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  • INSIGHT

    Construction Procurement Trends Report 2025

    In the 2025 edition of our procurement trends survey, ‘Creating a Value Chain’, our data highlights a marked shift from a transactional to an outcome-based procurement approach across the UK construction ...

  • INSIGHT

    CONSTRUCTION MARKET INTELLIGENCE UK EDITION Q2 2025 

    Margins will continue to be under pressure this year as sharp increases in input costs outrun increases in the selling price of construction in a competitive marketplace, according to the latest edition of RLB’s Construction Market Intelligence.  ...

  • INSIGHT

    Sustainability Glossary

    Sustainability is a complex field, with many definitions and acronyms, and the aim of this glossary is to help clients and colleagues and wider industry contacts improve their knowledge in this field and use clear and consistent terminology. The ...

  • INSIGHT

    RLB Global Annual Report 2025 – out now

    The RLB Global Annual Report 2025 demonstrates how our 4,500 people worldwide are improving project delivery and achieving better outcomes for everyone. RLB is a place where people make progress – for our clients, communities and colleagues – ...

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  • Market Research

    Construction Procurement Trends Report 2025

    In the 2025 edition of our procurement trends survey, ‘Creating a Value ...

  • Future Thinking

    Funding the Future: Decarbonising the Built Environment

    Achieving net zero isn’t just a technical challenge – it’s a financial one. As we transition ...

  • Future Thinking

    Navigating the New Normal: Rethinking the Data Centre Supply Chain with Digital Solutions 

    Supply chain principles used to involve a manufacturer and a buyer, possibly with a distributor or ...

  • Tender Price Forecast

    CONSTRUCTION MARKET INTELLIGENCE UK EDITION Q2 2025 

    Margins will continue to be under pressure this year as sharp increases in input costs outrun ...

  • Future Thinking

    Is the UK Government Setting a New Course for Higher Education?  

    The UK Government’s recent announcement of a 6% levy on international student fee income, coupled ...

  • Capability

    New ESG report showcases our performance as a responsible business

    The continued progress we are making towards meeting our ambitious environmental, social and ...

  • Future Thinking

    The Office Reimagined: Designing for Humans, Not by Headcount

    With this year’s annual BCO conference exploring the Power of the Brand, Design and Quality, RLB ...

  • Future Thinking

    Data Centre Boom: Assessing supply chain strains amid unprecedented demand

    What’s driving the data centre boom today, and what strategies are needed to support its supply ...

  • Tariff panic? let’s cut through the noise and respond with strategy

    Trade tensions are nothing new, but the recent wave of tariff anxiety has dominated headlines, ...

  • Future Thinking

    Deal Or No Deal? Embedding Quality in the Next Generation of PPPs

    Addressing the UK’s Infrastructure Challenge The UK faces a significant infrastructure investment ...

  • Market Research

    Data Centre Trends Report 2025

    The data centre sector is booming, reaching a critical inflection point. However, this rapid ...

  • Capability

    Whole life carbon – an evolving legislative landscape

    As we move into the second quarter of 2025, RLB Sustainability Associate, Mike Bentham has reflected...

  • Tender Price Forecast

    Construction Market Intelligence UK Edition Q1 2025

    We are pleased to announce the publication of the Q1 2025 edition of Construction Market ...

  • Using Public-Private Partnerships to Navigate to Net Zero

    With the UK Net Zero Strategy targeting a 50% reduction in emissions from public sector buildings by...

  • The Role of Material Passports in Advancing Construction’s Circular Economy

    How do we meet sustainability targets and reduce the built environment’s environmental impact? ...

  • Digital Transformation

    Digitally Proficient Construction

    How important are professionalism and professional standards in modern construction? Read RLB’s ...

  • Capability

    RLB Global Annual Report 2025 – out now

    The RLB Global Annual Report 2025 demonstrates how our 4,500 people worldwide are improving project ...

  • Market Research

    EMEA Hotels Monitor – Issue 35

    EMEA Hotels Monitor, a collaborative report by RLB, Whitebridge Hospitality and HotStats, delivers ...

  • Future Thinking

    Are KPIs in the Procurement Act the equivalent of a shipping forecast for the built environment?

    With the Procurement Act now in effect in the UK as of 24 February, RLB Partner and Head of Industry...

  • Future Thinking

    Celebrating the new Procurement Act and looking beyond compliance

    On 24 February 2025 the ‘new’ Procurement Act will result in changes to the way public projects ...

  • Capability

    Employer Tuesday Reflections on National Apprentice Week

    With this week marking National Apprenticeship Week, we are celebrating the incredible individuals ...

  • Future Thinking

    How RLB is spearheading digital upskilling

    With digital capability becoming essential for organisations to futureproof their business, RLB’s ...

  • Capability

    Building Wales’ future: Industry leaders charted path for growth and innovation

    RLB Managing Partner for the West and Wales, Jackie Pinder recently joined a regional roundtable ...

  • Future Thinking

    Is “why?” the big question of 2025?

    This was the question posed by RLB’s Head of Industry and Service Insight Paul Beeston in his ...

  • Capability

    Can Meta and Google go green with geothermal energy?

    This was the question posed by Stuart Watson of RICS Modus to industry experts including RLB ...

  • Capability

    Information management: it’s time to focus on first principles

    We can’t do our jobs without information and when information is difficult to find or incorrect, ...

  • Tender Price Forecast

    Construction Market Intelligence UK Edition Q4 2024

    No significant breakout in tender prices is expected in the UK construction sector even though input...

  • Capability

    How schools can plan for estates despite the autumn budget disappointment

    The promised additional funding for estates won’t get near fixing long-term neglect. RLB Senior ...

  • Capability

    Making PFI Hand Back Collaboration Work in Practice

    As the first wave of Public Private Partnerships (PPP) projects begin the transition to expiry, ...

  • Capability

    Time for a New Approach: The Importance of Quality in Construction

    Quality is a word that is frequently bandied around in construction, yet for all the rhetoric, it ...

  • Capability

    How to transform architecture, engineering and construction data management  

    Emma Hooper, Head of Information Management Strategy at RLB Digital joins Senda Ben Abdallah on ...

  • Capability

    Building smarter: Five essentials for the future of data centre development

    With increasing demand for AI and cloud-based applications fuelling exponential growth in data ...

  • Capability

    Circular Economy in Construction: A Strategic Pathway to Net Zero

    In today’s construction industry, clients are navigating a complex landscape of rising costs, ...

  • Capability

    RLB up in the bright lights

    Lucent is an amazing building. From the outside, it looks like several different buildings. But on ...

  • Capability

    Understanding the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive 

    With new ESG regulations and voluntary reporting standards developing all the time, it can be ...

  • Capability

    A year of building safety changes: reflections and the path forward

    Samantha Mepham, partner, National Head of Health and Safety Services, at Rider Levett Bucknall ...

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