The military-style planning used to deliver emergency NHS projects during COVID-19 should inspire reform within the construction industry, says the BESA.
There are now 157,152 build-to-rent homes under construction or in planning across the UK, according to research published by the British Property Federation (BPF).
Public services provider, Amey, has secured a £100m three-year contract extension to provide reactive and proactive maintenance work across Yorkshire Water’s sewer network.
With the Covid-19 crisis bringing many building projects to a standstill, Alex Rayner, head of construction and engineering at award-winning law firm Sintons, examines the potential contractual options that exist if work has to stop for a period of time.
Cumbria County Council’s replacement bridge project at Pooley Bridge is set to resume today (20 April), following a review of the authority’s construction schemes in response to the outbreak.
TRADA’s University Challenge 2020 saw students from across the UK design timber community housing that is low-carbon, energy and water efficient, climate-resilient, healthy and desirable.
A deal with government housing agency, Homes England and Birmingham City Council has been agreed to release land and create one of the city’s largest developments.
Although the issue has been partially obscured from public view by the coronavirus crisis, the UK government has said that work to replace flammable cladding on residential buildings of 18m or taller remains a priority. Helen Andrews, a construction law partner at Fieldfisher, takes a look.
The RTPI has called on the government to issue planning guidance to prevent delays to development and knock-on effects to the economy further down the line.
The Real Face of Construction 2020 report from the Chartered Institute of Building reflects the true value of the industry in economic, social and environmental terms – and sets a course for addressing some of the sector’s key issues.
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