Construction consultant Neil Pountney says the over-spending culture on public sector building projects must be stamped out.

Neil Pountney, a leading construction strategist and procurement adviser, comments on the challenges facing the construction industry in the current economic downturn and strongly suggests that a change of emphasis should seriously be considered.

Several months ago many of the leading names in the UK construction industry were heavily fined by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) for infringing competition law by “bid-rigging” and this has recently been raised again by appeals to the fines.

A £215 million scheme to build a new 21st century student village at Aston University has taken a key step forward with the appointment of consultants for the next stage of the project.

Aston University has been awarded the highest environmental standard for its new Aston Student Village (ASV) residences project.

Midland-based construction consultant Neil Pountney has pulled out all the stops to secure a prestigious contract with the Royal College of Organists.