A house builder has been fined £50,000 after exposing workers to potentially deadly asbestos fibres during the conversion of an office block into residential flats in Witham, Essex. In July 2012, Marden Homes Ltd was commissioned to convert an office… Continue Reading →

Ealing Council has approved plans for a major overhaul of Southall station as part of the Crossrail programme. Vinci will start work this summer as part of its £100m contract to upgrade all the stations on the western surface section… Continue Reading →

Shangri-La has issued a claim for £57m against John Sisk & Son following delays over the fit-out of its luxury hotel in the Shard. A High Court writ has been lodged by the hotel operator against the contractor. Sisk is… Continue Reading →

A falling pane of glass has killed a 51-year-old man working for a subcontractor on a Wates refurbishment job near Paddington Station in West London. The victim was working on the top floor at Eastbourne Terrace where Wates is renovating… Continue Reading →

Housing and regeneration specialist Keepmoat, in partnership with Oldham Council, Oldham Clinical Commission Group (CCG) and Oldham Housing Investment Partnership (OHIP), has continued to build on the successes of the first year of the Warm Homes Oldham scheme by helping… Continue Reading →

The Institution of Mechanical Engineers’ new report is calling to urgently introduce legislation for a national insulation programme to cover every UK home. In the report titled ‘Heat Energy: the Nation’s Forgotten Crisis‘ the proposed change in legislation would declare… Continue Reading →

Up to £21 million will be invested in a new three year scheme to allow low income owner-occupiers to carry out essential repairs and energy efficiency improvements to their homes. The Help for Homes scheme targets those with limited income… Continue Reading →

Fit-out specialist Overbury will deliver a major building refurbishment project as part of Coventry University’s £60m investment in health and life sciences. The project to transform the 100,000 sq ft Crossman building in the University’s new health and life sciences… Continue Reading →