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Covid-19, Brexit and booming demand are combining to drive up prices for the essential materials the UK’s construction sector desperately needs. Bluebeam takes a look at the 2021 building materials sh ...

#FutureLondon. The FIVE skyscrapers coming to the City of London with planning permission approved in the past YEAR 💥 TOP LEFT: 70 Gracechurch Street TOP MIDDLE: 55 Gracechurch Street TOP RIGHT: 50 F ...

Get ready for the new London HQ of Tiktok. The recently completed Kaleidoscope development set above the new Farringdon Crossrail station. 🤩 Tech giant Tiktok has taken on the entire six-storey Kalei ...

#FutureLondon. Transport for London has unveiled its next generation, state-of-the-art Piccadilly Line trains 💕 More space, bigger doors, walk-through carriages and air-conditioning. They use 20% les ...

Construction in the sunshine today. The N2 building at the Nova East development in Victoria 🌞 N2 comprises 160,000 sq ft of office space with a terrace on each floor. From developers Landsec, design ...

The four MASSIVE developments that will transform London, create jobs and change the face of the Capital ❤️ TOP LEFT: 1 Undershaft (‘the Trellis’). Set to become the UK’s 2nd tallest skyscraper. Desig ...

#FutureLondon. Get ready for TWO major developments on the same street with planning permission granted by the City of London Corporation. 🤩 1. Kohn Pedersen Fox has designed a trio of skyscrapers li ...

Get ready for 100 Leadenhall Street. London’s exciting new skyscraper designed by SOM and nicknamed ‘the Diamond’ 💎 The development from London & Oriental in the City of London has had planning appro ...

Get ready for a stunning 170m new skyscraper at the Broadgate development from Danish architects, 3XN. ❤️ The proposed development in the City of London is set to receive approval. Developers British ...

2020 was a challenging year for businesses with SMEs being hit the hardest. The Covid-19 pandemic put the brakes on major economic investment and caused significant supply chain disruption, but not al ...

  Ardmore has been appointed by Hammersmith & Fulham Council and A2Dominion, as their delivery partner for Hammersmith Civic Campus, a major new mixed-use development in West London Construction has b ...

Parm Bhangal, managing director at Bhangals Construction Consultants discusses BIM and how deeply it has established itself in the world of construction BIM has been making big news again recently wit ...

Construction software provider launches strategic partnership with official Everton FC charity to improve mental health in Merseyside and the construction industry Causeway Technologies has pledged it ...

This summer London-based architects practice Hoban Design helped housing association Sutton Housing Society to secure planning permission for 71 new rooftop or ‘airspace’ dwellings, increasing its tot ...

Kier has been awarded a major new contract by Openreach to build new broadband infrastructure in Swindon and other areas of Wiltshire This award will support Openreach’s £12bn project to deliver ultra ...

Higgins‘ new trainees have enrolled in BSc construction management and BSc quantity surveying degrees and will gain valuable experience Higgins’ management trainee programme allows trainees to spend f ...

A new initiative aims to get manufacturers in the construction industry to take ownership of their product information, this project is being supported by the Institution of Engineering and Technology ...

You know you can’t do a project well without survey control. But what’s less clear for architectural, engineering and construction professionals is how and why to link survey control with 3D laser sca ...

Internet of Things (IoT) is everywhere these days, with people referring to how they are planning for, talking about or developing for it. With the prevalence of IoT, what does it mean for constructio ...

Wood CO2ts less aims to increase awareness of timber’s environmental credentials and highlight how using wood from sustainable forests is one of the simplest ways to reduce carbon emissions The timber ...