Housing delivery programme appoints prize-winning architect

City of York Council’s programme to deliver 600 homes in the next five years has added another building block with the appointment of a widely-celebrated and multi award-winning architect’s practice. Following a national competition which saw over 50 entries from... View Article

Rollalong reveals modular designs for housing

Rollalong, the largest permanent offsite construction company in the south of England, has unveiled plans for 600 new homes which its building for affordable housing provider Magna Housing. Rollalong’s Managing Director Steve Chivers and the Magna Housing team revealed the... View Article

Lendlease tops out third phase of Elephant Park

Lendlease has announced the topping out of the third phase of its £2.3bn development at Elephant Park in London. This phase of construction consists of 829 apartments across two 24-storey towers, and nine mansion blocks. The Allford Hall Monaghan Morris-designed... View Article

Need for a planned approach to drainage maintenance

When it comes to drainage maintenance, many organisations are still adopting a shorted-sighted strategy which is costing them in the long-term. Contractors and facilities management professionals need to make the case for a planned approach, as Clark Williams of Jet... View Article

New Fountainbridge housing secures planning approval

A new canal side development of 234 new homes, intended to be rented out, and six, ground-floor commercial units, has been granted planning permission today in Edinburgh. New Fountainbridge has been shaped around a network of streets, private courtyards and... View Article

Making builders licenced

For a profession which affects so many people’s lives, arguably more than most others, the housebuilding industry is a strikingly under-regulated one. Doctors have a distinctly profound effect on their clients, namely (normally) improving how their bodies function. With such... View Article

The big question about climate change

The real question to ask about climate change is not whether it’s a problem or how bad it is, but what are you, and/or your company you work for going to do about it? Following the successfully headline-grabbing Extinction Rebellion... View Article