The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) wants a demolition levy introduced in Scotland to ‘level it up’ with the VAT payable on renovation work...
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Vital Energi has been awarded a £3.1m contract to design and build the energy centre for phase 3 of Berkeley Homes’ Woodberry Down development in north London...
City planners have approved proposals for another ‘net zero’ housing development, as part of the City of Edinburgh Council’s £1.3bn Granton Waterfront regeneration project...
Flat-pack modular house-builder Starship Group has moved its manufacturing operations from Deeside to Wirral Waters...
The regional district of North Okanagan in the Canadian province of British Columbia has awarded Aecom the contract to provide engineering services for the construction of a new filtration facility at its Mission Hill water treatment plant...
Work to construct the UK’s first gigaplant car-battery facility in Northumberland is progressing “in line” with the development plan, despite suggestions that the project has been paused. In December 2020, ISG was appointed as the main contractor to deliver the factory that will produce lithium-ion… The post ‘Gigafactory’ involving ISG progressing ‘in line’ with plan…
Developers and the government have so far failed to agree the terms of a new remediation contract, CN understands. The legally binding plan for developers to commit to remediating unsafe buildings is not at a point “where developers can reasonably sign it”, one of the… The post Remediation contract far from ready as talks continue…
Kier has replaced the collapsed contractor Midas on a business-workspace project in Penzance, Cornwall. Construction of the three-storey building, designed as a hub for creative businesses, was abandoned after Midas entered administration earlier this year. This week, Cornwall Council confirmed that Kier would continue to… The post Kier replaces Midas on Cornwall project appeared first…
The two Conservative leadership candidates must set out a fully funded national retrofit strategy to keep net-zero ambitions on track, the Building Research Establishment (BRE) chief executive has urged. In an open letter to Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss, Gillian Charlesworth (pictured) said that the… The post New government must back retrofit strategy...
Steve Carey is a partner and Carolyn Davies is an associate at Charles Russell Speechlys The case of Martlet Homes Limited v Mulalley and Co Limited is the first post-Grenfell Technology and Construction Court decision on a claim relating to fire safety and cladding. While… The post Cladding court ruling provides post-Grenfell liability pointers appeared…