Leading washroom designer and manufacturer, Washroom Washroom, has recently completed the construction of a full sized mock-up washroom for a prestigious central London office refurbishment. Created off-site at the company’s factory in Essex, the mock-up was built to full scale… Continue Reading →

Leading building services provider J S Wright has secured a contract worth almost £1.4m for a major new affordable housing development in South-East London. The mechanical and electrical design and build specialist, which has its headquarters in Birmingham and offices… Continue Reading →

A major new £20m student accommodation scheme in Durham has utilised Durapipe HTA pipework for the domestic hot and cold water services. Developed by Alumno Developments, Sheraton Park is the result of a complete transformation of a former derelict college… Continue Reading →

London architecture firm Inglis Badrashi Loddo has won the 2017 ‘Self Build on a Shoestring’ ideas competition, which this year focused on devising compact, low cost homes for older people. The firm was awarded the £5,000 prize by Grand Designs’… Continue Reading →

A hard border between Northern Ireland and the Republic would be damaging to the NI construction sector, according to new research by the Federation of Master Builders (FMB). Key findings from the research include: • Over half of construction SMEs… Continue Reading →

For most construction firms it will be difficult to escape the impact subdued economic growth, rising inflation and falling real wages will have on the industry over the next two years. In addition, negotiating unprecedented uncertainties as the UK leaves… Continue Reading →

The refurbishment of the Engineering Building at the University of Leicester has been crowned the overall winner at the East Midlands fbe Awards 2017. Nominated by Pulse Associates, who provided project management for the scheme, the work involved replacing 2,500… Continue Reading →

“The Winter Palace experience is an inspirational promenade through spaces and periods, travelling through pharaonic regality, colonial grandeur, Arabian elegance, Victorian romanticism, French glamour, and contemporary expression.” Galal Mahmoud, founder of GM Architects Expected to be completed by the end… Continue Reading →