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Final building at 40-acre new riverside town Royal Wharf tops out

Wednesday, 15th January 2020

Ballymore and Oxley celebrated a landmark moment today as the final, and tallest, residential building at Royal Wharf officially topped out. The major urban regeneration scheme, which will ultimately deliver 3,385 new homes, represents a new town for east London,... View Article

S Harrison further strengthens development team

Wednesday, 15th January 2020

Leading Yorkshire property and development company, S Harrison has appointed Paul Holcroft as a key member of its front end development team. His broad-ranging experience will further strengthen the York-based business which is expected to report excellent profits for 2019... View Article

Improved housing services gives power to the people of Wandsworth and Richmond Upon Thames

Wednesday, 15th January 2020

The two London boroughs of Wandsworth and Richmond upon Thames Council have gone live with NPS Housing, Northgate Public Services’ (NPS) Housing system. The technology is set to transform the councils’ housing services through online self-service capability and allow mobile... View Article

Ramboll re-awarded Technical Advisor role for British Antarctic Survey in £40-50 million contract

Wednesday, 15th January 2020

Engineering, design and consultancy company Ramboll has been re-appointed as Technical Advisors for British Antarctic Survey (BAS), successfully winning the next phase of work in a series of projects to improve and modernise Antarctic research stations and infrastructure. The contract... View Article

The human cost is too great. The scandal of payment abuse in the construction industry must stop now

Wednesday, 15th January 2020

As a disturbing new survey revealed the tragic human cost of payment abuse in the construction industry, the head of a leading trade association called for action to outlaw practices which are damaging individuals as well as businesses. Fiona Hodgson,... View Article

Green-tech shortlisted for Employer of the Year in ProLandscaper Business Awards

Wednesday, 15th January 2020

Leading landscaping supplier Green-tech has been shortlisted in the Employer of the Year category for the Pro Landscaper Business Awards. Green-tech’s Managing Director Rachel Kay comments; “We are absolutely thrilled to have been shortlisted for the Employer of the Year... View Article

RIBA launches open call to design experimental installation for Architecture Gallery

Wednesday, 15th January 2020

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is inviting architects, architecture students and creatives to design a temporary installation at the RIBA’s HQ building in central London, to coincide with the London Festival of Architecture (LFA). Deadline for entries: 13... View Article

Multi-disciplinary design practice, rg+p opens third studio in Birmingham

Wednesday, 15th January 2020

Award-winning, multi-disciplinary design practice, rg+p has launched its third studio in the heart of Birmingham’s business district rg+p has taken space at 1 Newhall Street, the contemporary glazed fronted building located at the junction with Colmore Row. Initially, the practice... View Article

MVRDV’s Tencent Campus Competition entry shows the green potential of smart city technology

Wednesday, 15th January 2020

Following a two-year process, today MVRDV is revealing their competition entry and research process for the next Tencent headquarters campus. Located on a 133-hectare site in a prominent location in Qianhai Bay, Shenzhen, Tencent’s brief called for what is nothing... View Article

Jaeger Kahlen Partner wins joint first prize at the international competition for Bao’An Bay Industrial Investment Tower

Wednesday, 15th January 2020

Jaeger Kahlen Partner is one of the joint winners at the international competition for Bao’An Bay Industrial Investment Tower in Shenzhen, China. The office building is a set of shifting volumes that break the tower into a series of terraced... View Article

Principal Tower completion concludes Principal Place masterplan

Wednesday, 15th January 2020

The completion of Principal Tower is the final piece of the Principal Place masterplan, a comprehensively planned mixed-use scheme on the border of Shoreditch and the City of London that creates a thriving new neighbourhood, drawing on the rich industrial... View Article

London Bridge – is it now built to last?

Tuesday, 14th January 2020

If only steel bridges had been around in Roman times. Maybe then London Bridge wouldn’t have had to be replaced so many times. The Romans built the first bridge with wood. This bridge was rebuilt many times between 1077 and... View Article

Keeping up with the Jones’s: two-thirds renovate to compete with neighbours

Tuesday, 14th January 2020

A home can be someone’s pride and joy – with the ability to decorate it how we please. And with the housing market increasingly fluctuating, many of us are making the most of renovation over relocation. But what if you... View Article

Charity marks milestone with topping out ceremony at Wateringbury site

Tuesday, 14th January 2020

Representatives from Rapport Housing & Care and site contractors, Jenner, got together at the site of Meadow View Court in The Orpines, to celebrate the building reaching its highest point. Guests gathered at the site of the extra care housing... View Article

‘New Year, New Home’ event kicks off 2020 at Graven Hill

Tuesday, 14th January 2020

Graven Hill, the UK’s largest self and custom build development in Bicester, Oxfordshire, is inviting prospective homeowners to a ‘New Year, New Home’ event on Saturday 18 January. Those looking for their dream property at Graven Hill will be able... View Article

Pagabo announces winners of its £10bn national framework for major works

Tuesday, 14th January 2020

The winners of Pagabo’s £10 billion, six-year Major Works Framework have been announced. The framework, which launches in April 2020, is the second iteration of the Major Works contract and will see up to 28 contractors deliver projects starting at £5... View Article

Wates Group commits to zero waste and carbon by 2025

Tuesday, 14th January 2020

The Wates Group, one of the UK’s leading privately-owned construction, development and property services companies, has today committed to eliminating waste and carbon from its operations by 2025, well ahead of the Government’s own environmental targets. The company has committed... View Article

Tackling climate change will force us to make huge lifestyle changes

Monday, 13th January 2020

Household domestic energy use currently accounts for roughly 29% of the UK’s total energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions. Radically reducing this figure is vital if the country is to achieve its goals of cutting emissions to 51% of 1990... View Article

UK rents up 3.5 per cent as sector looks set for a resilient 2020

Monday, 13th January 2020

The latest figures from the HomeLet Rental Index indicate that the rental sector is set to see the sustained growth of rental values observed throughout 2019 continue into the new decade The headlines from December 2019’s HomeLet Rental Index are:... View Article

gpad wins planning permission for prestigious City office extension and refurbishment

Friday, 10th January 2020

Award-winning architectural practice gpad london and Tellon Capital have secured planning permission to progress with the rooftop extension and refurbishment of 16-18 Eastcheap, a late Victorian building in the heart of the City of London’s insurance district. The interior will... View Article