Goldman Sachs invests £75m in TopHat modular housing
TopHat has secured a £75m investment from Goldman Sachs. The first residential site to use TopHat’s product is the historic Kitchener Barracks in Chatham.
Civitas supports Women in Social Housing (WISH) network
WISH, the network for women working across every discipline of UK housing, undertakes crucial work in challenging stereotypes and helping to remove barriers for women working in the sector.
Be First file losses of nearly £4m
GMB call for Barking and Dagenham council to up target for social homes as Be First (Regeneration) file losses of nearly £4m in first year of trading.
Global construction output growth to reach 3.4% in 2019, says GlobalData
Global construction output growth is expected to pick up marginally in 2019, reaching 3.4% from 3.2% in 2018, before rising to 3.5% in 2020, says GlobalData.
Thames Reach’s battle to end street homelessness receives funding
Willmott Dixon Interiors teamed up with Thames Reach to support their ‘Moving In, Moving On’ programme to equip women who experience long-term unemployment and homelessness with practical skills and training.
£3.5m affordable housing development in Powys underway
A contract to build Powys County Council’s first affordable housing development for social rent in over 40 years has been awarded to a Welsh building company.
Wellington Place report shows £200m impact on Leeds
Transformed from a low-grade retail park to a multi-million-pound commercial property development, Wellington Place is a successful regeneration project which has to date contributed a total economic value (GVA) of £200m, according to a newly published study.
Transportability assessments of modular and volumetric buildings
Lucideon is hosting a free-to-attend webinar, ‘Transportability Assessments of Modular and Volumetric Buildings’ on Tuesday 14 May 2019 at 15:00 UK time (10:00 EDT).
IKEA achieve a BREEAM sustainability rating
IKEA Greenwich has achieved an ‘Outstanding’ BREEAM UK New Construction certification, a sustainability rating and accolade held by just 320 buildings around the world.
Why is the force in an angled sling greater?
Anthony Culshaw, Technical Director at Britlift discusses why forces in an angled sling are greater - offering expert incite without the technical jargon.
MMC working group develops definition framework
The Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) definition framework has been developed by a specialist sub-group of the MHCLG MMC cross-industry working group.
Lendlease to develop new €2.5bn district on former expo site
Lendlease has signed an agreement to develop the Milan Innovation District (MIND), a major new district for science, knowledge and innovation on the former Expo site in Milan, Italy.
Construction products: Manufacturing on the rise
The construction products manufacturing sector reported favourable results in the first quarter of 2019, with continued growth in the sales of products and materials.
Report shows London’s rise up the green roof league table
London’s Deputy Mayor for the Environment will launch a report revealing London’s relentless rise up the green roof league table.
Construction takes major step towards improving efficiency
Build UK and the Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA) have announced the launch of the first phase of a new pre-qualification system designed to reduce inefficiencies that are costing the construction industry up to £1bn a year.
Concept released for village on the moon
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP, in partnership with the ESA and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has released a design for the ‘Moon Village’.
Project management contributes £156bn to UK economy
New research, commissioned by the Association for Project Management (APM) and conducted by PwC UK, has revealed the scale of the contribution the project management profession has on the UK economy.
Freelance construction workers earnings up 8.1%
Weekly earnings for freelance tradespeople in the construction sector continued to grow last month, according to latest figures released by Hudson Contract.
Tower crane collapses at Smethwick hospital site
Firefighters were called after a tower crane section fell onto a flat roof of a building at Smethwick’s Midland Metropolitan Hospital yesterday (9 March) morning.
Fusion Building Systems awarded offsite steel superstructure
Fusion Building Systems has been awarded a contract by Solus Homes to provide a two-storey superstructure for the renovation of Morley Street Mill in Loughborough.
Key demolition sites complete at Euston for HS2 project
HS2’s enabling works contractor, a Costain and Skanska joint venture (CSjv), working with subcontractors Keltbray, has completed two major demolition projects at Euston.
Study: Digital twin increase fuelled by AI and machine learning
A new study from Juniper Research has found that revenues from digital twins will reach $13bn by 2023, as artificial intelligence and machine learning innovation increases.
Guidance to help local authorities crackdown on rogue landlords
New online support as part of government's commitment to give greater protection to tenants, and reform the private rented sector for the better.
Government awards £1.5m to innovative data projects
Ten innovative data projects from across the UK have won government funding to look at new ways of using location-based data to help people in their everyday lives.
£100m deal to deliver 785 additional homes in Greater Manchester
Savills Financial Consultants has supported Bolton at Home to secure a £100m funding deal, enabling the construction of 785 additional homes across Greater Manchester.
WYG wins contract to support infrastructure investment projects
WYG has secured a new contract with the European Investment Bank (EIB) to support the implementation of infrastructure investment projects.