Construction

“Contractors and developers alike are being left in completely untenable positions because the cost of developments is varying so greatly," says law firm Womble Bond Dickinson, warning that a return…

London has seen "a normalisation of single-storey basements as the 21st-century version of the loft conversion," says Professor Burrows in a new study of the capital's "luxified troglodytism".

Construction growth - led by the private housing sector - is placing new pressure on labour and supply chains, warns the RICS.

The Future Homes Task Force has published a "sector-wide climate and environment plan for high quality homes and places".

Native Land's £2.5bn five acre development on London's South Bank aims to "set a new benchmark for sustainability in large, mixed-use regeneration schemes."

Property buyers should be aware of high costs and scarcity in the building industry, warns James Law of buying agency Stacks.

Former Squire & Partners and Canary Wharf Group director Chris Hartiss has joined construction "scale-up" company Modulous, as has ex-UBS man Correy Voo.

Construction starts and sales rose in Q2, while construction completions were the highest in a couple of years, reports Molior.

With many super-prime schemes being thrown into chaos by supply chain problems, construction lawyer Alexander Jullienne looks at where the responsibility for delay rests, and what contractors charged with…

Architects and builders are reporting significant issues with the supply of building materials, causing on-site delays and escalating prices.

Council moves to tighten up rules around development in the borough.

Required Reading: "Building owners, developers, contractors and consultants need to be aware of the changes intended" by the new Building Safety Bill, say Joanna Lewis and Sophie-Rose Bowen of Beale &…