Construction
Glass skyscrapers: A great environmental folly that could have been avoided
If architects had paid more attention to the difficulties of building with glass, the great environmental damage wrought by modern glass skyscrapers could have been avoided, argues Henrik Schoenefeldt…
Rising costs hit housebuilder’s margins
Taylor Wimpey expects build costs to escalate by 5% this year
Development projects facing ‘major delays’ as building inspectors are forced out of business
Recent changes in the insurance market could hit the construction industry hard, and scupper the government's housing ambitions, according to the ACAI
In Pictures: On-site at the restoration of one of London’s great private houses
Aerial shots show how the derelict Athlone House in Highgate is being returned to its former glory via an epic programme of works, involving a lot of scaffolding...
In Pictures: The 2019 HQR Summer Ball
Prime resi construction firms raise £110k for worthy causes as 650 guests descend on Park Lane for the annual charity bash
Britain’s oldest building firm goes under
R Durtnell & Sons has ceased trading after more than 400 years, having been in the same family since Elizabethan times
Watch: Knowles rolls out luxury ‘car cave’ division
One of London's top basement construction firms has launched a new arm specialising in luxury "car caves".
Northern Line trains on track for Nine Elms
Milestone for the first major Tube line extension since the late 1990s, as an engineering train travels the full length of the tunnels for the first time
£2.4m bill for royal renovation project
Latest set of royal accounts reveal how much it cost to redevelop Frogmore Cottage in Windsor, now home to the Duke & Duchess of Sussex, from five separate units into a ten-bed family home
London airspace developer secures £3m equity backing
BGF has agreed a further £3m investment into Apex Airspace, taking the specialist property developer's fundraising total to £22m in 2019
Industry task force looks to create a mandatory licensing scheme for all UK construction companies
The new Construction Licensing Task Force is chaired by Liz Peace CBE
Kier to sell housebuilding arm in ‘fundamental restructure’
Construction giant confirms that it 'has received a number of inbound expressions of interest' in its housebuilding division Kier Living