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.
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 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 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.
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 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 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.
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.
Plans approved for Southampton Airport extension
Eastleigh Borough Council has approved controversial plans to extend Southampton’s airport runway.
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.
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 appointed as new chairperson of CSIC
Turner & Townsend director Andy Outram has been appointed as Construction Scotland Innovation Centre’s (CSIC) new chairperson.
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.
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…
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.