{"id":26577,"date":"2020-06-10T16:08:08","date_gmt":"2020-06-10T15:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=26577"},"modified":"2020-06-10T15:24:08","modified_gmt":"2020-06-10T14:24:08","slug":"ihbcs-covid-19-signpost-89-86-of-construction-sites-now-open-across-england-and-wales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=26577","title":{"rendered":"IHBC\u2019s COVID-19 signpost 89: 86% of construction sites now open across England and Wales"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-25414\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/construction_gov_open_licence_v3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>86% of infrastructure and construction sites in England and Wales are now open, according to figures from trade body Build UK.<\/h3>\n<h6><em>image: Open Government Licence v3.0<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><em>pbctoday<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n<p>Build UK Contractor members have reported this week that 86% of construction sites in England and Wales are now open, up from 82% last week. Output has also increased to 75% but there are still challenges in London where output remains slightly lower at 68%. Build UK members that include housing in their portfolios have reported that 67% of housing sites in England and Wales are open, with output improving significantly to 65%, up from only 29% four weeks ago. While only 19% of projects in Scotland are running \u2013 with output at just 22%. The Scottish Government \u2026published its \u2018route map\u2019 out of lockdown on 21 May\u2026<\/p>\n<p>The government has announced that the online service for the Coronavirus Statutory Sick Pay Rebate Scheme will be launched next on 26 May. \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/construction-sites-open\/76465\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>86% of infrastructure and construction sites in England and Wales are now open, according to figures from trade body Build UK. image: Open Government Licence v3.0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26577"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26577\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26578,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26577\/revisions\/26578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}