73% of Local Authorities (LAs) have had to cancel or postpone building projects in the past two years, according to a report conducted by procurement specialist Scape Group. Scape’s Value…
The number of planning permissions granted for new homes per year has reached 194,820, according to figures released in the Home Builders Federation (HBF) and Glenigan’s latest Housing Pipeline report….
Figures released today showed a reduction in construction output in December as the pace of growth slowed for the third month running. The latest Markit/CIPS UK Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index…
The government has launched a £2 m incentive to encourage innovation in the building industry. Innovate UK, the new name for the Technology Strategy Board, is investing £2m of funding…
Tesco announced today that it has shelved plans to open new stores and will cut its capital expenditure budget by half. The supermarket giant announced a “significant” revision to its…
The installation of thatched cassettes cladding the £11.6m University of East Anglia Enterprise Centre – said to be the UK’s greenest commercial building – will mark a “world construction first,”…
The Mayor of London has earmarked a £220m fund to enable the delivery of 6,000 affordable houses in the capital over the next 10 years. Boris Johnson’s £180m First Steps Challenge…
An art installation which recently took residence on the East Piazza at Covent Garden in London saw a section of the building ‘levitate’ – with one of the key structural elements…
Contractors in London are only bidding for approximately two in three tender opportunities, according to AECOM’s 2014 London Contractors Survey. AECOM polled main contractors with a combined UK turnover of almost £7bn….