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Interserve begins work on two schools in the West Midlands

Interserve Construction is now on-site at new High Point Academy in Wednesbury and the Beacon College Special Academy in Hereford.

RED wins £8.1m historic redevelopment on Nightingale Lane

RED Construction has secured an £8.1m one-year contract from Joseph Edmund to deliver a 16,170 sq ft residential conversion and extension at South London’s landmark Audiology House at 45 Nightingale Lane.

Green light for 460 new rental homes by Southall station

A new development by Southall station has been given the go-ahead by Ealing Council, helping to deliver 460 new rental homes in the area.

The unintended end of airspace development?

Mani Khiroya, managing director and Kirill Reshetov, land associate at Fruition Properties, discuss how the new fire safety bill could potentially kill off rooftop and airspace development through unintended consequences.

Congleton link road takes major step forward

Described as a “crucial piece of infrastructure”, the 5.7km link road will join the A534 Sandbach Road (to the west of Congleton) with the A536 Macclesfield Road (to the north of the town).

Actis to provide insulation for all PCR Projects’ developments

Surrey-based PCR Projects, a home counties property developer has decided to use Actis Hybrid insulation products on all of its future developments.

Galliford Try posts £60m pre-exceptional loss

Galliford Try has revealed it expects to return to profit this year, despite the economic disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Green light for office space at Harwell Science and Innovation Campus

Planning permission has been secured for the Quad Two building at the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus.

Esh Construction wins £10m Hexham Bunker transformation

Esh Construction has landed a £10m contract to transform the Hexham Bunker into a 69-bedroom Travelodge and Lidl retail outlet.

How to resolve horsetail on construction sites

An invasion of Horsetail can be a real headache on building sites, but there are economic and environmentally sound ways to deal with it, says Keith Gallacher, director of Complete Weed Control Scotland.

Go-ahead for major mixed-use development in Newton Abbot

A new residential-led mixed-use development in Newton Abbot, Devon has been given the green light to deliver 2,000 sq m of employment space and 450 new homes.

Inaccessible homes make lockdown tougher for disabled people

New research has found that inaccessible homes have made lockdown significantly harder for many disabled UK adults, according to a YouGov poll.

Kier to build ultrafast broadband in the south west

Kier has been awarded a major new contract by Openreach to build new broadband infrastructure in Swindon and other areas of Wiltshire.

Airspace developments: A tale of two storeys

Director and lead architect, Gary Hoban of Hoban Design, discusses a recent airspace development and what extended PDRs could mean for developers and the quality of homes.

Major lift milestone for Hinkley Point C’s second reactor

Construction of the second reactor at Hinkley Point C passed a major milestone with the lifting of the first part of the massive steel containment liner.

New face of construction: Transparency, accountability and responsibility

The Access Group explores encouraging a culture of transparency, accountability and responsibility in the construction industry.

BSRIA publishes updated guide on building handover and O&M Manuals

Building Services Research and Information Association (BSRIA) has published a new guide on the importance of Handover and O&M Manuals.

Henry Boot begins work on new Withernsea Primary School

Construction on a new two-storey building and other works at Withernsea Primary School in Holderness has been marked by a 'ground-breaking ceremony'.

When is building on the green belt the most sustainable option?

Developing the UK’s revered green belt is always contentious but, as Fieldfisher planning expert Dinah Patel explains, sometimes building on protected land can deliver a more positive outcome for communities and developers than the alternatives.

Government urged to diversify housing sector to ‘build back better’

The government’s housing ambitions cannot only rely upon volume housebuilders, says Housing Diversification, a new action group.

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