BUILDING FOR LIFE
DEVELOPMENT
Through our sister company, Limon Homes, we’re bringing a range of property development projects to life.
FLAT ROOFING
We’re the ‘go to’ company for bespoke flat roofing solutions (suitable for domestic, commercial and industrial applications).
BRICKWORK
Sheriff Brickworks (our specialist brickwork company) is fulfilling masonry works to the highest standard, on time and on budget.
RECENT NEWS
Last Thursday, Sheriff Construction officially marked its 20th Anniversary in business at a celebratory Gala – bringing colleagues, clients, suppliers, friends and family together for a truly memorably evening.
We gave a flavour of what happened on this special occasion on our social media last week with a promise to share a more detailed update. Now, take a look at this week’s blog for the full story.
From tower cranes shifting steel beams to hoists raising materials up tall façades, lifting equipment is central to modern construction. But along with that power comes huge responsibility. When lifting operations go wrong, the consequences can be catastrophic – collapse, dropped loads, people getting struck or even fatally injured.
In this week’s blog, we’ll cover why mechanical lifting demands rigorous planning and control and share some practical DO’s and DON’Ts based on HSE guidance.
The UK Government has just announced several late-stage amendments to its Planning and Infrastructure Bill – designed to stop unnecessary refusals, cut repeated legal challenges and get Britain building both housing and infrastructure faster.
The changes include new powers for ministers, protections for developments under judicial review and a streamlined role for Natural England. Find out what this could mean for the construction industry in our latest blog.
In the construction industry, cash flow is king. Yet one persistent and unfair practice continues to drain liquidity from subcontractors and smaller firms – retentions.
The National Federation of Roofing Contractors (NFRC) has long campaigned to eliminate or at least reform retentions, and now the Government has launched a major consultation on both late payments and retentions. This is a crucial moment in which the sector can have its say and potentially influence legislative changes. For more information, take a look at this week’s blog.
When you think about construction hazards, you might picture scaffolding, power tools, or heavy machinery. Yet one of the most common (and often underestimated) risks is manual handling.
Every day, workers lift, carry, push and pull a variety of loads – from heavy materials to awkward tools. Done incorrectly, these tasks can lead to painful injuries that affect not just working life, but long-term health too. Keep reading for a reminder of the key DOs and DON’Ts around manual handling on site.
Over the summer months, we used this blog to explore some of the most popular construction careers – from bricklaying and roofing to carpentry, plumbing, painting and decorating. These are quite different roles in terms of skills and daily tasks, but they share one common requirement: if you want to work on a construction site, you’ll almost certainly need a CSCS card.
So, what exactly is a CSCS card, why is it so important and how do you go about getting one? Read on to find out everything you need to know.
In construction, quality isn’t a luxury – it’s the foundation of safety, trust and long-term value. Few areas demonstrate this more clearly than roofing. According to Local Authority Building Control, roofing is the second most common source of construction defects in the UK, accounting for 15% of all issues reported in 2024.
Defects in roofing can compromise livelihoods, put residents at risk, damage building integrity and erode public confidence. In today’s climate of tighter regulation and heightened scrutiny, quality in roofing matters more than ever. Read this week’s blog to find out more and download our new Impact Report on Quality in Roofing.
The construction industry is once again seeing headlines that highlight the challenges in building enough homes to meet demand. Recent figures show that planning approvals have dropped sharply – and for those of us working in construction, that raises questions about what the pipeline of projects could look like as well as other economic risks.
So, what’s behind the downturn and what could it mean for the sector? Keep reading to find out more.
Over the past few weeks, we’ve turned our attention to the thousands of young people who are (or soon will be) contemplating their exam results and asking the question: what next?
We’ve already looked at bricklaying and roofing – two careers that are in high demand and can offer brilliant long-term prospects. But for a young person just starting out, the construction sector literally has hundreds of other opportunities. To conclude our What’s Next series, this week’s blog explores some of those options.
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