Construction
Government outlines package of measures to boost post-Covid construction
Housing minister Robert Jenrick promises an extension of planning permission deadlines, speedier planning appeals, and relaxed restrictions on construction site working hours;
CWG completes Wood Wharf’s first private sale resi building
The first residents are due to move into 10 Park Drive this month.
Derwent completes net zero carbon Charlotte Street scheme; offers free flats to NHS staff
80 Charlotte Street in Fitzrovia is Derwent's biggest ever mixed-use development, and marks a big step towards the firm's ambition to achieve a fully net zero carbon portfolio.
New top-end building contractor launches with a focus on prime residential projects
Morgan Rae has been founded by Square Metre alumni Luke Morgan and James Rae.
Slovakia’s JTRE snaps up PCL developer Sons & Co; secures £177m loan for South Bank scheme
JTRE has agreed a hefty construction loan on its £400m Triptych Bankside project next to Tate Modern, and acquired the well-known boutique development firm Sons & Co
Watch: Mandarin Oriental Mayfair construction time-lapse
See months of graft condensed into ninety seconds with this time-lapse of Clivedale's forthcoming Mandarin Oriental-branded scheme on Hanover Square.
Top brickmakers warn of job cuts and site closures
Forterra and Ibstock have seen dramatic drops in demand as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
New Chair for the NHBC
After nine years as Chair of the National House-Building Council, Isabel Hudson is making way for Alan Rubenstein.
New homes watchdog advances
Natalie Elphicke has been installed as Chair of the fledgling New Homes Ombudsman.
One in five new UK homes could be built using MMC by 2030
Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) could help to kick-start the post-pandemic building industry around the world, predicts Savills, while delivering more energy-efficient homes more quickly and more…
Jenrick reveals the Government’s ‘plan to re-start the housing market’ as estate agents & developers get back to work
The Government has eased the Coronavirus lockdown in a bid to re-start the housing market after seven weeks in cold storage. Estate agents' office can now re-open, viewings are permitted;
Westminster brings in Bouygues to transform Ebury Bridge Estate
Giant regen project opposite Chelsea Barracks to deliver 758 new homes in 'the biggest development of new council and affordable homes in the south of Westminster in a generation'