SFS Group Fastening Technology and Kingspan Insulation have pooled their respective expertise in rainscreen cladding support systems and insulation materials to launch an optimum performance solution offering A2-s1, d0 reaction to fire, presenting the potential to optimise envelope design on buildings of any height in the AlphaCore® Pad.
Wide-ranging government proposals would result in a concerning reduction in the level of scrutiny planning applications receive from local councils and the people they represent, says Lord German OBE of the cross-party Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee.
Today (9 October) the contract for the first two giant tunnelling machines (TBM) for London’s HS2 tunnels has been signed with Skanska-Costain (STRABAG).
Property industry experts have called for the government to prioritise data standardisation, collaboration and community engagement in planning system reforms.
Tarmac and Kier has been awarded the Lot 2 contract of the Transport for London (TfL) highways maintenance and project framework to maintain and improve highways and related assets covering a 189km network in north London.
Architect Sheppard Robson has been appointed to transform the North Manchester General Hospital (NMGH) estate, creating integrated health and social care facilities.
ARB’s Professional Conduct Committee (PCC) has issued a one-year suspension order to John Kirkpatrick of County Down due to failure to carry out site inspections.
Builders report a busy summer thanks to strong levels of consumer demand for repair and maintenance works, according to a new survey by the Federation of Master Builders (FMB).
HS2 has revealed ambitious air quality plans, including ‘designing out’ emissions, introducing renewable energy on construction sites and zero-pollution machinery.
Jacobs has been was awarded a place on Affinity Water's Restoration Framework, providing management, appraisal, modelling and design input for river restoration schemes across England.
Mace has completed the exterior of The National Satellite Test Facility (NSTF), reaching a major build milestone in the process of becoming the UK’s first co-located set of space test facilities.
Balfour Beatty has broken through the longest and final onshore cooling-water tunnel at Hinkley Point C’s nuclear power station
Balfour Beatty, alongside EDF, has celebrated...
James Craigie Tannahill Thomson of Thomson Hunter Architects in Kilmarnock has been erased from the Architects Register for failing to address fire safety issues.
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