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Homes England and Liverpool sign Place Delivery Agreement

The Place Delivery Agreement between Homes England and Liverpool's Mayoral Authority will help boost delivery and regeneration.
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Construction company fined over £100k after worker dies in fall from height

An Oxfordshire-based construction company has been fined £120,000 after a carpenter died from a fall from height while carrying out refurbishment work.
Planning & Construction News

Get Britain Building: Better places, stronger communities, and a resilient economy

The government must invest now to Get Britain Building, supporting UK manufacturers, home builders, and local economies at a time when weak demand is driving factory closures and job losses across the construction supply chain.
Health & Safety News

Travis Perkins warns to prepare for cold-weather construction

Travis Perkins shares advice on how developers and contractors can prepare and handle cold-weather construction.
Projects

HS2 Westbury Viaduct completed

The HS2 Westbury Viaduct has been completed, ready to carry HS2 trains over the River Great Ouse floodplain, near Brackley.
BIM News

BIM handover: Write an information brief the operator can use

Useful BIM handover information starts with the needs of the people who will run the building, helping resolve gaps before completion.
Building Control News

The Building Safety Act is evolving in 2027 – Start preparing today

Nigel Thomas, national specification and projects sales manager at ABB Electrification, discusses changes coming to the Building Safety Act.
HR & Skills News

Looking beyond construction: Rethinking retrofit’s workforce

Alex Fellowes-Freeman, NHDG chair, argues the sector needs to rethink how it develops, supports and retains its people, while becoming more open to skills and experience beyond retrofit.
Planning & Construction News

The Evolving Needs of UK Roads: Replacing patchwork with long-term planning

Paul Thompson, technical specification and sustainability manager at Wrekin Products, discusses the evolving needs of UK roads.
Building Control News

Building Safety Levy now in effect: Read reactions here

The Building Safety Levy is now in effect as of today (1 October 2026), and several thought leaders have shared their thoughts.
Planning & Construction News

University of Cambridge framework transforms how construction productivity is measured and improved

A new framework from the University of Cambridge aims to help organisations unlock the value of data and use it to understand how construction productivity can be improved.
Health & Safety News

Grenfell Tower Inquiry: MHCLG case file sent to CPS

Evidence from the Metropolitan Police in their Grenfell Tower Inquiry has been sent to the Crown Prosecution Service, confirms Angela Rayner.
Energy News

Heat pump handover: What to check before the first winter weather comes

When the first winter weather arrives, knowing which setting to change a heat pump to can matter as much as the equipment specification
Projects

Construction of Peterchurch Primary School completed three weeks early

The project involved constructing a new 1,209m² single-storey primary school on the existing Peterchurch Primary School site, while the school remained fully operational.
Planning & Construction News

PM confirms council housebuilding and UK construction support

Prime minister Andy Burnham spoke at the Labour Party Conference yesterday and made several promises of construction industry support.
Energy News

How is carbon thinking in the built environment evolving?

Tom Ridley-Thompson, associate director at CPMG Architects, says the built environment should consider whole-life carbon at the start of a project.
Planning & Construction News

Planning permission for new homes reach record low, HBF report finds

New figures published by the Home Builders Federation (HBF) show the number of new homes receiving planning permission has fallen by 21% in the last quarter.
Building Control News

Delivering complex façade remediation in occupied buildings

Shaun McCluskey, operations director at Starfish Construction, discusses the challenges faced during complex façade remediation.
Construction Technology News

AI data centres are going up fast – but can they deliver?

The £100bn data centre boom risks building AI capacity that can’t perform, writes Matt Salter of Onnec.
Projects

Construction of new Cheadle station set to begin in major breakthrough

In a major milestone for one of Stockport’s most anticipated transport projects, a long-awaited railway station in Cheadle is set to begin construction soon.
Energy News

NBS releases BREEAM certification guide

A new BREEAM certification guide has been released for specifiers by NBS working with the Building Research Establishment (BRE).

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