The Site Brief

Construction news, new codes and lessons from failures around the world, with what to check on your own site.

ISO 9001:2026 is out. What actually changes on a construction project?

ISO published the new ISO 9001 on 16 September 2026. Certificates to the 2015 edition stop being valid after 30 September 2029. It is an evolution, not a rewrite: the structure and the process approach stay, but leadership, risk, change control and improvement get sharper requirements.

By Frans, QA/QC Manager · 27 October 2026 · 6 min read Lessons from failures

Angeles City collapse: the final report is out, and it reads like an NCR list

On 24 May 2026 a nine-storey building under construction in Balibago, Angeles City (Philippines) collapsed at night and killed 30 people. The city's fact-finding task force has now named the most likely cause: overstressed columns and piles, made worse by structural members added during construction that were not in the original design.

By Frans, QA/QC Manager · 27 October 2026 · 5 min read Site Brief

Eastleigh collapse: prosecutors now want the paper trail

On 23 October 2026 a multi-storey building collapsed in Eastleigh, Nairobi, while it was still under construction and with shops trading on the ground floor. On 26 October Kenya's Director of Public Prosecutions ordered a criminal investigation into its planning, approval, supervision and construction.

By Frans, QA/QC Manager · 27 October 2026 · 4 min read