects?