Day: January 30, 2023

Front cover of the ISG reportISG commissioned economics consultant Centre for Economics & Business Research (CEBR) to produce a comparative index of “holistic potential property value” across the UK. The methodology uses traditional financial and commercial metrics, alongside environmental and social metrics, including energy supply,...

Skanska Cementation's MLT60Cementation, the foundations division of Swedish construction group Skanska, says that its MLT60 maintained load test test system is capable of testing loads up to 60 meganewtons (MN), making it the UK’s highest capacity system for pile testing. It has been developed entirely...

Image courtesy of Fletcher Priest Architects The 94,000 sq ft Edenica office building has been designed by Fletcher Priest Architects for BauMont Real Estate Capital and YardNine. Mace takes over the Edenica site from Keltbray, which has completed the preparatory demolition work on site. Planning...

Secretary of state for levelling up, housing and communities Michael GoveThe Ministry of Housing has today sent developers the necessary paperwork requiring them to fix tall buildings and reimburse taxpayers  Companies who fail to sign the 93-page legal document within the six- week deadline or...

Improvised accessThe prosecution came after a photograph caught the moment a pair of workmen stood in the bucket of a telehandler to fit a stone into the top of a new home in Littleborough, Greater Manchester. It was one of a number of health and...

Latest forecasts from the Construction Products Association (CPA) show mounting fears for the health of the industry. Six months ago, when Boris Johnson was still prime minister, the CPA was forecasting a 0.4% fall in construction output in 2023. After that Truss/Kwarsi budget, the forecast...

For the bin? To satisfy Brexit headbangers in the Conservative Party, the government is trying to abolish all laws that were drafted at a European Union level, regardless of their merit. The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill, currently in parliament, proposes that all...

Top Farm plansDevelop Warwickshire, a joint venture of Warwickshire County Council, Warwickshire Property & Development Group and Countryside Partnerships plans to develop Top Farm, Weddington. The scheme was initially approved by Nuneaton & Bedworth Borough Council’s planning committee in May 2022 subject to Section 106...

Louisa Finlay (left) and Helen RedfernLouisa Finlay will take over on 6th March from Helen Redfern, who is leaving the construction industry. Helen Redfern joined Kier in 2012 and was promoted to human resources director in 2019. Her job title was changed to chief people...