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 Communities & Local Government (CLG) Committee are calling for a comprehensive review of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) to be carried out...
Naomi Luhde-Thompson, Planning Campaigner for Friends of the Earth details how further reform of the planning system heralded by the Housing and Planning Bill...
Richard Ogden, Chairman of the Buildoffsite organisation explains why offsite construction can bring huge benefits to the construction industry…
I have worked in the construction...
With the newly launched National Infrastructure Delivery Plan 2016-2021 covering more than 600 projects or programmes worth approximately £483 bn, it is vital to...
Work has started on a £27m mixed homes development in Newcastle, with Newcastle City Council, Leazes Homes, Your Homes Newcastle and construction specialist, Keepmoat,...
The Considerate Constructors Scheme has reached a major milestone, hitting 90,000 registered sites…
Nine Elms Point, a Barratt London development, has become the 90,000th site registration with the Considerate Constructors...
A new plan has been published outlining the government’s infrastructure priorities for the next five years…
The National Infrastructure Delivery Plan has laid out the...
The Considerate Constructors Scheme has created a new resource aimed at capturing the social value created through construction…
The Considerate Constructors Scheme has created a...
Planning and Building Control Today outlines the key points from the Budget and how it will impact the construction sector...
Today, Chancellor of the Exchequer...
Statistics have revealed the number of new homes completed in Scotland has grown by four per cent when compared to the previous year…
Official statistics...
Mark Thackeray, Principal Consultant at Walsingham Planning examines if the housing crisis in London can be solved by building upwards...
At a Green Belt seminar...
Planning guidance published in February has generated a resurgence of hutting in Scotland…
Campaign group Reforesting Scotland launched the ‘Good Practice Guide on Hutting on...
Paul Daynes, Regional Director, UK & Northern Europe, Newforma discusses updating project scheduling for the twenty-first century with lean planning...
Working in the architectural, engineering and...
One of the UK’s largest housebuilding firms has been recognised for working to improve the image of the construction industry…
Housebuilding firm Bellway Homes has...
Experts have recommended London should be given more power to control planning, tax, and spending to ease the housing crisis…
The London Housing Commission has...
