Legal & General’s £2.5bn investment to deliver 7000 build to rent...
Legal & General Retirement Institutional will invest a further £2.5bn of Defined Benefit (DB) schemes’ retirement funds into delivering more than 7000 build to rent homes over the next five years.
ilke Homes to deliver first home to guarantee zero energy bills
ilke Homes, in partnership with Gresham House and SO Resi, are set to deliver a home that promises zero energy bills in Essex.
Report calls for strategy across the West Midlands to address shortfall...
The Black Country Plan Review consultation in 2021 confirmed that there is a significant shortfall in housing land for the period up to 2039 arising from the Black Country, with nearly 29,000 dwellings needing to be delivered elsewhere.
M-AR breaks ground on bespoke housing for homelessness charity Centrepoint
Offsite contractor, M-AR, is working in partnership with the UK’s leading youth homelessness charity, Centrepoint, to create new, bespoke single occupancy homes for young people experiencing homelessness in the London Borough of Southwark.
BESA survey reports improved payment times
BESA has welcomed improved payment times of main contractors with half of large contractors now paying sub-contractors within 30 days.
BEAMA launches updated Ventilation White Paper
BEAMA has launched its updated 2022 Ventilation White Paper, ahead of the new Building Regulations on Ventilation coming into effect later this year, and the government’s wider Covid-19 and net-zero strategy.
HS2 reveals plans for Burton Green Tunnel and Kenilworth Greenway
In response to community feedback HS2 unveils landscape and design plans for for Burton Green Tunnel and Kenilworth Greenway in Warwickshire.
BESA launches free Pipe Plus app to address product specification
The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has announced the launch of its Pipe Plus app, which will address growing concerns about the way that products are selected for construction projects.
3D laser scanning for 2D applications
How the liquid storage petrochemical industry is wising up to its growing potential using 3D laser scanning. By Matthew Davies, account manager, FARO Technologies.
Environmentally friendly construction and demolition
Ben Griffiths, SHE and operations director, Rye Group, looks at the ways construction and demolition companies are keeping their operations environmentally friendly, despite the perception that they can do little to be green.
The value of lean and green project partners
Andrew Tyson, executive director of project and construction management, The Red Sea Development Company, discusses why lean and green techniques should be favoured in the procurement process when it comes to selecting project partners.
Turner & Townsend secures industrial decarbonisation contract
Turner & Townsend have been appointed under new industrial decarbonisation contract to install Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCUS) technology at Viridor's Energy from Waste facility at Runcorn.
Winvic breaks ground at industrial warehouse project in Derby
Winvic Construction, along with St Modwen Logistics, has celebrated the first phase of industrial warehouse project in Derby with a ground-breaking ceremony.
Turnstone Estates appoints HG Construction to £65m leisure development
Turnstone Estates has appointed HG Construction on its £65m leisure development in Colchester, as part of Colchester Borough Council’s Northern Gateway.
WSP appoints Nigel Harris and Andrew Teage to its planning consultancy...
WSP has announced two senior hires in its planning consultancy team in Birmingham and Liverpool, Nigel Harris and Andrew Teage.
R.Briggs Sheetmetal Fabrication Ltd fined after apprentice’s finger crushed
R.Briggs Sheetmetal Fabrication Ltd, a company specialising in manufacturing canopies and ventilation ducting, has been fined after an apprentice's finger was crushed in the rotating parts of a machine.
Henry Brothers announces new Journey to Net Zero strategy
Construction company Henry Brothers, named Northern Ireland’s Responsible Business of the Year, has announced its Journey to Net Zero strategy to achieve zero carbon emissions by 2050.
ACE demands that government meet off-site manufacturing pledge
The Association for Consultancy and Engineering (ACE) urges the government to deliver on off-site manufacturing pledge, including for repeatable social infrastructure to be delivered using a platform/off-site approach.
Rendall & Rittner appoint Guy Lambert as head of marketing and...
Rendall & Rittner has appointed Guy Lambert as head of marketing and communications, ensuring sustained business growth and the implementation of the company’s property management platform.
Lesley Anderson SPA’s head of procurement become CIPS fellow
Lesley Anderson, head of procurement, Scottish Procurement Alliance (SPA), has been recognised for her contribution to the industry with Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS) fellowship status.
Burness Paull to let BAM TCP’s Atlantic Square development in Glasgow
Commercial law firm Burness Paull has completed a letting at BAM TCP Atlantic Square development in Glasgow’s International Financial Services District.
Las Vegas doubles down on digital transformation with Bluebeam Revu
With paper plans spread across three different offices, and each approval taking up to six weeks, the City of Las Vegas needed a new way to handle its 20,000 yearly permit requests. Enter Bluebeam Revu, which is transforming the digital environment.
Volumetric manufactured buildings at the forefront of offsite approaches
Volumetric modular methods have a remarkable impact on reducing costs while increasing quality and safety measures in the construction arena.
Caddick Construction to expand Hopwood Hall College and University Centre’s Middleton...
Caddick Construction has been appointed to deliver £8.1 million expansion of Hopwood Hall College and University Centre’s Middleton Campus.
Sutcliffe celebrates 9.5% growth in turnover for financial year
Civil and structural engineering firm Sutcliffe has announced record figures for its financial year with a 9.5% growth in turnover.
Burrington Estates gets green light for new homes in Deddington
Housebuilder Burrington Estates has been granted planning permission to build a select collection of 15 new homes in Deddington, Oxfordshire.