Northstowe, a new town in development in Cambridgeshire by Homes England, Keepmoat Homes, and Capital&Centric, is set to have 3,000 new homes, half of which will be affordable housing.
Vincent Matthews, head of UK marketing at SFS, discusses the benefits of working with a product manufacturer in construction to select an appropriate system solution.
Marrons has submitted a planning application for the Etruscan Square development, supported by Stoke-on-Trent City Council and £20m from the government's Levelling Up Fund.
The latest HMRC Property Transactions data examining the monthly property transactions statistics suggests that the market is slowing, although predictions about what follows varies.
Mark Robinson, group chief executive at leading public sector procurement authority SCAPE, looks at introducing mandatory whole-life carbon assessments for construction projects and explains why the looming recession cannot come at a cost to net zero.
The government believes a new Infrastructure Levy will ensure developers pay a fair share towards supporting communities, but Grant Leggett of Boyer London believes the proposals do not simplify contributions and could lead to greater complexity.
The last great recession, Brexit, the pandemic and the war in Ukraine have not only led to uncertainty in the economy, but construction procurement challenges, with price volatility, supply chain issues, skilled labour and material shortages, and a sharp increase in energy costs, Constellia explains.
The average UK house price was £295,000 in November 2022, which is £28,000 higher than this time last year, according to the latest ONS UK House Price Index.
Three-quarters of Local Planning Authority officers in Wales felt overstretched in their work, according to a Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) survey of 209 planners in Wales.
Dr Mike Pitts, deputy challenge director for Transforming Construction at Innovate UK, looks back on the first year of the Construction Leadership Council’s Construct Zero programme and the final year of the Transforming Construction challenge.
The once-notorious Hightown Estate, in Wrexham, which has been redeveloped to incorporate crime prevention principles set by Secured by Design (SBD), the national police crime prevention initiative, has received a ringing endorsement.
Mark Hansford, director of engineering knowledge at the Institution of Civil Engineers, examines the key themes for infrastructure in 2023, from decarbonisation and resilience to transport and digitalisation.
Downgrading housebuilding targets is a bold move that could come at a cost in the midst of the UK housing crisis, says Claire Fallows, partner in the real estate team at Charles Russell Speechlys.
Kier has been reappointed to a £1.5bn North West Construction Hub High Value Construction Framework, continuing support of public sector buildings in the North West.
Alex Minett, head of products and markets at CHAS, looks at seven issues companies should be aware of when shoring up resilience for their supply chains in 2023.
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.
