Day: November 14, 2023

10 Gresham Street, in need of refurbishment [Image: Google Streetview] So short are the functional lifespans of modern buildings that Mace has been appointed to undertake a 15-month revamp of 10 Gresham Street. 10 Gresham Street in the Square Mile was designed by Foster &...

The 1NQ scheme on Manchester's Tariff StreetStart of building works on the 1NQ scheme on Tariff Street in Manchester comes after developers Marco Living and Axis Real Estate agreed a £75.6m forward-funding deal with the Singapore-listed real estate company City Developments Limited (CDL). Full planning...

Chippenham Hall in Chippenham, Cambridgeshire, has its solar panels in the garden [Photo from Historic England Archive]Listed building consent will always be required for the installation of photovoltaic and solar thermal panels, Historic England says, but they will generally be acceptable on non-principal roofs. Similarly,...

Billington supplied steelwork for Manchester's Circle Square developmentIn a trading update today, Billington said that its 2023 financial results will be ahead of previous market expectations. In September the Barnsley-based company posted record first-half results, with revenues up 30% to £60m and a threefold increase...

New housing minister Lee Rowley Rachel Maclean was yesterday removed from her post as minister of state for housing and planning at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities (DLUHC), a post she had held since 7th February 2023. At the time of her...

Verifi ensures all concrete loads arrive at the specified mix and consistencyConcrete technology developed over the last two years by Balfour Beatty Vinci (BBV) with Saint Gobain Construction Chemicals, Tarmac and Aggregate Industries has been trialled and validated on the HS2 project. It is now...