Tom O’Brien, director, O’Brien Contractors, reflects on the construction commitments made in last week’s Autumn Budget and why these need to go further.
Jonathan Tarbatt, director of Corstorphine + Wright, sets out, in no particular order, his top five masterplans and what lessons they offer for successful placemaking.
Potential contracts with HS2 are not just about track and trains – companies in Scotland are being encouraged to bid for millions of pounds worth of upcoming contracts.
The Perry Barr residential scheme in Birmingham reached a milestone as it ‘topped out’, by reaching the highest point in the construction of all the buildings on the scheme.
Willmott Dixon has secured a £12.8m contract to create a new operational hub for Gloucestershire police force, it will be the first time that the constabulary will have all their units in one place.
Meticulous recordkeeping can seem like a tedious task but, in the event of a construction dispute, it can often make the difference between winning and losing. Jessica Tresham and Hannah Gardiner of law firm Womble Bond Dickinson look at the importance of getting recordkeeping right.
Warwick Arts Centre has been successful in its bid to the HS2 Community and Environment Fund (CEF) and has secured £250,000 towards its Warwick 20:20 project.
Legal & General Affordable Homes has increased its development pipeline to 5,500 homes across the UK as it looks to tackle the implications of poor housing.
Costain has been appointed to Network Rail’s Operational Programme Delivery framework to provide specialist client-side project management consultancy services.
Henry Boot has secured a contract to deliver a new 260,000 sq ft industrial unit at Wakefield Hub, one of the largest industrial developments in the North of England.
112,000 walls segments for the Chiltern tunnel have rolled off a purpose-built production line, as preparations for the launch of HS2’s first giant tunnelling machines ramp-up.
Transport secretary Grant Shapps has halted plans to deliver the Oxford-Cambridge expressway, after analysis confirmed the project was not cost-effective.
As the government commits to developing a Spatial Framework plan across the Oxford-Cambridge Arc, Nick Stafford, GB operations director at Tetra Tech Planning, explores the implications of this for the UK’s planning industry.
The estimated £9.5m scheme will deliver improved walking and cycling routes to New Street Station and a new public square adjacent to Birmingham Hippodrome.
HS2 has revised designs for the railway in the Canley Brook area in Warwickshire to reduce the environmental impacts and avoid a major realignment of a local river.
