Construction
Government gears up to revamp building regs in pursuit of electric dream
Developers will need to install electric car chargers at new schemes under measures paving the way for "the biggest overhaul in road transport technology since the development of the Benz patent motorcar…
Whitehall pumps £420m into a ‘Bytes & Mortar construction revolution’ to speed up house-building
Government launches a "Construction Sector Deal" to get homes built "50% quicker" through innovative technologies
Battersea builder’s profits jump 115%
Construction giant Mace is aiming for a £2.2bn turnover by 2022, after profits rebounded in 2017
London Projects hires new design boss
Tom Flood to head up design division of super-prime construction firm
Developers are not ‘land banking’, concludes Letwin
“Developers could increase the choice of design, size and tenure of new homes without impacting on the local market and therefore speed up the rate at which houses are built and sold”, argues an independent…
UK planning applications slide
116,700 applications were submitted to England's district planning authorities in Q1, down 5% on the same period last year...
Berkeley expects profits to tumble by 30% next year
Housebuilder's latest set of results 'represent a peak' as headwinds continue to blow in London
In Pictures: SPPARC completes on Savills’ ultra-modern mixed-use digs in Kensington
'Unashamedly modern' new block on Kensington Church Street delivers three floors of office space for Savills plus four luxury apartments
Northacre awards £400m contract to deliver The Broadway
Multiplex lands main contractor role on luxury developer's 'landmark' transformation of the former New Scotland Yard HQ in Westminster
In Depth: Mapping London’s ‘luxified troglodytism’
Academics map and quantify London's 'elite' basement development projects
Dutch firms get started on ground-breaking 3D-printed build-to-rent homes
Eindhoven University and Dutch property investment giant Vesteda are claiming a "world first" with the construction of five 3D-printed build-to-rent homes.
London Mayor launches construction skills academy
A 'quality mark' is being rolled out to identify high-quality construction skills training provision