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  • Bellway has set aside £30.5m to resolve a structural building-safety issue at a 12-year-old London housing block – and said it is investigating whether similar issues exist with other buildings. In th ...
  • Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has published his Spring Budget.  Let’s review the key announcements for construction:  £20 billion for carbon capture and storage   £200 million for pothole repairs in England  ...
  • Bruton Knowles has secured a place on the '800,000 Citizen 2022 framework (0928) to deliver vital development property valuations over the next four years. ' Citizen has awarded Bruton Knowles a posit ...
  • The British Property Federation ('BPF') has launched its'Net Zero Pledge'to cut carbon emissions across the whole of the property sector. ' As the built environment accounts for up to 40% of global gr ...
  • Balfour Beatty'has announced that it has secured a '50m London Underground contract to deliver essential upgrade works to the Piccadilly line. The'London Underground'contract is the first of several p ...
  • Balfour Beatty'and'Ford'have teamed up to support the launch of a new 'Make it Visible' suicide prevention campaign, delivered in partnership with construction charity The Lighthouse Club. Following'M ...
  • McArthur's Yard, a major redevelopment project to transform Bristol Docklands, has reached a key milestone and topped out Once complete, McArthur's Yard will feature 142'new homes'of which 50% will be ...
  • Building Better'has appointed an initial six manufacturers to its new offsite DPS (dynamic purchasing system) for MMC category 2 construction systems. ' The first firms to be selected by Procurement f ...
  • BAM'has been appointed by Nuveen Real Estate to fit out the interiors of 244 guest rooms at the 12 storey W Edinburgh, St James Quarter's. ' W'Edinburgh'will offer 244 guestrooms, including 42 suites ...
  • Clock mechanics have reconnected Big Ben's West Dial to the original Victorian clock mechanism, meaning all four dials are visible for the first time since scaffolding was removed. Months of work'on t ...
  • The much-discussed Building Safety Bill has received Royal Assent and will become an Act of Parliament. The bill has been one of the most talked-about legislative developments in the building safety s ...
  • The'Building Research Establishment'(BRE) has announced a new project with'BEIS'to improve and modernise the home energy rating scheme used to measure the energy and environmental performance of UK ho ...
  • British Land has announced'that it has exchanged on the acquisition of three warehouses at Hannah Close, in Wembley for '157m with completion expected by mid February.' This is a development-led oppor ...
  • CEG'has appointed'Beard Construction'to deliver the '17m 1000 Aztec West redevelopment scheme, which will be the South West's first net zero carbon in operation out-of-town office development. The Azt ...
  • This week Battersea Power Station revealed its new glass viewing platform at the top of the North West Chimney. From September visitors will be able to get incredible 360' views of London, from 109 me ...
  • The City of London Corporation has released its brief for the Barbican Centre Renewal, as it begins its search for a design team to deliver plans.' Designed by architects Chamberlin, Powell and Bon, t ...
  • MMC, Britain's biggest housebuilder, has increased its target to build homes by using modern methods of construction to 30% by 2025.' The firm had previously set a target of 25% of homes being built u ...
  • Researchers and scientists are experimenting with Biochar, the carbon-rich soil, to examine its use within the built environment. Discovered via observing the man-made 'Terra Preta' soils of the Amazo ...
  • Drivers using Scotland's busiest motorway on Sunday morning were the first to drive under the new iconic footbridge successfully installed by BAM Nuttall over the weekend. The 14-hour closure of the M ...
  • Balfour Beatty has secured a contract to deliver the new COVID-19 testing laboratory in Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, on behalf of NHS Test and Trace. Awarded through the Crown Commercial Servic ...