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Facilitating collaborative working in construction

Script & Go discuss the need for collaborative work in the construction industry, something that is crucial in today's industry There has been a global...

Willmott Dixon awarded £10m Reef Way Special School

East Sussex County Council has awarded a £10m contract to Willmott Dixon to build Reef Way Special School in Hailsham, in a move that makes this the largest project to date on the Orbis Framework

ISG appointed to deliver £200m Waterloo development

ISG is set to transform 135,000 sq ft at the former Waterloo International Eurostar Terminal into a new retail, leisure and cultural development.

Vinci chosen for £60m Chester Northgate development

Cheshire West and Council has appointed Vinci Construction UK as its preferred bidder for the first phase of its Chester Northgate development

Homes England reveals strategic plan to tackle housing challenges

Homes England has outlined how it will improve housing affordability through a new five-year Strategic Plan, in the hopes of helping more people access better homes in areas where they are needed most

Kier Scotland wins big at leading construction awards

Andy McTavish, Kier Scotland's project manager has scooped the Gold Award at the Construction Manager of the Year Awards.

Letwin report urges property diversity to boost build out rates

Sir Oliver Letwin’s report into build out rates has suggested that a new set of planning rules should be produced for sites with more than 1,500 homes to speed up property building

Hammond announces £675m future high streets fund

The government has announced the launch of a new Future High Streets Fund to invest £675m to develop and fund plans to make town centres fit for the future

Multi-Million Pound Katherine Warington School Project

Mick George Ltd will be completing enabling works on a new multi-million-pound Katherine Warington School in Harpenden Having been appointed by the Education and Skills...

2018 Budget: Hammond abolishes private finance initiative for future projects

Chancellor Philip Hammond has called for an end to the private finance initiative for public contracts, pledging in his Autumn Budget speech to never sign another deal

Autumn Budget 2018: £420m to combat pothole epidemic

Chancellor Philip Hammond is to announce an extra £420m for local councils in England to combat the growing number of potholes

Laing O’Rourke delays filing accounts amid “turbulence” in construction

Laing O’Rourke has said it would not be able to file its annual finance report until Christmas at the earliest, citing “delays with historic turbulence in the construction sector”

Brit self-builders and renovators carry on despite Brexit uncertainty

Britain's self-builders and home renovators are remaining unfazed despite business bosses holding off on major deals due to Brexit uncertainty.

Social housing bill set to climb to £71 billion by 2050

The Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) has warned the bill for social housing will soar to £71 billion by 2050 if urgent action is not taken.

Wretchwick Green JV receives planning approval

A revised planning application for Wretchwick Green in Bicester from Wates Developments and Redrow Homes has received approval from Cherwell District Council’s Planning Committee

World’s first bio-brick created using human urine

The world’s first bio-brick grown from human urine has been unveiled by researchers at the University of Cape Town (UCT)

TfL borrow £350m for delayed Crossrail project

Transport for London (TfL) is set to borrow £350m from the Government, as delays to the £15bn Crossrail scheme left it facing a funding shortfall

Laing O’Rourke to complete stalled Royal Liverpool hospital

Laing O’Rourke has secured the management contract to complete the Royal Liverpool Hospital project, which came to a standstill in January when Carillion collapsed

Oxford-Cambridge Arc development puts countryside at risk, says CPRE

The Government is set to accept a proposal from the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC), to build 1 million new homes between Oxford, Milton Keynes and Cambridge, a development that the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) says would result in an area of countryside greater than the size of Birmingham being lost

A new aesthetic approach to protecting pedestrians 

Roger Knight, Head of New Product Development and Engineering for Landscape Protection at Marshalls plc, discusses new ways to protect pedestrians.

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