Tag: years
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Builder receives £3,000 fine after 13 years of defying demolition order for illegal extension
Mohammed Azhar, a 57-year-old builder from Bradford, has finally started work to demolish an illegal extension after 13 years of defying planning orders. The single-storey brick structure, built in 2011 at Azhar’s home on Intake Road, was constructed without planning permission and was ordered to be removed by Bradford Council in 2012. Despite numerous notices,…
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Five Trends, Five Years: Inside UK Manufacturing’s Path to 2030
After a challenging period dealing with Brexit, rising energy prices, international uncertainty and more, the next five years are set to be crucial for UK manufacturers. As the nation moves ever closer to its Net Zero target of 2030, manufacturing companies of all shapes and sizes are aiming to increase their sustainability credentials, while external…
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After 5 years, construction still reels from COVID’s labor impact
Listen to the article 6 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. On March 13, 2020, two days after the World Health Organization classified COVID-19 as a pandemic, the U.S. declared a public health emergency. Uncertainty swirled. Work of all kinds slowed. People isolated themselves, wore masks and worked…
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5 years after COVID hit, contractors still wait for prices to come down
Listen to the article 10 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Since 2020, events tend to garner a pre- and post-pandemic label. That’s certainly true in construction. For example, contractors had once hoped construction prices would return to pre-pandemic levels. Instead, five years after the start of the…
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New York construction deaths reach highest number in 10 years
Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Seventy-four construction workers died in New York state in 2023, the most recently available data, according to a New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health report released Tuesday. Included in that total were New…
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Didcot probe ‘making meaningful progress’ nine years after tragedy
The investigation into the collapse at Didcot Power Station which killed four demolition workers “continues to make meaningful progress” nine years after the disaster, police have said. Michael Collings, Ken Cresswell, Christopher Huxtable and John Shaw died after part of the old boiler house at the Didcot A plant collapsed while workers were preparing the…
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This Year’s Presidents Day Sales Are Seriously Better Than Ever – Let Us Help You Find What You Need
It’s been a minute since I’ve done one of these sales posts. Normally, the angel we know as Caitlin Higgins is the one who takes these beasts on. But Caitlin was on vacation so I took the reins this round. The one thing I forgot about the process is that you are exposed to A…
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Tariff fears tied to biggest construction cost jump in 2 years
Dive Brief: Construction input prices jumped 1.4% in January, marking the largest monthly increase in two years, according to an analysis by Associated Builders and Contractors. Energy costs drove much of that increase, with crude petroleum, natural gas and unprocessed energy all rising. However, the price jump also stems from a rush to purchase materials…
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Halff Celebrates 75 Years of Improving Lives and Communities
Halff, an award-winning, employee-owned and full-service infrastructure consulting firm, proudly celebrates its legacy of improving lives and communities with its 75th anniversary in 2025. Since its founding in 1950 by Dr. Albert H. Halff, the firm has grown from a one-man consulting practice into one of the nation’s largest infrastructure consulting firms. Dr. Halff’s extraordinary…