Government funding for on-street electric car charging is to be doubled, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has announced.

A four-storey cube covered in 13,000 white tiles and which will house a substation as part of the HS2 redevelopment at Euston has been given planning.

In second place of the Barbour ABI top 50 contractor league table is Wates Construction, moving up eight places with seven contract awards at a total value of £383m. 

The department has recently undertaken a call for evidence on its fire safety design guidance for building new schools, as part of wider work on fire safety across government.

A virtual replica of High Speed 2’s (HS2) Old Oak Common station is being created to train staff ahead of the West London hub’s construction.

Morgan Sindall hits 2% operating margin for construction, despite no growth in turnover.

Emerging players in the construction sector are introducing greater numbers of factory-built homes into the UK market, but experts say this needs to be accompanied by industry-wide reform

It has been a busy period for lifting specialist Britlift as its services are in high demand in the modular and offsite construction sectors.

This November will see London Build once again take over the Olympia London, bringing together over 25,000 construction professionals across two days for the largest built environment show for London. ...

The Universities of Newcastle and Northumbria are teaming up — with the help of £8 million to design and develop the buildings of the future.

Nationwide is to open a new digital innovation centre in London, creating over 750 new technology jobs.

Proposals to redevelop three London Underground station car parks to build hundreds of affordable homes are now online.

Our leaders want us out of our cars, on our bikes and into new homes beside Cycle Superhighways.

Kier has been reappointed to the London Construction Programme (LCP) major works 2019 framework The London Construction Programme framework will run for five years and Kier has secured a place on all six Lots it bid for.

In Hyde Park’s latest coffee house, guests can now get both these things for the price of one, courtesy of emerging London and Malta based practice Mizzi Studio. 

A major development of 844 new homes in Barnet, North West London, has been approved by the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan. The plans to redevelop a currently disused site will provide over 800 homes with over 40 per cent of these properties designated as affordable.

The newest skyscraper has been topped out at the massive Wood Wharf development next to Canary Wharf at 57 storeys.

This past June, London celebrated its annual London Festival of Architecture. The festival showcased exhibitions, installations, workshops, and other events highlighting architecture and design in the city.  

Demolition has begun on one of London’s biggest housing regeneration projects, marking a significant step forward for the £1 billion scheme.

A radical rebuild of Colindale tube station on the Northern line has been approved by Barnet Council. The old “shed” of a ticket hall will be demolished, and completely new station building with an substantially enlarged ticket hall – around double the size of the existing space.