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Local Authority Delivery scheme

Fighting fuel poverty: Leveraging frameworks as part of Local Authority Delivery

Gary Cawley, director of North & Central England at CPC, explores how to fight fuel poverty by leveraging frameworks as part of the Local Authority Delivery scheme.
Peel London, Brent

Green light for all four phases of Peel in North West...

Countryside has received planning approval from London Borough of Brent, for all four phases of Peel, in Kilburn, North West London.
Hannah Vickers

Hannah Vickers steps down from ACE to join Mace

Hannah Vickers, chief executive of the Association for Consultancy and Engineering (ACE) is stepping down to join Mace.
Construction output

Construction output grows by 1.6% in February

Construction output grew by 1.6% in February 2021, largely thanks to a 1.5% increase in new work and 1.9% increase in repair and maintenance, as the industry maintains its recovery.
New Albion Place

Plans unveiled for new £200m business quarter in Nottingham

Plans have been unveiled for New Albion Place, a new office space development by the former Broadmarsh shopping centre in Nottingham.
JV North framework

JV North opens bids for £560m housebuilding framework

JV North, a consortium of North West housing associations and local authorities has launched a £560m framework to build 4,000 homes.
Laing O'Rourke sustainability

Laing O’Rourke sets new sustainability and equality targets

Laing O’Rourke has announced new global sustainability targets, including a commitment to decarbonise its own operations by 2030 and achieve equal numbers of men and women among its 5,500 global staff.
Open data infrastructure

Transparency and open data driving infrastructure change

Maria da Graça Prado, senior policy and research adviser at CoST, the Infrastructure Transparency Initiative discusses assurance work around the world to demonstrate the value of transparency and open data as a catalyst for change in the management and delivery of public infrastructure.
southampton airport extension

Plans approved for Southampton Airport extension

Eastleigh Borough Council has approved controversial plans to extend Southampton’s airport runway.
Northshore scheme, Stockton on Tees

Muse submits plans for affordable homes at Northshore

Following the recent deal with Thirteen to bring a further 75 much-needed affordable homes to Stockton on Tees, Muse Developments has submitted plans to Stockton on Tees Borough Council to bring the phase forward.
Port Loop, MMC homes

Green light for new MMC homes at Port Loop

House by Urban Splash has been granted planning permission to deliver 98 homes in the next phase of development at Port Loop, Birmingham’s new island community.
Andy Outram

Andy Outram appointed as new chairperson of CSIC

Turner & Townsend director Andy Outram has been appointed as Construction Scotland Innovation Centre’s (CSIC) new chairperson.
product information management

Standardised identifiers key to construction product information management

In this second online roundtable, hosted by co-founder of the Hamari Agency, Fareed Patel, AEC industry experts argue that standardised product identifiers are key to construction product information management.
StormMeister® Low Threshold Flood Door

World-class flood resilience: StormMeister® Low Threshold Flood Door

The StormMeister Low Threshold Outward Opening Flood Door was developed to solve a particular problem in the Merchant Quarter of Aberdeen, which floods regularly. Hence, there was a need to protect a number of commercial properties…
North Middlesex University Hospital

Premier Modular hands over £1.7m ward in North Middlesex

Premier Modular has delivered a £1.7m ward building at North Middlesex University Hospital, reducing the programme to just six weeks on-site to help expand ward capacity.
Egan Report

The Egan Report 23 years on… Part 1: How has construction...

More than two decades on from the release of the influential Egan Report, Nathan Doughty, CEO of Asite, reflects on the progress the construction industry has made with five key drivers of change.
Northwick Park Hospital

Green light for 1,600 new homes at Northwick Park Hospital

Network Homes has received planning permission for the next stage of a major development at Northwick Park Hospital in Northwest London.
Rugeley Power Station, Power Station site

Go-ahead for ENGIE’s Rugeley Power Station redevelopment 

ENGI has been granted outline planning permission from Cannock Chase District Council and Lichfield District Council for the redevelopment of Rugeley Power Station in Staffordshire.
digital twin technology

Is your digital twin really a digital twin?

Digital twins are more than project management tools; used to their full potential the technology gives project teams a level of insight and control that simply isn’t possible to achieve otherwise, argues Neil Thompson, director of digital construction at Atkins.
Banwell Garden Village, New homes

Terra puts forward 96-acres of land for 600 new homes in...

Terra Strategic has agreed terms with five landowners to promote circa 96-acres of the proposed Banwell Garden Village development through the Local Plan process.
New homes, cheshire, redrow

Redrow acquire land for 1,250 new homes across Cheshire

Redrow has secured land for around 1,250 new homes across two different locations in Cheshire, including a 63.5-acre site in Congleton.
work/life balance,

Building and renovation firm moves to four-day working week

The move to a four-day working week is the result of a consultation Orocco had with its workforce in a bid to improve work/life balance

Rogue trader jailed after filling quarry with dangerous waste

Mark Foley of Cardiff has been jailed for 2 years and 3 months for illegally disposing of 100,000 tonnes of waste at Stowey Quarry, a former limestone quarry near Chew Valley reservoir.
Carillion collapse

Carillion collapse exposes corporate deviance

The collapse of corporate giant Carillion in January 2018 highlights a culture of financial deviance embedded at the heart of the UK construction sector, according to research by London South Bank University (LSBU).

100 residential apartments approved for Wolverhampton

A new residential development which will see 100 new apartments built in Wolverhampton has been approved following a successful application by Hybrid Planning & Development.
building insulation

Actis insulation comes to the rescue after mouse causes roof fire

A builder who has been using Actis’ building insulation products for the past 17 years has just reroofed a Northamptonshire barn conversion after a mouse caused a fire in the eaves.