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Homeowners in England have 86% chance of planning permission success

Thursday, 16th January 2020

Homeowners in England have an 86% chance of getting their planning permission applications granted, data analysis has shown. Analysis of government data between October 2018 and September 2019 has found that homeowners in the North East have the best chances... View Article

Hayfield secures £85m finance facility to grow to 500 homes per annum

Thursday, 16th January 2020

Solihull-headquartered Hayfield has agreed £85m of new equity and debt funding to enable the three-year-old housebuilder to deliver 500 homes per annum over the coming 36 months, which would result in a turnover of circa £180m. A £50m senior debt... View Article

New construction productivity measurement report set to influence industry

Thursday, 16th January 2020

The Advanced Industrialised Methods for the Construction of Home (AIMCH) has published a research report to help the house building sector better evaluate productivity and respond to future demands. The report examines construction productivity measurement and protocols and brings a... View Article

Avant Homes promotes Scott Varley to area managing director for Scotland and North East England

Thursday, 16th January 2020

Housebuilder Avant Homes has promoted Scott Varley to the newly created role of area managing director for Scotland and north east England. Scott first joined Avant Homes in 2006 as regional land manager for the group’s Yorkshire business, before taking... View Article

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

Pagabo has announced the winners of its £10 billion, six-year Major Works Framework. 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... View Article