The Fernaig Cottage, with a roof made from GreenCoat®, has been nominated for one of the UK’s most prestigious architecture awards – RIBA House of the Year 2017.    Already a winner of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland… Continue Reading →

Ramtech Electronics’ WES+ wireless fire alarm system is protecting over 2,000 Bowmer & Kirkland personnel and nearly half a billion pounds’ worth of its clients’ assets on three major university developments. Bowmer & Kirkland has recently specified identical WES+ systems… Continue Reading →

Construction work on the first phase of Birmingham City University’s new creative innovation centre commences today The £3.5 million project known as STEAMhouse will include the refurbishment of a former car dealership in Birmingham’s Digbeth area to house the new… Continue Reading →

Architects maber celebrated the tenth anniversary of their Leicester office with a VIP tour of one of their latest projects in the city – the restoration and refurbishment of the Great Hall of Leicester Castle. The firm’s roots go back… Continue Reading →

A HISTORIC building in the heart of Durham city is to be transformed into 12 luxury apartments, following a major investment from a leading property group. 52 Old Elvet, a Grade II listed building, is now being converted in to… Continue Reading →

Award winning architectural practice, gpad London, has been granted planning permission to progress with the construction of a new build office at 5 Sycamore Street, Clerkenwell. The eight storey building will include a basement and cycle store with the location… Continue Reading →

Beleaguered Interserve had some good news for the City last week with confirmation of a five-year contract award worth £227m from the Department for Work and Pensions. Interserve will provide the DWP estate with mechanical, electrical and building maintenance. The… Continue Reading →

Laing O’Rourke has been named preferred contractor for the vast retail extension of the Brent Cross shopping centre in London. Joint owners Hammerson and Standard Life Investments have signed a pre-construction services agreement as part of a two-stage tender process… Continue Reading →