Construction
Housebuilding starts freeze up in Q1, but annual figures still tickle a record high
Chilly weather caused delays on many building sites in Q1 2018, but the annual tally for new housebuilding registrations is still the second-highest in a decade.
Building material costs ‘continue to rocket’
Bricks are in short supply - with some waiting times in excess of 12 months - while the price of insulation materials have escalated by 16% in the last year
Towers of London: Over 500 tall towers are now in the capital’s development pipeline
90% of London's current high-rise projects are for residential use
Top project management firm ‘enters into a new chapter’ with a leadership refresh
Buro Four has appointed four new Directors to its leadership team, and promoted three staff to key positions
Dealing With Disputes: The case for mediation
It is startling how eager developers, contractors and joint venture partners are to take each other to court, even when there are initiatives designed to encourage them to seek alternative resolutions,…
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