Construction
Britain’s homes are ‘not fit for the future’, warns Gummer’s Committee on Climate Change
We are not 'adequately prepared for the challenges of climate change', warns the CCC, 'both in terms of reducing emissions from UK homes and ensuring homes are adequately prepared for the impacts of climate…
Watch: The ‘formidable task’ of developing Ten Trinity Square
China's Reignwood Group has released an unexpectedly-candid marketing video charting the development of its landmark super-prime project in the City of London, Ten Trinity Square.
Housing supply picks up, but delivery still undershooting need
Number of new homes built across England rose to 238,000 in the year to Q4 2018, up 12% on Q4 2017, notes Savills; even so, London only delivered 56% of homes needed at an aggregate level
Problems mount for SME construction firms
Nervy banks, rising costs and a weak housing market have conspired to hit builders' bottom lines, reports the FMB
In Pictures: The new ‘housebuilding factory’ set to deliver 5,000 new homes a year
Weston Group's new logistics centre in Essex 'represents the future of the volume housebuilding industry', says Chief Exec Bob Weston
Airspace developer secures £9m funding deal
Apex Airspace Developments backed by Homes England to build 78 rooftop homes across five sites in the capital
Plan seven months ahead for improvement projects, FMB tells homeowners
There's currently a four-month wait to get a good builder, says UK trade body, and that's before they even start work...
Build-to-rent construction surges by 40%
There are now 139,508 build-to-rent homes completed, under construction or in planning across the UK; 14,615 units were completed in the regions in 2018, compared to 14,801 in the capital
18 ‘super-tall’ skyscrapers completed in 2018; more than in any previous year
Residential towers accounted for nearly a third of the world's newly-completed skyscrapers in 2018
Developers sign £55m modular homes JV for Wirral Waters
Peel and Urban Splash team up to deliver 347 modular homes at the major Merseyside waterfront regeneration scheme
Luxury fit-out specialist recruits construction bigwig as Chairman
Kier and Severfield man Ian Lawson has joined EE Smith as Non Executive Chairman
Britain ‘set for worst decade of housebuilding since WW2’
Housebuilding numbers have fallen in every decade since the Second World War, and the 2010s are set to continue to the downward trend - despite a rising population.