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McAvoy completes building installation for new school

Offsite construction specialist, The McAvoy Group, has craned the final modules into position on site at the new Concordia Academy in Romford for a building to accommodate 630 primary school children

Research: Many homeowners buy new property before selling their existing home

Insurance specialist Cover Builderâ„¢ has revealed that as many as one in five British homeowners who sold a property within the last year made the decision to find and purchase a new home prior to putting their existing property on the market

Sadiq Khan urges chancellor to support housebuilding in London

Sadiq Khan wants the Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond to take emergency action to support housebuilding in the forthcoming Budget

Central square building contract awarded to Sir Robert McAlpine

Central Square developer Rightacres Property has awarded a £65m contract to construction company, Sir Robert McAlpine, to build the new UK Government Hub building on the site of the former Western Mail & Echo print works

Mick George begins demolition for housing redevelopment project

Construction company Mick George Ltd has begun Demolition works on the former Dairy Crest site, Fenstanton, for a housing redevelopment project by Morris Homes

Vijay Patel Building scoops prestigious award

The team responsible for the transformational Vijay Patel Building at De Montfort University, which inspires some of the UK’s most talented art and design graduates, have scooped a prestigious award

Photographic store opens with state-of-the-art design

Ormerod Sutton Architects (OSA) has launched its latest project – a significant national contract with Wex Photo Video to design the UK’s largest photographic store, which was fitted out by NBC Contracting Ltd

Hardwood CLT at the forefront in Indiana

Design firm IKD has unveiled the first hardwood CLT (cross-laminated timber) structure in the United States at the 2017 Exhibit Columbus exhibition

Rental sector in the dark over rights

New research by LetBritain has revealed that more that millions of tenants and landlords across the country are unaware of the laws governing the rental sector

Nearly all councils are failing to deliver affordable housing

Nearly all (92%) councils in England are failing to meet affordable housing needs, according to a new report from the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR)

Heathrow reveals list for offsite construction logistic hubs

Heathrow Airport has produced a list of 65 potential logistic hub locations to serve as centres for offsite construction, selected from an initial 121 applications

Mick George and PwC join forces to support local entrepreneurs

Mick George Ltd discuss their joint venture with PwC to support local entrepreneurs and boost Telecoms and Facilities Management enterprises Earlier this year, Mick George Ltd...

MHA MacIntyre Hudson outlines construction industry wish list

Brendan Sharkey, head of construction and real estate at MHA MacIntyre Hudson, outlines his Autumn Budget wish list for the construction industry

Self-builders to boost rural property industry

According to The Self & Custom Build Market Report, self-builders in the UK are more likely to build in rural locations rather than urban areas

£84m boost announced for projects in extreme environments

More than £68m of investment from the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund for robotics and artificial intelligence projects in extreme environments has been announced by the Government

Average stamp duty paid for property types in London boroughs revealed

Sellhousefast.uk analysed data from Zoopla to find out the average price paid for four different types of property in London to discover the average stamp duty land tax paid on each type of property

Build UK welcomes outcome of ITB Review

Build UK has welcomed the outcome of the ITB Review which was published by the Department for Education (DfE) on 6 November

Initial phase of rental properties boost unveiled

The initial apartments to be built as part of an £800m investment programme to create new rental properties across England have been revealed in Sheffield

BRE & CRS exhibit emergency relief Humanitarian shelter

The increasing number of natural disasters throughout the world has given rise to a collaborative exhibit by BRE and Catholic Relief Services (CRS) that will be unveiled at BRE’s Innovation Park in Watford on 17 November

‘Cowboy clients’ threaten SME builders

According to research by the Federation of Master Builders (FMB), three quarters of SME builders say ‘cowboy clients’ are hindering their business

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