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.
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.
According to a new study, the total number of build-to-rent homes completed – under construction and in planning – across the UK has increased by 30% in the past year
Legislation being piloted through the House of Commons privately by Peter Aldous MP to reform the practice of withholding retention monies in construction contracts has now been published
Now in its fifty-third year, the Queen’s Awards have a long history of celebrating the UK’s most successful business and business people – among contractors receiving awards this year are; Willmott Dixon, Esh Holding’s and  Glasgow’s City Building
Architecture and operations consultancy, Bryden Wood, has become one of the first architects to be awarded a Queen’s Award for Enterprise, for innovation that changes the fundamentals of design and construction
Latest economic forecasts from the Construction Products Association (CPA) reinforce its view that 2018 will likely see no growth in industry output, however, the picture for 2019 looks a little better
BSRIA is staging its third flagship Soft Landings Conference 2018: Soft Landings – a culture for all projects, which will take place on 15 June at RICS in London
Nearly one in five landlords (18.2%) say they find it ‘impossible’ to keep up with constant regulation changes, according to a new survey by property marketplace TheHouseshop.com
Scottish Power has made a commitment to provide £5m worth of sponsorship over five years to an urban regeneration project run by entrepreneur Marie Macklin
BRE have today (20 April) announced the launch of its integration of BREEAM, the world’s leading sustainability assessment method for master planning projects, infrastructure and buildings, with Measurabl, the most widely adopted sustainability software for real estate
The value of new construction contracts in March reached £5.3bn, a monthly increase of 8.7%. However, the overall positivity cannot be shared across all sectors of construction, as infrastructure figures reached their lowest point in March since Barbour ABI began tracking the series
UK adults are more concerned about property prices and availability today than at any point in the last five years, according to the Homeowners Survey 2018
Mick George Ltd discuss their growing demolition branch and the dynamic approach that has brought them to success
Mick George Ltd have made no secrets...
Glasgow City Council has signed an agreement with Glasgow Housing Association (GHA) and Keepmoat Homes to build 800 homes and retail/commercial properties at the Sighthill Transformational Regeneration Area (TRA)
The construction firm Lagan Group has been sold to one of the biggest construction firms in the UK for £455m – Breedon Group said the acquisition would allow it to enter the Irish construction market
According to research from the Resolution Foundation, generations of young people in the UK will not own their own home and will be more likely to rent a property for the entirety of their lives
BCIS is forecasting that oil prices in construction will rise by 2% in the year to 4th quarter 2018, then by 3% per annum over the remainder of the forecast period
Assent delivers building control solutions on over 30,000 projects annually; our growing network of 60+ offices means that we are always within one hour of a site anywhere in England and Wales.
Kate Morement, head of risk and compliance, Assent, says much progress has been made by women in construction over the last 20 years, but there is still more to be done.
