Apex Lifts awarded tender to refurbish the North and South tower passenger lifts at Tower Bridge, and replace vital equipment in the Waterloo Block at the Tower of London. The Apex Lifts team was tasked with creating new ceilings for… Continue Reading →

Carillion selected by Leeds City Council as preferred bidder for restoration and regeneration of the Engine House, a Grade II Listed building at the heart of Holbeck Urban Village. The Engine House is central to the Tower Works site, one… Continue Reading →

Green construction campaigners left reeling as Government dumps zero-carbon targets.  Chancellor George Osborne’s “Fixing the Foundations” report confirmed that zero-carbon building policy is being dropped along with targets for homes to be compliant by 2016 and other buildings by 2019…. Continue Reading →

Secure Trust Bank has launch a £100m Property Conversion Fund dedicated to boost the levels of commercial to residential refurbishment. The AIM-listed challenger bank has made the announcement on the back of the Government’s commitment to create a £1bn “brownfield… Continue Reading →

The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) provides its reaction to today’s Budget, Chancellor George Osborne  first budget under a majority Conservative government. With the Chancellor’s fiscal priorities laid bare in today’s announcements, the CIOB responds to the government’s core commitments… Continue Reading →

East Midlands-based Focus Consultants appointed to project manage a £3m scheme to refurbish and extend a leisure centre. Work is due to get underway this summer on the development at North Herts Leisure Centre in Letchworth and includes a new… Continue Reading →

Knauf Insulation products helps turn the Wienerberger e4 brick house concept into a reality at the BRE Innovation Park. With the aim of creating an archetype for the future of UK housing, Wienerberger, the leading provider of wall, roof and… Continue Reading →