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Main contractor BBMV (the Balfour Beatty, Morgan Sindall, VINCI Construction joint venture) has completed construction of the Crossrail station at Whitechapel in east London. A new ticket hall and lif ...

Local authorities and housing associations across England will have the chance to secure a share of £160m to enhance the energy efficiency of social homes.   Through this first wave of the Social Hous ...

Companies from across the UK construction industry can now have their say on plans to develop standard measures of how the sector can improve equality and diversity. The Construction Leadership Counci ...

With the global BIM market forecast to grow significantly over the next few years, Women in BIM’s Regional Leads in Chile, the USA, Greece and Australia discuss how the technology is being adopted in ...

Scape has announced the seven contractors that will deliver up to £14bn of capital expenditure via its net zero ready construction frameworks.   The four-year next generation frameworks will accelerat ...

Homes England has injected £40m funding to support the delivery of new retirement living homes, which will accelerate the construction of 255 homes in Audley Group’s Mayfield Villages portfolio. The £ ...

2 Trafalgar Way is set to be the largest Passivhaus student accommodation scheme in Europe. Architect Apt has gained planning permission for a £220 million student residential-led mixed-use scheme, on ...

BIM4Water has published its Roadmap for the next five years, defining a strategic pathway forward for BIM within the UK water sector and adoption into a national digital twin. Formed in 2013, BIM4Wate ...

It’s no secret that the built environment is a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. With research suggesting that high-rise buildings are much more energy-intensive than their low-rise count ...

Galliford Try has secured funding from the Department of Transport for research into the electrification of the road network The research is part of a £20m programme that will play a significant role ...

Highways England has been using the material since 2015 and a collaborative programme with the supply chain and extensive research now means it can be used freely across the Strategic Road Network (SR ...

The Architects Registration Board (ARB) has launched a major public engagement exercise inviting architects to help shape the regulator’s approach to continuing professional development (CPD).   The B ...

A new report commissioned by the Centre for Digital Built Britain as a partner of the Construction Innovation Hub has highlighted the value of information management in construction and infrastructure ...

The iconic Underwriting Room at the heart of Richard Rogers' high-tech Lloyd's building in London is set to undergo a major redesign by its owner, insurance company Lloyd's of London. Planned for 2022 ...

The London Resort has opened its pre-procurement registration for firms that would like to be considered in delivering the planned 500 acre theme park.  The project is being delivered by London Resort ...

The Geospatial Commission has announced the winners of phase 2 of its £5m transport location data competition which was launched in May. Following success in the development of feasibility studies in ...

Hammersmith & Fulham Council has approved a new £6m plan to stabilise Hammersmith Bridge at significantly below the original expected cost with works completing in under a year.   Hammersmith & Fulham ...

The Department for Transport (DfT), Network Rail and the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) have officially launched the Better Value Rail (BVR) toolkit to bring together ideas for rail projects and make t ...

Following the launch of HS2’s first two giant tunnelling machines, engineers working on Britain’s new high speed railway have now begun excavating the first of five shafts that will provide ventilatio ...

Canary Wharf Group (CWG) has completed the delivery of 115 new council homes as part of the housing development in Poplar Consisting of three buildings ranging from four to six storeys, these 115 resi ...