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200: The grand finale
Apr 15, 2026
1h 00m 05s
199: Late payment, Whitehall red tape and plug-in solar panels
Apr 1, 2026
35m 50s
198: Revival postponed, Vistry’s wobbles and a plumber goes to Parliament
Mar 18, 2026
49m 16s
197: Rudi Klein on payment reform
Mar 4, 2026
1h 06m 49s
196: Parliament refurb, Power tools and Persimmon’s recycling
Feb 18, 2026
45m 55s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4/15/26 |  200: The grand finale✨ | podcast finaleconstruction industry news+3 | — | VistryStrabag | — | podcastconstruction+6 | — | 1h 00m 05s | |
| 4/1/26 |  199: Late payment, Whitehall red tape and plug-in solar panels✨ | late paymentgovernment proposals+3 | — | Fatty Acid Methyl EsterWhitehall | — | late paymentretentions+4 | — | 35m 50s | |
| 3/18/26 | 198: Revival postponed, Vistry’s wobbles and a plumber goes to Parliament✨ | UK constructioneconomic recovery+3 | — | Vistry | UK | UK constructionVistry+5 | — | 49m 16s | |
| 3/4/26 | 197: Rudi Klein on payment reform✨ | payment reformconstruction industry+3 | Rudi Klein | Specialist Engineering Contractors’ (SEC) Group | — | payment reformconstruction+3 | — | 1h 06m 49s | |
| 2/18/26 | 196: Parliament refurb, Power tools and Persimmon’s recycling✨ | Parliament refurbishmentPower tools+3 | — | Palace of WestminsterJCB+1 | — | Palace of WestminsterJCB tools+5 | — | 45m 55s | |
| 2/4/26 | 195: Industrial relations, Sentencing quirks and Tier One defined✨ | industrial relationshealth & safety+3 | — | construction industryhealth & safety breaches+1 | UK | industrial relationsUK construction+3 | — | 56m 38s | |
| 1/21/26 | 194: Graphene, Late payment law and Plant hire profits✨ | grapheneconstruction industry+3 | — | CementeneVersarien+3 | northeast | grapheneCementene+3 | — | 45m 53s | |
| 1/7/26 | 193: Regulating Professions, Procurement and Chiefs of Staff✨ | regulationprocurement+3 | — | Single Construction RegulatorCompetition & Markets Authority+1 | — | construction regulationCMA report+3 | — | 53m 04s | |
| 12/10/25 | 192: Review of the Year 2025✨ | UK construction industryyear in review+3 | — | — | UK | constructionUK+3 | — | 1h 00m 57s | |
| 11/27/25 | 191: The Budget, Octavius and Komatsu✨ | budget newsacquisitions+3 | — | Birmingham CityRSK+3 | — | budgetacquisition+6 | — | 56m 22s | |
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| 11/12/25 | 190: COP 30 and CPD, the price of being a professional | With the latest UN Conference of the Parties (COP) taking place in Brazil, Bishop & Taylor ruminate on aspects of sustainability, including a warning from RICS of “clear signs of fatigue and uncertainty”. They also discuss the trend for construction trades to seek professional status, and whether they are prepared for the lifetime commitment to continuing professional development (CPD) that it must surely entail. | 43m 33s | ||||||
| 10/29/25 | 189: Publicity, Plant theft and Cement | Topics discussed this week include a new film from Gilbert Ash, the Louvre jewellery heist, a poorly attended parliamentary debate on cement, and the binning of plant-theft legislation. | 52m 09s | ||||||
| 10/15/25 | 188: HSS, Insulation and Gold plating | In this episode Bishop & Taylor discuss the break up of tool hire group HSS, the external wall insulation scandal and the cost of gold (or should that be green?) plating the Lower Thames Crossing project | 43m 54s | ||||||
| 10/1/25 | 187: New towns, Gatwick and piling records | Bishop & Taylor discuss the government’s latest plans for new towns, Gatwick Airport expansion and what might very well be Britain’s best supported building – is 17,000 piles a record? | 51m 15s | ||||||
| 9/17/25 | 186: Reed for Rayner, PMI vs ONS and HPC crane drivers | Taylor struggles manfluey (sic) through this episode’s discussion with Bishop on topics including the challenges facing the new housing secretary, which statistics to believe and when contracts come to an end. | 35m 52s | ||||||
| 9/3/25 | 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 funds’. And they review some recent industry acquisitions, giving them the opportunity to talk cranes. | 52m 41s | ||||||
| 8/20/25 | 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. | 47m 59s | ||||||
| 8/6/25 | 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 goings-on overseas, including the Strait of Messina Bridge. | 52m 14s | ||||||
| 7/23/25 | 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 body. | 1h 21m 55s | ||||||
| 7/9/25 | 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. | 56m 10s | ||||||
| 6/25/25 | 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 Authority being given a stab at management consultancy to tell us how to do civil engineering better. | 56m 24s | ||||||
| 6/11/25 | 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 | 51m 43s | ||||||
| 5/28/25 | 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 group of MPs calling for a licensing scheme for individuals and companies engaged in domestic energy efficiency retrofits. | 49m 48s | ||||||
| 5/14/25 | 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 construction connections | 49m 02s | ||||||
| 4/30/25 | 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 whether aerogels are set for take-off in insulation. | 44m 49s | ||||||
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