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  • Remedial work to England’s poorest quality housing could provide £135.5 billion in societal benefits over the next 30 years. These benefits include savings to the NHS, lower energy bills and carbon em ...
  • A free platform to help construction workers learn about addressing climate change through retrofitting has been launched by NatWest and the Supply Chain Sustainability School. NatWest Group is the Su ...
  • A European alliance of workplace experts has uncovered what’s in store for the future of the office, creating AI mockups of what these spaces will look like in the next 5,10, 25 and 50 years. By looki ...
  • Mace has been appointed to the Department for Transport’s (DfT) STARThree Framework, securing a host of consultancy service packages.  The framework, valued at £600 million, brings in suppliers who ca ...
  • The government has announced nearly £4 million of funding for green innovations. AI solutions are set to receive funding to accelerate industrial decarbonisation and transform the way industries cut t ...
  • Willmott Dixon has been chosen as preferred contractor for its latest Passivhaus project, a £14.5m new two-form entry primary school for 420 pupils aged between four and 11 years old in Basingstoke, H ...
  • McLaughlin & Harvey (M&H) is on site for the restoration of the historic Granton gasholder in Edinburgh. The bell of the gasholder on Granton Waterfront has been taken apart to provide a high-quality ...
  • The City of London Corporation has released a new report urging investment in workers to meet the growing demand for green jobs and skills in decarbonising Central London’s commercial buildings. The r ...
  • Ten Tier One firms are in the running to provide a critical upgrade of the electricity network in Scotland to the end of the decade.   Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) Transmission ha ...
  • Nine of the UK’s most prominent Safety & Health organisations have united to form the Occupational Safety and Health Stakeholder Alliance. It will create a platform to offer a unified 360-degree persp ...
  • VolkerFitzpatrick has been appointed to design and build a highway crossing over a rail line in Surrey.  The £19 million Ash Road Bridge project, on behalf of Guildford Borough Council, will see the c ...
  • Caddick Construction is expanding into the Midlands.  Ray O’Sullivan has been appointed regional director for the Midlands, as part of the Group’s growth strategy.  It has sustained a 40-year presence ...
  • Aston Villa has submitted a new planning application for Villa Park stadium, months after it won permission to expand and develop the venue to the tune of £100 million.  Earlier this year, Birmingham ...
  • The UK’s first Passivhaus Plus school – completed by Willmott Dixon in 2019 – has won an industry award for setting the standard for zero carbon educational buildings. Hackbridge Primary School in the ...
  • London’s Euston Tower, in Regent’s Place, looks set to become a world-leading life sciences and innovation hub, with labs and workspaces.  The landmark building is located where Camden, Fitzrovia and ...
  • Ashe Construction has been appointed by MK Council to deliver £24 million in community projects. The contract covers the creation of a new primary school and community health hub off junction 14 of th ...
  • Lendlease has announced the new head of its European operations. 
  • Willmott Dixon has landed a £30m contract from Tees Valley Combined Authority to transform the entrance to Darlington Station as part of Network Rail’s £140m masterplan to deliver extra train capacity ...
  • The Association for Specialist Fire Protection (ASFP) has published three new Advisory Notes and updated another. The documents cover a range of topics related to firestopping, penetration seals and s ...
  • Technology minister Sir John Whittingdale has announced plans to increase digital connectivity across the country. Residents in Papa Stour, one of the country's most remote communities, will now have ...