Re:Construction
A weekly podcast in which veteran construction industry journalists Bishop and Taylor have a natter about some of the week’s events in the UK construction industry, seeking meaning even where none may exist.
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- Update frequency
- every 13 days
- Average duration
- 46 minutes
- Episodes
- 185
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
185: House-builders frustrations, Misspent funds and Acquisitions
With that 1.5 million new homes target looking increasingly unachievable, Bishop & Taylor consider some of the blockages in the system. They also discuss how National Highways spends its ‘designated …
00:52:41 |
Wed 03 Sep 2025
184: Top 100, training & recruitment
Bishop & Taylor trawl through The Construction Index 2025 rankings of the Top 100 construction contractors. And they hit upon the solution to the industry’s recruitment problems.
00:47:59 |
Wed 20 Aug 2025
183: Airports, Mace and Abroad
From Roskill to Arora, Bishop & Taylor discuss Heathrow expansion and alternatives of the past. They also wonder why Mace sold its most protitable operations. And they review some of the latest going…
00:52:14 |
Wed 06 Aug 2025
182: The one with Suzannah Nichol
After their regular review of recent headlines, Bishop & Taylor are joined by Suzannah Nichol, Chief Executive of Build UK, to look back on the first 10 years of the industry’s biggest representative…
01:21:55 |
Wed 23 Jul 2025
181: Sizewell stakes, Firefighting at the BSR and Landfill tax hike
Bishop & Taylor discuss EDF’s decision to rein in its exposure to the Sizewell C nuclear plant, reorganisation of the Building Safety Regulator and the imminent soaring hike in landfill tax.
00:56:10 |
Wed 09 Jul 2025
180: The Infra Plan, HS2 Shambles and CMA’s study
It’s all big infrastructure in this episode, with Bishop & Taylor discussing a new 10-Year Plan, revelations of how badly awry HS2 has gone, and cartel busters from the Competition & Markets Authorit…
00:56:24 |
Wed 25 Jun 2025
179: Nuclear, Solar and AI
Bishop & Taylor discuss the UK government’s big push on nuclear power, the forthcoming requirement for new homes to have solar panels and Extract, the new AI tool for local planning departments
00:51:43 |
Wed 11 Jun 2025
178: Barratt’s Supreme victory, Land banking and Retrofit licenses
Bishop & Taylor approve of a significant Supreme Court victory for Barratt Developments and take opposing views on the government’s plan to prevent land banking. They also discuss a report from a gro…
00:49:48 |
Wed 28 May 2025
177: Cheating, Corruption and Reform
Bishop & Taylor discuss the difference between cheating and gaming the system, how to tackle bribery and corruption in the construction industry, and (completely unrelated) the Reform Party’s constru…
00:49:02 |
Wed 14 May 2025
176: Concrete Credentials, Nature Levy and Aerogels
Bishop & Taylor have been learning that concrete is far from the carbon-bad-guy that it is popularly portrayed as. They also discuss the Nature Levy, known by some as Licence to Kill. And they wonder…
00:44:49 |
Wed 30 Apr 2025
175: Materials special: Stone, Steel and Cement
In this episode stonemason Pierre Bidaud of The Stone Collective promotes the benefits of natural stone as a structural building material. Also, Bishop & Taylor discuss the crisis at British Steel (…
01:00:57 |
Wed 16 Apr 2025
174: OBR, NISTA and Timber
Bishop & Taylor discuss some of the talking points from chancellor Rachel Reeves’ recent spring statement, the formation of new government bodies, and the rise of pine.
00:48:10 |
Wed 02 Apr 2025
173: Cutting bureaucracy, Cement sector challenges and Leaving school
Bishop & Taylor discuss government’s efforts to reduce regulatory hurdles, the challenges facing the UK cement sector and a proposal to lower the school leaving age to 14 in Scotland
00:53:41 |
Wed 19 Mar 2025
172: Beyond Grenfell
Bishop & Taylor discuss the government’s response to the Grenfell Inquiry’s final report and juxtapose this with the forgotten Cole Report report into a primary school wall collapse.
00:55:52 |
Wed 05 Mar 2025
171: Batteries, BNG and Buying British
In this episode, Bishop & Taylor discuss exploding batteries, how the one-year-old biodiversity net gain (BNG) rules are bedding in, and a call from steel companies for clients to buy British
00:51:55 |
Wed 19 Feb 2025
170: Reeves’ Big Speech and Goodbye SGB
In a landmark speech last week, chancellor of the exchequer Rachel Reeves voiced support for Heathrow’s long-range third runway plan but may have killed the shovel-ready Lower Thames Crossing. Bishop…
00:49:59 |
Wed 05 Feb 2025
169: Solar panels, Licensing and Plant hire pivoting
In this episide Bishop & Taylor discuss a thwarted attempt to make solar panels compulsory on all new houses, RIBA’s support a contractor licensing scheme and the latest examples of companies having …
00:45:01 |
Wed 22 Jan 2025
168: Happy new year (we hope)
Bishop & Taylor share their expectations for the UK construction industry in 2025, including a raft of major government initiatives, from NISTA to new towns.
00:55:37 |
Wed 08 Jan 2025
167: 2024: Year in Review
In their last episode of the year, Bishop & Taylor look back on some of the highs and lows of the year: the change in government and what it has brought, the Grenfell Inquiry report, the fall of ISG,…
00:59:19 |
Wed 11 Dec 2024
166: Fast-track apprentices, HSE stats and GFRG houses
Bishop & Taylor discuss plans to for the provision of fast-track construction apprentices, the latest HSE statistics (shouldn’t musculoskeletal disorders be classified as injuries rather than illness…
00:47:39 |
Wed 27 Nov 2024
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