Will new towns solve Britain’s housing problem? Only if barriers to delivery are properly addressed, writes Victoria du Croz, partner and head of planning at Forsters
When engaged from the start of a project, a structural warranty partner such as ICW becomes a strategic asset, offering the technical insight and risk management needed to streamline the development.
Barratt Developments and national planning consultancy Lichfields have launched a new report, calling for local planning policies to be urgently reviewed to ensure they are fit for purpose for working from home.
National Highways have awarded Colas Ltd with the £328m,eight-year maintenance and response contract for Area 9, which covers the strategic road network within Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Warwickshire, Staffordshire, and Shropshire as well as parts of Gloucestershire, Derbyshire, and Leicestershire.
A webinar hosted by the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) heard that the pace of change in workplaces over the next decade would be ‘astounding’, as office buildings that fail to comply with health and wellbeing regulations will become redundant.
Stanhope, Mitsui Fudosan and AIMCo have announced that they have awarded Kier the contract for the construction of 142 new affordable homes for Peabody in Macfarlane Place at Television Centre, London.
Willmott Dixon has started work in Okehampton, to deliver a new £10.7m SEMH school for children with special needs in West Devon, on behalf of Devon County Council.
The government have announced a £316m funding boost to the Homelessness Prevention Grant, which will support households in England who are homeless, or at risk of losing their home.
Tilbury Douglas has been appointed on the new Department for Education’s (DfE) 2021 Construction Framework, with an anticipated spend of £1.8bn to cover all education-related projects from £6-12m.
HS2 has taken another step forward towards the construction of the UK’s largest railway bridge, as work begins on the first of 56 giant concrete piers that will support the Colne Valley Viaduct.
New government regulations mean that new builds in England will have to produce significantly less carbon, as the country moves towards net-zero targets.
Demolition of Norton Court at Birmingham Women’s Hospital by leading building company Tilbury Douglas and local demolition and remediation partners Armac Group has successfully paved the way for hospital expansion.
A company linked to the refurbishment of Grenfell Tower is being excluded from the government’s Help to Buy housing scheme, pending the outcome of the Grenfell Inquiry, following concerns of ‘unacceptable’ business practices.
