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.
ISG has topped the contractors league table for April 2019 thanks to eight construction contracts awarded totalling £350m, according to the latest Top 50 League Tables.
A new multi-million pound business park development in Durham could see the creation of more than 2,500 jobs in the County if planning permission is granted.
Following the fire that damaged Paris’ Notre Dame Cathedral, architect Vincent Callebaut has revealed design plans that bring together ‘science, art and spirituality'.
Heathrow Hub, the independent proposal for expanding Heathrow Airport, has commenced the process to appeal the High Court Judgement handed down on 1 May 2019.
Andrew Way, an associate director at the Steel Construction Institute, discusses how light steel framing can deliver fast, adaptable and cost-effective buildings.
Over the past three years, Valerie Owen OBE has led the British Board of Agrément. As she nears the end of her tenure, she talks to PBC Today about Hackitt, Brexit, value engineering, and the rise of Modern Methods of Construction.
Barratt Developments has issued its latest trading statement from 1 January to 5 May 2019, revealing the outlook for the year is above the board’s expectations.
Specialists have been appointed to three new frameworks which will enable procurement of up to £30m of professional technical services to support housing delivery,
New York, San Francisco and Hong Kong are the world’s most expensive cities to build in, according to the latest International Construction Cost Comparison published by Arcadis.
Construction industry suppliers say they expect a slight dip in the market following Brexit, but reveal they are prepared thanks to contingency plans, according to a survey by MRA Research.
£3bn to help housing associations borrow to build is welcome but much more can and should be done to tackle the UK’s desperate need for social housing.
UK house prices have rose on average more than 300%, exceeding salary inflation. Whereas in 1996, the amount of take-home salary that a first-time buyer would spend on their mortgage was 17.5%.
