The royal family may have to skip next year’s appearance on the Buckingham Palace balcony during Trooping the Colour due to major refurbishment works. They could be prevented from gathering on the famous balcony – where the Duchess of Sussex… Continue Reading →

The board of Lakehouse has signed agreements to sell its construction and property services and instead turn its focus on energy services and compliance. A buyer has already been found and whilst not being revealed, is described as “a team… Continue Reading →

London is seeing a record number of residential buildings over 20 storeys high.  There are more than 500 proposals going through the planning system.  Five boroughs account for more than half of the tall buildings that are planned or under… Continue Reading →

Property services group Styles&Wood has secured a place on the Department for Work and Pensions’ (DWP) £375 million Estates Contractor Framework. The four-year agreement includes regional minor works, projects and programmes across DWP’s estate of offices and job centres across… Continue Reading →

Simon Gregory, Sales Manager at Proteus Facades, looks at how modern rainscreen cladding materials are helping architects to repurpose older buildings without effecting their historical identity. “A number of major towns and cities across the UK house a multitude of… Continue Reading →

Kingspan Kooltherm K15 Rainscreen Board has been installed on a new £1 million state-of-the-art rehabilitation centre for people who have suffered catastrophic sporting injuries. Opened in December 2017, the Get Busy Living Centre has been created by the Matt Hampson… Continue Reading →

Aggregate Industries’ revolutionary LytaScreed has once again proved its outstanding credentials during the renovation of one of the UK’s most prestigious educational institutions, University College London. As part of UCL’s £1.2 billion refurbishment programme, main contractor Balfour Beatty was tasked… Continue Reading →