Construction
Inside the world’s most expensive penthouse
The world's most expensive penthouse - £240m - has been unveiled in Monaco. It has a waterslide to link the dancefloor to the pool.
Taking over the top five storeys of the Tour Odeon tower on Av.
Resi projects ‘driving growth’ in the construction industry
Residential projects are still leading the construction industry's growth, with 37% of all contracts awarded in July going to housebuilding.
Tough love for Candy’s Sugar Quay S106 plea
Planners are "sticking to their guns" over a £15m affordable housing contribution requirement for Candy & Candy's Foster + Partners-designed Sugar Quay development next door to the Tower of London.
Bouygues appoints new Commercial Director
Bouygues UK has promoted Colin Whitfield to the Group Commercial Director seat with immediate effect.
Sharpest rise in housing construction since November 2003
July saw the steepest rise in in resi building activity since November 2003, according to the latest Markit/CIPS UK Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index.
Balfour Beatty abandon Carillion merger talks
Well that didn't last long. Construction giants Balfour Beatty and Carillion announced last week that they were having chats about a possible merger. Now they're not.
Skanska wins Battersea Power Station fit-out contract
Construction giant Skanska has bagged the prize £88.6m Phase 1 fit-out gig at Battersea Power Station.
GPE gears up for major development push
Great Portland Estates has revealed it's poised to embark on six "near-term" schemes over the next twelve months.
Construction giants in merger talks
Construction giants Balfour Beatty and Carillion are in merger talks to create a multi-billion pound building behemoth.
South Ken basement developers rapped over traffic jams
Three separate basement digs in South Kensington have been threatened with shutdown by RBKC planners over traffic disruption.
New GM for resi and super-yacht fit-out specialists MPE
Birkenhead-based resi, super-yacht and commercial fit-out contractor MPE Interiors has recruited a new General Manager to drive the firm's broad church of renovations and new-build developments.
Thackeray bags approval for ‘landmark’ Waterloo scheme
Thackeray Estates - Brett Palos and Antony Alberti's development firm that has just hired Strutt & Parker's Charles Thompson as Commercial Director - has bagged a major planning approval to convert…