Construction
Cost of construction materials soars by nearly a quarter
Steel and timber prices have absolutely rocketed over the last year, according to official government data.
Construction starts on Mayfair’s super-prime Carrington St carpark transformation
Ardmore has officially started on-site construction works at Motcomb Estate's ultra-luxury Carrington Place development.
Rescue of medieval hall in Gloucestershire scoops top renovation award
Stonewood's 'beautiful & clever' build was the big winner at the 2021 Master Builder Awards.
Caudwell picks Mace to deliver super-prime Mayfair scheme
Global construction giant promises to ‘reset the benchmark of quality’ at Audley Square.
Five numbers that lay bare the mammoth effort needed to insulate Britain’s homes
The transition to net zero emissions is often framed as a race to make new stuff – such as electric vehicles and wind turbines – as fast as possible. That’s actually the easy part, says Ran Boydell.
Top roofing firm Marley looks to float
Britain's biggest manufacture of roofing tiles is planning an IPO on the London Stock Exchange.
Offsite housebuilding factory opens for business
Weston Homes' spin-off modular construction company, British Offsite, has officially launched.
Sandy Mitchell: How to beat the competition & hire the dream project team
"It is a crazy sellers’ market for architects, designers and the like," writes Redbook founder Sandy Mitchell.
Government pitches a ‘major scaling up’ of custom & self-built homes
30-40,000 custom and self-build (CSB) homes could and should be built in the UK each year, says Richard Bacon, in a report that rails against "houses designed by accountants".
Construction giant pulls back from London resi market
Balfour Beatty confirms it will ‘no longer bid for fixed price residential property projects in central London’ as Covid-19 disruption leads to delays & write-downs.
Building material shortages are causing an ‘adversarial atmosphere’, warn lawyers; could ‘rewrite the rule book’
“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…
Mega Digs: Exploring London’s elite ‘basement belt’
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".