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 →

Edinburgh developer Chris Stewart Group has sealed a deal with ISG to deliver a major office and leisure project in the south east corner of of the Scottish capital’s St Andrew Square. The Mint Building is the flagship Grade A… Continue Reading →

The government has ordered councils and housing associations to carry out urgent checks on whether refurbished tower blocks are clad with aluminium composite material. All social housing owners must now compile lists of buildings. This includes all buildings with “aluminium composite” panels and… Continue Reading →