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There may be turbulence ahead

Wednesday, 20th April 2022

Brain Berry confronts some of the myriad challenges that housebuilders are facing at present, including rising prices, inflation, shortages and new regulations. Not for the first time, small, local housebuilders are facing some tough months ahead. While the industry closed... View Article

Housebuilders worried focus on solar panels could up development costs

Tuesday, 19th April 2022

Housebuilders could be lumbered with extra infrastructure costs if solar panels become mandatory for new developments, the industry fears. The National Federation of Builders, NFB, has criticised the government’s energy strategy, published last week, for focusing on the increasing use of... View Article

New affordable homes for Carlisle

Tuesday, 19th April 2022

Castles & Coasts Housing Association (CCHA) aims to ease the shortage of affordable homes in Carlisle, by submitting a planning application to provide 101 much-needed new homes. The application is for a new development on land east of Lansdowne Close... View Article

Architectural Association launches AA in Habitation on London’s Tottenham Court Road

Tuesday, 19th April 2022

The Architectural Association (AA) School of Architecture is proud to present AA in Habitation, a new residency within the former Habitat showrooms in the Heal’s Building on Tottenham Court Road, a short walk from the AA’s permanent home on nearby... View Article

Housebuilder given green light to advance with 433 new homes in Gedling

Tuesday, 19th April 2022

Planning for 433 new properties by Keepmoat Homes was granted by Gedling Borough Council for the final phase of its Chase Farm development in Gedling. This news comes after the recent opening of the highly anticipated Colliery Way access road,... View Article

Grand Designs returns to Graven Hill for second series

Tuesday, 19th April 2022

Graven Hill, the country’s largest self-build and custom-build site, returned to our screens across the UK last Wednesday (13 April) at 9.00pm. Appearing in the second series of Channel 4’s Grand Designs: The Streets, Graven Hill welcomed back presenter Kevin... View Article

Get on top of the Part L challenge

Tuesday, 19th April 2022

Changes to Part L of the Building Regulations are planned to come into effect later this year as part of the Future Homes Standard, meaning a 31% reduction in new build carbon emissions. Stuart Nicholson of Marley explores why the... View Article

Avant Homes begin work on 65-home development

Tuesday, 19th April 2022

The construction of a 65-home development on a 10-acre site in Ingleby Barwick, Stockton-on-Tees, has been started by housebuilder Avant Homes. The first phase of the new development, located on Round Hill Avenue, three miles from Thornaby town centre, received... View Article

Raising the standard

Tuesday, 19th April 2022

The developers behind an award-winning development in Wiltshire talk to Jack Wooler about how they have included higher-end features as standard, and blended with the historic context. Somerbrook is a collection of 28 private and 10 affordable homes in Great... View Article

JPMorgan Chase Unveils Plans for New Global Headquarters in New York

Thursday, 14th April 2022

JPMorgan Chase has unveiled the design for its new state-of-the-art global headquarters at 270 Park Avenue, reinforcing its commitment to New York City. The 1,388-foot /423 meter, 60-story skyscraper – designed by Foster + Partners – will be New York... View Article

Gove comes for construction suppliers on safety agenda

Thursday, 14th April 2022

Michael Gove has vowed to make construction products suppliers be “held to account” on building safety, in a strongly worded letter to the Construction Products Association. The Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities wrote to Peter Caplehorn, chief... View Article

A net gain for the nation

Wednesday, 13th April 2022

John Richards of Cala Homes details the company’s journey so far in achieving the increasingly essential requirement of biodiversity net gain, across its Thames region According to a 2021 study, it is estimated that the UK has lost almost half... View Article

Barr Gazetas secures planning for sensitive refurbishment of listed landmark

Wednesday, 13th April 2022

Architecture practice Barr Gazetas has secured planning approval for the retrofit of 220 Queenstown Road, a characterful local landmark, comprising two uniquely shaped brick buildings, which were once a factory that made caps for the British Army. Barr Gazetas’s designs... View Article

Leslie Jones Architecture submits plans to redevelop St. Enoch Centre in Glasgow

Wednesday, 13th April 2022

Following the appointment by asset and development manager Sovereign Centros, urban renewal practice Leslie Jones Architecture (LJA) has submitted a planning application to transform the St. Enoch Centre in Glasgow into Scotland’s foremost sustainable, mixed-use development with retail, leisure, entertainment,... View Article

Plans submitted for Bristol’s innovative ‘Gap House’ concept

Tuesday, 12th April 2022

Plans have been submitted for Bristol’s innovative new concept in affordable housing – the Gap House – to be built on a council-owned disused garage plot in Horfield, north of the city. The eco-homes have been commissioned and funded by... View Article

Triton secures contract to deliver first phase of new business park in Oldham

Tuesday, 12th April 2022

Triton Construction has secured a £3.5m contract to deliver the first of three commercial development phases at The Mills in Hollinwood, Oldham. Site owner, The Mills Hollinwood Ltd has appointed Triton to deliver a speculative 20,000 ft², office building comprising... View Article

HSPG to deliver 58 new build affordable homes in South East London

Tuesday, 12th April 2022

HSPG, the UK’s leading social impact real estate firm, has successfully entered into contract with CA Ventures to deliver 58 affordable homes in South East London. This contract forms part of HSPG’s wider plans for ‘Project 2000’ which aims to... View Article

800 Fulton Market⁠ – “Chicago’s smartest building” ⁠– envisions a new way of working

Tuesday, 12th April 2022

Today, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), QuadReal and Thor Equities announced the completion of 800 Fulton Market, located at the threshold of one of Chicago’s fastest growing neighbourhoods, the Fulton Market District. The 326-foot-tall mixed-use office tower includes pandemic-responsive design... View Article

Construction output comment: Road to recovery has plenty of bumps along the way

Monday, 11th April 2022

Fraser Johns, finance director, Beard said: “The February statistics need to be looked at in context. When looking back at a slightly longer-term view, a more positive picture emerges. In the three months to February, construction output grew at its... View Article

£1.4m new nursery gets underway in Telford

Monday, 11th April 2022

Nursery children and teachers at Redhill Primary School in Telford are set to benefit from a £1.4 million investment as work gets underway by leading construction developers Morris Property to build a new state-of-the-art nursery. The eight-month project will see... View Article