Construction

"I'm still unhappy with the principle of leaseholders having to pay at all" for the cladding scandal, said Michael Gove yesterday. "My questions is why do they have to pay at all?"

The number of small- and medium-sized house-building companies has fallen by an average of 335 a year since the late 1980s, according to some new research.

A survey of construction businesses "shows a damning situation for the building industry," says the boss of the Federation of Master Builders, with "dramatic delays to jobs" and "skyrocketing" prices.

The Government's big plan to de-carbonise British homes in its push to Net Zero is "a comprehensive and groundbreaking strategy", says sustainability lecturer Ran Boydell - but it has some major flaws...

Steel and timber prices have absolutely rocketed over the last year, according to official government data.

Ardmore has officially started on-site construction works at Motcomb Estate's ultra-luxury Carrington Place development.

Stonewood's 'beautiful & clever' build was the big winner at the 2021 Master Builder Awards.

Global construction giant promises to ‘reset the benchmark of quality’ at Audley Square.

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.

Britain's biggest manufacture of roofing tiles is planning an IPO on the London Stock Exchange.

Weston Homes' spin-off modular construction company, British Offsite, has officially launched.

"It is a crazy sellers’ market for architects, designers and the like," writes Redbook founder Sandy Mitchell.