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.
Wates Living Space has been reappointed by Network Homes to continue the maintenance of the housing association’s 14,000 properties for a further five years.
Customers on London Underground will be able to access full mobile connectivity and internet access within every station and tunnel, the Mayor of London has today (22 June) announced.
Manchester City Council and FEC has received planning approval for the first phase of its Collyhurst regeneration plans – part of Manchester’s £4bn Victoria North project.
HS2 has gained approval for a scheme that will use material excavated from the Chiltern tunnels to create 127 hectares of new chalk grassland and wetland habitats around the tunnel’s south portal.
Integrated Health Projects (IHP), the VINCI Construction UK and Sir Robert McAlpine joint venture has been appointed to deliver a new Children and Young Persons (CYP) Mental Healthcare facility for the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM).
HS2 has opened a new relief road around the village of Chipping Warden in Northamptonshire, allowing construction vehicles and other through traffic to avoid the centre of the village and the local primary school.
Kier has successfully completed the new campus at Salvatorian College in Harrow, the transformation of the school’s estate is part of the Department for Education’s Priority Schools Building programme.
Legal & General has agreed terms with Bristol City Council to invest £350m into Bristol Temple Island to transform the vacant site into a new urban quarter.
Caddick Construction has completed three industrial and retail projects, including the £10m Novus warehouse and distribution facility at Parkgate Industrial Estate in Knutsford on behalf of client Chancerygate Ltd.
Graham has been awarded a contract by Student Urban Living Bermondsey to build a new £13m student accommodation block in Bermondsey Spa Gardens, Southwark.
Belong Chester, the new care village set to open on City Road, has reached the topping out stage – meaning the main building works are another step closer to its scheduled opening in early 2022.
