Rotherham Council has unveiled new plans to transform the town centre around the Forge Island area. The masterplan sets out a framework for a new leisure quarter at Forge Island, including a new cinema, hotel, food and drink and potentially a… Continue Reading →

Industry fire experts are calling for much greater transparency around what type of fire testing regime is being used to check cladding systems. Questions are being raised after the Government revealed the total number of buildings with condemned cladding has soared to 75… Continue Reading →

House builders need to do more to attract women and young people if the industry is to avoid a workforce crisis, new research from the NHBC Foundation has found. NHBC Foundation report: The gender and age profile of the house-building… Continue Reading →

Award-winning UK construction, refurbishment and fit out contractor, Gilbert-Ash, has put the finishing touches to a £1m fit out project on the British Embassy compound in Nepal. In the wake of the Gorkha earthquake, the project included design, fit-out and… Continue Reading →

The Government’s Immigration Bill must ensure that British business has access to sufficient levels of EU workers or major construction projects will grind to a halt, the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) has said in response to the Queen’s Speech…. Continue Reading →

Novus Property Solutions has secured a number of extensive refurbishment contracts at academies and universities across the UK this summer. The national property maintenance, refurbishment and new build specialist will be working with five academies on scheduled works ranging from… Continue Reading →

De Vere Tortworth Court in Wotton Under Edge has completed a £5m refurbishment. The Grade II-listed Victorian property was previously owned by Four Pillars Hotels and was bought by Starwood Capital Group in 2014. Surrounded by the rolling hills of… Continue Reading →

North East based contractor Pyeroy Ltd has been fined £130,000 due to failings in their work at height rescue planning. Plymouth Magistrates Court heard that on 21 October 2013 Keith Stevens, 57, was helping to dismantle temporary roofing at Devonport… Continue Reading →