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Artificial intelligence and its effects on the construction industry

Thursday, 14th June 2018

Machines and robotics are filtering into the construction industry with great complexity and capabilities. Armed with ever-more complex algorithms, machines have the required level of artificial intelligence to be able to carry out tasks such as bricklaying, or help collate... View Article

May housing market sees flat sales picture, but a small increase in supply

Thursday, 14th June 2018

The May RICS UK Residential Market Survey has shown a few signs of life as houses start to come back on to the market, but overall activity has remained flat and is looking unlikely to gain any impetus in the... View Article

City Benches revealed

Thursday, 14th June 2018

The London Festival of Architecture has unveiled a series of new one-off public benches, designed by emerging architects and designers, and installed in partnership with the City of London Corporation and Cheapside Business Alliance as the City of London features... View Article

Arup team grows by a third to manage demand for services

Thursday, 14th June 2018

Arup, the leading engineering and design consultancy, has expanded its office space in Nottingham by 30% to make room for a rapidly growing team working on a number of new projects across the city and beyond. Arup has extended its space... View Article

Landscaping projects make back gardens the life of the party

Thursday, 14th June 2018

It’s time to take the party outside, according to the Houzz UK 2018 Landscaping Survey,* which found that three in five of homeowners spend more time entertaining outside after completing landscaping projects (61%). One in seven homeowners also report that... View Article

The RIBA responds to the news that the UK to apply to stay in European standards system after Brexit

Wednesday, 13th June 2018

RIBA Chief Executive, Alan Vallance says: “I’m delighted that Secretary of State Greg Clark has taken the decision to direct the British Standards Institute (BSI) to take all necessary steps to remain part of the European standards bodies, including two... View Article

BLOG: A design-led approach to solving groundwork challenges on heritage sites

Wednesday, 13th June 2018

Manchester’s build-to-rent (BTR) property market is booming, as regional city centre locations grow in popularity and developers respond in kind with a wealth of ambitious new projects. This climate of optimism has benefited the entire sector from architects to contractors,... View Article

Lendlease and Starwood Capital Group announce plans for the acquisition of The Silvertown Partnership

Wednesday, 13th June 2018

Lendlease and Starwood Capital, via a managed fund, are jointly acquiring The Silvertown Partnership from its existing shareholders (First Base, Chelsfield Properties and Macquarie Capital) on a 50 per cent co-investment basis. Lendlease will work as Development Manager and Construction Manager... View Article

Government funding boost for housing services

Wednesday, 13th June 2018

City of Wolverhampton Council has been successful with a bid for more than £450,000 of government funding to help alleviate pressures on housing services from new communities and provide benefits to all city residents. The award comes following an application... View Article

‘Housing ladder’ is broken at every step

Wednesday, 13th June 2018

7.5 million1 aspiring homeowners unable to get on housing ladder More than 3 million2 homeowners want to move house but cannot 1 in 5 homeowners age 55+ considered a move but did not. More than 1 million3 of these homeowners have nowhere to... View Article

BLOG: The architect’s role in maximising modular benefits through collaboration and innovation

Wednesday, 13th June 2018

Modular and offsite construction is one of the industry’s most talked about topics. As the housing crisis deepens and the government and developers are tasked with finding a solution, modern methods of construction such as modular and offsite are often... View Article

Beaulieu scoops planning award

Tuesday, 12th June 2018

The Beaulieu development in Chelmsford was awarded for its infrastructure planning, picking up an award at the prestigious Planning Awards 2018. The flagship scheme from Countryside and L&Q scooped the Infrastructure Planning award on 6 June 2018. Beaulieu was also... View Article

Smithsons’ iconic Grade II* Economist Plaza renamed in honour of its original architects

Tuesday, 12th June 2018

International real estate developer, Tishman Speyer, completes the first phase of renovation at 23-27 St James’s Street, Alison and Peter Smithson’s last remaining building in London. The Grade II*-listed complex, previously known as ‘The Economist Plaza’ was originally home to The... View Article

Award-winning architects to lead redesign of Paisley Town Hall interior

Tuesday, 12th June 2018

The £22m plans to transform Paisley Town Hall into one of the key venues in the west of Scotland will be led by the architects behind some of the UK’s best-known destinations. Glasgow-based Holmes Miller – who worked on the... View Article

Keepmoat Homes celebrates two years of success in Scotland as it appoints new Regional Managing Director

Tuesday, 12th June 2018

Keepmoat Homes has a lot to celebrate this month as it marks the end of its second year of operations in Scotland and the senior appointment of new Regional Managing Director, Peter Matthews. The UK homebuilder opened its regional office... View Article

Revealed: The property improvements that give the best and worst returns

Tuesday, 12th June 2018

A new calculator has launched that shows the home improvements which add value to a property and those which could end up leaving you short changed. The ‘Property Investment Calculator’, created by GoCompare Home Insurance, with the assistance of property expert... View Article

International Call for ideas to re-imagine London’s Grosvenor Square

Tuesday, 12th June 2018

Grosvenor Britain & Ireland has launched an international call for ideas to re-imagine Grosvenor Square in London. Architects, designers and creative thinkers from across the world are invited to submit proposals to re-imagine the historic square for locals, visitors, Londoners and... View Article

Cloud-based CCTV brings high speed fibre broadband to social housing residents

Tuesday, 12th June 2018

In an innovative project in South West London, the decision to install cloud-based CCTV in social housing has been a catalyst for providing high-speed fibre to all 320 properties in the estate – bringing superfast broadband to all residents and... View Article

Construction needs urgent government intervention to boost output

Monday, 11th June 2018

Unite, the UK’s construction union, has called for urgent government intervention in the construction industry after figures published by the ONS today (11 June) revealed that the industry contracted by 3.4 per cent in the three months to April. Unite... View Article

Caledonian meets campus milestone for Hinkley Point C

Monday, 11th June 2018

Caledonian, the Newark-based company which won the contract to deliver campus accommodation for workers building the first nuclear power station in the UK for a generation, has completed the construction of the first phase of a major campus development for... View Article