Construction
Reselton names Project Manager for riverside Stag Brewery development
Developer moves into a "pro-active phase", giving GVA Second London Wall the initial brief for works at the 21-acre site in West London
Fewer home-owners are improving their properties in London’s prime boroughs
RBKC and Westminster buck the national trend for more home improvement, according to research by Barbour ABI
Britain’s incredible shrinking homes
Study of 10,000 houses built during each of the last eight decades finds the average living room is nearly a third smaller than it was in the 1970s...
Showtime for construction works at Cadogan’s Chelsea cinema scheme
Works are due to start on-site in the first week of April, delivering 47 residential units
‘Increasingly difficult construction market’ gives Chelsea Barracks pause
Qatari Diar remains "committed to delivering Chelsea Barracks" but is "considering how best to procure the subsequent building works in an increasingly difficult construction market"
Property agency predicts ‘a New Housing Paradigm’ with slower price growth & ‘precision’ house-building
'It may be a less exciting prospect, but it should be more sustainable and less volatile than in the recent past', says JLL
Build-to-rent investment jumps a third to breach £2bn
There's a 'clear emerging trend of a shift away from Prime to fringe locations' says CBRE as it reports record-breaking investment in the BtR sector
London bricklayers earning up to £90k a year
FMB survey reveals how much the UK's SME construction firms are paying their tradespeople as the 'acute' skills shortage bites...
‘It’s too cold to lay bricks’
Cold snap means construction sites are 'grinding to a halt', says the Federation of Master Builders
The world needs to build more than two billion new homes over the next 80 years
The global population is rising by 45 million each year. Edinburgh Napier University's Sean Smith examines what needs to happen for housing construction to keep pace with escalating demand...
Luxury development firm goes into administration after £240k health and safety fine
Cheshire-based Huntsmere Projects won gold at last year's What House? awards; decision to close down described as 'a restructure'
Almacantar chief slams McAlpine after Centre Point set-to
"I wouldn’t trust Sir Robert McAlpine Ltd to deliver a pizza after this experience", says Mike Hussey...