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Award-winning architectural practice gpad London and developer Maurice Investments have secured planning permission for a new office building at 2-7 Clerkenwell Green, Islington. gpad’s design is for a contemporary warehouse with a brick frontage and copper-clad mansard roof, sensitive to... View Article

By James Sketch, Country Manager UK, at KEUCO. Britain’s homes are having to work harder and smarter than ever before. As our population ages, the demand for housing that makes life easier for the elderly and those that care for them... View Article

With acoustics one of the keys to the success of any workplace design, the importance of a product’s acoustic performance cannot be understated. All too often products are tested in different ways and performance can be exaggerated. How then can... View Article

Ballymore & Oxley tomorrow launches a collection of new homes at Royal Wharf, which will be the first homes eligible for Help to Buy buyers at the riverside development in East London. Now available to purchase, the 32 new apartments... View Article

Following a series of challenges from under the ground and in the air, a £10 million infrastructure scheme has now completed close to East Midlands Airport. Property, construction and infrastructure consultancy Pick Everard delivered project management, quantity surveying and health... View Article

JRL Group took the top spot this month largely thanks to its award to build Consort Place on the Isle of Dogs valued at £470 million. The large mixed development will provide a full community lifestyle including apartments, a hotel,... View Article

Midland Heart has established a reputation as an organisation to do business with globally, securing a £60m finance deal with a major Japanese bank. The loan from Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) follows news that Midland Heart had retained their... View Article

One of Edinburgh’s most significant new housing projects is set to inject almost quarter of a billion pounds into the local economy. Two developers, CALA Homes (East) and David Wilson Homes East Scotland will build 655 new homes, including a... View Article

Finding a suitable development site can often be a challenge in itself, both from a risk and cost perspective, and this is before you’ve even placed a spade into the ground. Where at all possible, you should always aim to... View Article

With the popularity of solid fuel burners showing no signs of slowing, tenants looking to install a touch of cosiness into their homes are often tempted to cut corners and install the fuel burners themselves. AGSM’s John Gregory, which is... View Article

More than two thirds of women in construction (72%) say they have experienced gender discrimination in the workplace – while 9 in 20 of the women say sexual harassment had made an impact on their career, a new report from... View Article

Futurebuild 2020 came to a close today with a powerful call for industry to work together in order to tackle the climate emergency. With a central focus across the three days of the event on Responding to the Emergency, the... View Article

Preparatory work has almost been completed and now major structures are being put in place on the site of HS2’s new Interchange station – the brand new public transport gateway serving the Midlands, close to Birmingham International station, the NEC... View Article