Recent redevelopment of the food court at Kings Mall Shopping centre, on a five-acre site in London’s Hammersmith area, exposed  up some interesting and complex challenges. As part of the ongoing development, the new residential apartments above the shopping centre… Continue Reading →

Focus Consultants has been appointed as quantity surveyors on a £5.5m project to restore Coventry’s Grade II* listed Drapers’ Hall in time for the city being UK City of Culture in 2021. The building in the heart of the Cathedral… Continue Reading →

A derelict former Royal Mail Sorting Office in Northampton has been renovated and reopened as an innovative 2220-place academy school for Northamptonshire County Council and East Midlands Academy Trust. London-based architecture practice Architecture Initiative has completed a project to turn… Continue Reading →

A new edition of the Code of Practice for fire alarms in housing – BS 5839-6:2019 – has just been published, with important implications for all types of housing, as Kidde reports. The latest edition of the Code was published… Continue Reading →

For maintenance deal worth up to £28m Repairs and maintenance specialist Morgan Sindall Property Services has been selected by South Essex Homes, the arm’s length management organisation of Southend-on-Sea Borough Council, to deliver property maintenance services for the council’s portfolio… Continue Reading →

An integrated portfolio of products provided by Sto has been used to help refurbish one of the most famous theatres in London’s West End. Sto provided a combination of bespoke architectural profiles, external wall insulation, external render and paint finish… Continue Reading →

Sika’s Refurbishment division has appointed a new Area Technical Manager. Based in Leeds, Ben Piercy will cover the North of England in a role which involves working with engineers and specifiers to propose the best solution for the repair and… Continue Reading →