London South Bank University (LSBU) campus at the heart of Elephant & Castle, is about to change in an exciting way as this month sees the launch of a fresh vision for a partial redevelopment of the site and a… Continue Reading →

Leading building services provider J S Wright has secured a contract worth more than £10.5m to help regenerate a former industrial district of East London. The mechanical and electrical design and build specialist, with offices in Birmingham, Bristol and London,… Continue Reading →

Architects Studio RHE has gained planning permission for the remodelling for the second phase of work space known as Capstan House and the public realm at Republic, East India Dock. Built in 1993, Republic is a 600,000 square feet office… Continue Reading →

In the latest test results issued by DCLG, PIR (polyisocyanurate) insulation in conjunction with a wall cladding system, consisting of Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) with a limited combustibility filler (category 1 in screening tests) has comfortably passed the full-scale BS… Continue Reading →

The 7,005m² new school, which houses more than 1,000 pupils, was manufactured offsite by Caledonian to meet a 42 week programme, a process that achieved time savings of six months compared to a traditional build. Caledonian provided a full turnkey… Continue Reading →

A group of enthusiastic new apprentices from Novus Property Solutions have helped revitalise a homeless shelter in Stoke-on-Trent as part of the company’s annual Apprentice Week. The Macari Centre, which is just five minutes away from the national property maintenance,… Continue Reading →

ISG has started the contract to fit-out a 135,000 sq ft office on London’s Gresham Street. Client Investec currently occupies two floors of the building at 30 Gresham Street, and the new fit-out will see it move into the fourth, fifth… Continue Reading →

The first cladding system using PIR solid foam insulation has passed the Government’s stringent fire tests in the wake of London’s Grenfell disaster. It is the second cladding system to pass the large-scale fire test giving the industry a clear… Continue Reading →