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.
The Cardiff Interchange, a new multi-purpose development, has become the first building in the UK to achieve BRE’s new Home Quality Mark ONE (HQM ONE) certification at design stage.
Willmott Dixon has been appointed by Stevenage Borough Council for an £8m project to build a new bus interchange as part of the town’s £1bn regeneration programme.
Catalyst and Mount Anvil have commenced enabling works on their joint venture regeneration scheme, The Verdean in Acton, marking a new chapter for the Friary Park estate.
The Government must scrap new tax policy ‘reverse charge VAT’ to show they are listening to builders and protecting jobs, according to the Federation of Master Builders (FMB).
In the second of five instalments from the £2.5bn Potholes Fund, councils across England have been allocated their share of £500m for highways maintenance.
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust has appointed BAM Construction to create a new MRI suite, 24-bed Haematology Oncology Ward and associated facilities.
Avanton has unveiled plans to invest £500m in strategic land acquisitions over the next three years, as it expands into London’s lucrative build-to-rent sector.
A new Proptech online engine has been launched to eliminate the growing development finance problem for SME developers by providing a sales guarantee to purchase new homes built by SME housebuilders.
Abri, who will be working with Change Real Estate, has acquired land at The Old Brewery in Southville to build 107 affordable homes and seven commercial units.