Researchers at the BRE are creating a “living laboratory” office to see how buildings affect the health of occupants. The project will see one of BRE’s existing office buildings refurbished at its headquarters in Watford. It will be renamed the… Continue Reading →

Lancaster University is prequalifying firms to redevelop its internationally renowned management school. The university will adopt a two-stage tender process for a complex project that includes refurbishing existing facilities and demolishing existing buildings to make way for new purpose-built facilities…. Continue Reading →

Plumbing and builders’ merchant chain Wolseley confirmed a 2.9% fall in UK revenue today as it continued with plans to shut 80 branches and a major distribution centre laying off up to 800 staff. The firm unveiled the UK streamlining strategy… Continue Reading →

Wigan Council is renewing its panel of builders to deliver a backlog of schools repairs and new buildings. The council expects to spend around £50m over the next four years to 2021. This will be split into around £15m small works up… Continue Reading →

National fit out and refurbishment specialist Overbury has been contracted to build and advise on the redevelopment of Deloitte’s UK headquarters, one of the first projects in the UK to target both a BREEAM Outstanding rating and a WELL Building… Continue Reading →

Palmer Court in Lenton has been named the best new social housing development in the country at this year’s LABC Building Excellence Awards. Nottingham City Homes and Nottingham City Council’s flagship independent living scheme, designed by John Thompson & Partnership… Continue Reading →

Queen’s Park Place provides 144 ‘tenure-blind’ homes in a 16,000sqm scheme of three buildings for Bouygues Development and Londonewcastle. A key project in the South Kilburn Regeneration Area, the high quality development deals skillfully with a difficult site bounded by… Continue Reading →

The University of Bristol has unveiled plans for a £300m new campus project to sit at the heart of the city’s Temple Quarter Enterprise Zone. The derelict site of the former Royal Mail Sorting Office at Cattle Market Road, near… Continue Reading →