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Importance of industry to governments will help it survive further lockdowns, firm adds A second wave of covid-19 infections would not be as bad for construction as the first, new research from Mace h ...

Government will keep eye on demand for scheme before committing to more cash, Kwasi Kwarteng says Energy minister Kwasi Kwarteng has admitted the government’s £2bn scheme for green home improvements w ...

The coronavirus pandemic is challenging for all industries, Alison Knight of Buildworld explores what builders can do to maintain construction during Covid-19 The UK’s 35% drop in construction product ...

Decarbonising construction to produce more sustainable and better performing buildings will be crucial to creating a more viable ecological future. Andy Goodwin, Managing Director of sustainable speci ...

In response to the wholesale reform of the planning system in England announced by the Government, the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) welcomed the much needed opportunity to speed up the planning ...

Cllr Stephen Cowan, Leader of Hammersmith & Fulham Council, came to White City Living this week to celebrate the “topping out” of 427 new affordable homes. The event, which marked the completion of th ...

PBC Today takes a look at the industry’s reaction to Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s “New Deal” plan to get Britain building again after Covid-19 On 30 June, the Prime Minister announced a £5bn “New De ...

Avanti Architects has been given the green light for 150 homes in east London. The scheme is split across two sites and has been designed for Barking and Dagenham council’s Be First development arm, w ...

Scheme is part of wider £1.2bn Edmonton development. Vinci subsidiary Taylor Woodrow has won a £100m infrastructure contract at a scheme to build a new heat and power plant in north London. The facili ...

From housing projects to iconic markets and even a scheme dubbed 'Barcelona on the Thames', life in one East London borough will be very different in the coming years.

In London‘s building centre on store street, design and technology consultancy Automated Architecture (AUAR) has assembled a temporary installation to promote the use of robotic fabrication and automa ...

A pair of Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF)-designed high-rises are set to become two of the tallest all-residential towers in London after receiving a crucial blessing from the Ealing council. 

An £8 billion investment plan will turn the 1,200 derelict acres of the Royal Docks into a thriving new city within a decade.

The system works by site workers wearing a 360-degree camera on their hard hats during weekly or daily site walks, which records data. 

A plywood-lined staircase, red-steel beams and exposed-brick surfaces appear throughout this maisonette in west London, which has been overhauled by Francesco Pierazzi Architects.

London's leading construction and design awards took place on Wednesday 28 November when the UK’s favourite impersonator Alistair McGowan crowned our 21 deserving winners. The accomplishments of each ...

We’re coming the final days in the run up to London Build! The only show of its kind is set to take over Olympia London, celebrating the UK’s biggest Festival of Construction as it returns for 2019, b ...

Sheppard Robson has unveiled the mixed-use Citicape House in London that will have the "largest living wall in Europe" to help improve local air quality.

Marshalls has explored the future of the UK’s building environments and how they can adopt more urban greenery to create eco-friendly cities.

Construction will soon begin on a multi-million pound specialist dementia care home in Kingston.