Nottingham construction firm DL Rhodes & Son has won a £6m deal to transform one of Derby’s biggest office blocks into 156 new apartments. St Peter’s House, a large eight-story office block building on Gower Street, will be converted over the next 18… Continue Reading →

Sheffield University’s plan to linked its two oldest buildings with a four-storey high glass atrium have been given the nod by city planners. The Four-storey atrium space will house laboratories, offices and a café.  The dramatic undulating glass roof structure will create… Continue Reading →

The Prime Minister is launching a crusade to bulldoze and rebuild the country’s worst sink estates.  David Cameron has set out plans to target Britain’s worst housing estates in a regeneration programme that will receive £140m to drive projects forward to… Continue Reading →

Joint developers Hill Street Holdings and Bloombridge have gained planning for Oxford Technology Park on the northern outskirts of the city.  The £90m scheme at Langford Lane has been designed by architect UMC to create 430,000 sq ft of research and… Continue Reading →

Kingspan Insulation has published its latest Sustainability & Responsibility Report, highlighting a year of continued growth and sustainable development. The report highlights the continued work towards Net Zero Energy across all Kingspan Insulation sites. A range of energy saving measures… Continue Reading →

A multi-million pound plan to refurbish the operating theatres at Grimsby hospital is set to get underway this month. The £1.9million project will see the refurbishment of two theatres, as well as the installation of a new laminar flow in… Continue Reading →

Mulalley has won a £210m deal as sole provider to undertake all planned maintenance and general improvement building works for Croydon Council for up to 14 years. The contractor will start mobilising for the programme this month with works starting… Continue Reading →

More than 400 jobs have been lost at door and architectural ironmongery specialist Leaderflush Shapland as the parent company Laidlaw Interiors fell into administration before Christmas. A deal was struck to save parts of the business with four divisions bought… Continue Reading →