An influential panel of industry figures to sit on Construction Week advisory panel.  The panel met for the first time this month to discuss industry issues and help shape the evolving event. Members will have a key role in compiling… Continue Reading →

Battersea Power Station Development Company is pleased to announce that the first of the four chimneys has risen again in line with the rebuild programme. The first publically visible sections of the South West chimney were unveiled in the presence… Continue Reading →

The Queen may need to relocate from Buckingham Palace while refurbishment work carried out, according to royal sources. The historic building is in need of an estimated £150m overhaul and palace officials are considering moving the monarch out while the… Continue Reading →

Property developer and the firm it contracted to erect scaffolding fined for safety breaches.  Chart Forte Court (West Ealing) Limited (CFC) was the client for the refurbishment of a building into a hotel. They contracted LS Scaffolders to erect the… Continue Reading →

Willmott Dixon Interiors wins £20m contract to prepare for London’s Design Museum move to its new home at the former Commonwealth Institute building in Kensington High Street. The year-long project will see the Grade II listed building converted into a… Continue Reading →

Specialist contractor Prater to deliver roofing works at London’s iconic Selfridges department store on Oxford Street. The project to refurbish select areas of the 400m2 roof are due to commence this month. The £800,000 programme will see the north and… Continue Reading →

The building division of North Midland Construction has been awarded a £15.25m contract by Victoria Hall Management Ltd to design and build 387 new student residences at Allen House in Leicester city centre. The project is being funded by the… Continue Reading →

Willmott Dixon has won its fourth office refit for developer Low Carbon Workplace which specialises in turning old London offices into energy efficient work places. Low Carbon Workplace is a partnership between the Carbon Trust, fund manager Columbia Threadneedle Investments… Continue Reading →