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.
Laing O’Rourke has said it would not be able to file its annual finance report until Christmas at the earliest, citing “delays with historic turbulence in the construction sector”
A revised planning application for Wretchwick Green in Bicester from Wates Developments and Redrow Homes has received approval from Cherwell District Council’s Planning Committee
Laing O’Rourke has secured the management contract to complete the Royal Liverpool Hospital project, which came to a standstill in January when Carillion collapsed
The Government is set to accept a proposal from the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC), to build 1 million new homes between Oxford, Milton Keynes and Cambridge, a development that the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) says would result in an area of countryside greater than the size of Birmingham being lost
Manchester Metropolitan University has outlined plans to demolish the John Dalton buildings and replace them with a new-build science and engineering campus
Polypipe has agreed to pay £52m for the acquisition of Manthorpe Building Products, which specialises in the manufacturing of moulded and extruded plastic and metal building products
James Topping of Advantage Home Construction Insurance discusses how the private rented sector is set to change the face of the industry and what the future holds for the market
Nearly two-fifths (39%) of the receipts from the Community Infrastructure Levy remains unspent by councils in England and Wales, according to new analysis by the Association for Consultancy and Engineering (ACE)
The Competition and Market Authority (CMA) is targeting construction and manufacturing industries calling for more whistle-blowers to expose business cartels
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