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.
Faisal Siddiqui, acquisitions director at growing developer Henley Homes Group, explores the need for innovative solutions to accelerate housing delivery.
New research examines the North-South divide in construction projects and jobs as output in infrastructure and housebuilding rebounds from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Morgan Sindall Construction has secured £19m works to deliver an extension and improvements to the emergency department at Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital.
2020 was a challenging year for businesses with SMEs being hit the hardest. The Covid-19 pandemic put the brakes on major economic investment and caused significant supply chain disruption, but not all is lost. Andrew Dixon, commercial director specialist finance at Aldermore explains.
With the Construction Playbook setting out a clear policy direction for the transformation of the sector, Trudi Sully, impact director for manufacturing at the Construction Innovation Hub, argues the time is right for a shift to platform solutions.
Kier has been chosen by Cardiff Council to deliver the £64.3m Fitzalan High School in Cardiff which will provide teaching facilities for 1,500 schoolchildren.
The issue of quality control has existed in the housing market for many years, Darren Graham, marketing manager at Viewpoint, explores technology’s role in new-build housing quality.
The Floating House on the River Thames at Marlow has been made possible by Cementaid’s Everdure Caltite System Hydrophobic and Pore-blocking Ingredient (HPI) for membrane-free, truly waterproof structural concrete.
With current events moving so rapidly, it’s hard to make predictions about what the future holds for the construction industry. Nevertheless, Andrew Orriss from the Structural Timber Association gives his views on the key priorities for the timber and MMC sectors in the coming months.
Interserve Construction has been awarded a £5m contract by Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust to carry out extension works at Wythenshawe Hospital.
Falkirk Council has committed £332m to its housing stock over the next five years which will deliver improvements to existing homes and the creation of new homes.
Interserve Construction has completed and handed over four new operating theatres at Birmingham’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital and a brand-new three storey teaching block for the DfE and Birmingham City Council.
