Local council leaders are calling for an “urgent and immediate” review of the building regulations in the wake of the Grenfell Tower disaster. Local Government Association chairman Lord Porter said: “Following on from the Grenfell Tower tragedy, we want the… Continue Reading →

Developer NewRiver has completed deals to unlock the planned mixed-use regeneration of Burgess Hill town centre in Sussex. The deals involve a pre-sale of the key residential part of the scheme and agreement for lease with Mid Sussex District Council for the Martlets… Continue Reading →

The need to preserve a Tameside church building has highlighted the specialist historic building expertise offered by a leading north west structural engineering consultancy. Marple Bridge-based Rhodes & Partners recently completed a structural assessment of the bell tower of St… Continue Reading →

The SME construction sector grew in the second quarter of 2017, albeit at a slower rate than the first three months of the year, according to the Federation of Master Builders (FMB). Key results from the FMB’s State of Trade… Continue Reading →

Bennetts Associates’ Storyhouse in Chester, featuring a Proteus HR rainscreen clad copper ‘head’, is an inspired rework and reinvigoration of the 1930s Odeon cinema. Executed in Proteus HR TECU copper, the ribbed, abstracted rainscreen clad fins envelope the 150-seat studio… Continue Reading →

Major renovation projects, which have seen brand new restaurants added to three of Valor Hospitality Europe’s Hilton Garden Inn hotels, are now complete. The Hilton Garden Inn Bristol City Centre was the first of the three to unveil its new… Continue Reading →

Work on transforming Rhyl’s Sky Tower into a light beacon is progressing at a pace, with the structure being lit up for the first time this week. The transformation of the Sky Tower forms a part of planned major regeneration… Continue Reading →

The industry will get a clear verdict next week on whether Grenfell-like cladding systems pass or fail stringent Building Regulation guidance for use on towers. BRE is about to start fire testing full-scale models of cladding systems to establish how combinations… Continue Reading →