Lancaster University is preparing to start prequalifying firms to redevelop its internationally renowned management school. The university will adopt a two-stage tender process for a complex project that includes refurbishing existing facilities and demolishing existing buildings to make way for… Continue Reading →

British Land and its partner GIC have signed a framework agreement with Sir Robert McAlpine to redevelop the Broadgate development in the City of London. Work is scheduled to start on site next year on the first two schemes under… Continue Reading →

Full refurbishment work can now start on the Hull New Theatre following a funding boost in the Budget. The theatre closed in January and specialists have been working to remove areas of asbestos and undertake technical surveys to provide a… Continue Reading →

A Salford housing association has invested £13.1m in the city’s housing in its first year of operation. This week marks 12 months since Salix Homes launched as a stand-alone housing association after tenants voted to transfer ownership of more than… Continue Reading →

A solar panel specialist has been fined £153,000 after a worker was seriously injured in a fall through a fragile roof light in Kent. The worker, from Ashford, fractured his shin and a vertebra in the incident at a home… Continue Reading →

Willmott Dixon is switching its offices over to green fuel to hit a target to halve the carbon it emits by 2020 compared to 2010. The move is the first step towards fulfilling its ambition to eventually use renewable energy to power construction… Continue Reading →

London’s Lambeth Council has approved controversial plans to level and then rebuild the Cressingham Gardens estate in Tulse Hill. The decision will allow the south London council to replace the 306 homes on Cressingham Gardens with a 464 new properties – a… Continue Reading →

Balfour Beatty has agreed the contract to transform a listed building near the centre of Bristol into an new home for the University of Bristol’s School of Mathematics. The development is a key part of the University’s £525m capital investment… Continue Reading →