Should the UK look to Sweden to solve its housing crisis?
Sweden uses offsite manufacture to build at least 45% of its new homes. Could the UK emulate this approach, making use of modern techniques?
Online poll: Big infrastructure - problem projects
This week’s poll: Does construction have a problem with delivering big infrastructure projects?
Ageing gracefully: restorations which retain historical decay
Instead of making a neglected building look brand-new, why not refurbish it to preserve and showcase the damage worked by fires, damp, squatters and the passage of time?
Up to 10,000 new jobs threatened by Wylfa suspension
Hundreds of existing jobs also set to be lost as Horizon strips back to “minimal core”
T&T boss backs Crossrail management rejig
Patricia Moore says scheme is one of the ‘most challenging’ ever seen in the UK
Balfour Beatty JV wins Hong Kong luxury resi deal
Gammon Construction set to complete job in 2020
TfL told to come clean about capital project plans
The London Assembly’s budget and performance committee says the organisation’s plans regarding future capital projects should be made public
Galliard Homes buys chunk of Nine Elms Park site for £22m
Plot on site of former Royal Mail operation will host more than 260 homes
Arcadis to fund EU workers' UK settlement applications ahead of Brexit
UK chief executive says firm needs to retain skilled workers
Brexit preparations
Ready, steady, chaos: how is construction preparing for Brexit?
How is construction preparing for Brexit? Full survey results
How is your organisation preparing for Brexit? Anonymous reader responses
- Previous
- Next
Construction industry gossip: Any progress?
Alinea celebrates good news but the Midland Met hospital saga continues to depress – and things aren’t much better for Crossrail or Spurs
Thought for tomorrow: Save the planet
Sue Riddlestone calls for more measures to cut carbon emissions
Let's make payments safer
Project bank accounts are gaining momentum as objections fall away – it’s time to make them mandatory
Ageing gracefully: restorations which retain historical decay
Instead of making a neglected building look brand-new, why not refurbish it to preserve and showcase the damage worked by fires, damp, squatters and the passage of time?
T&T boss backs Crossrail management rejig
Patricia Moore says scheme is one of the ‘most challenging’ ever seen in the UK
- Previous
- Next
- Previous
- Next
Sketch of the week: New office building, Belval, Luxembourg
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Darron Haylock, partner in Foster + Partners
Image of the week: Confused state
Leave and Remain protesters mingled outside the Houses of Parliament on Monday, ahead of Tuesday evening’s ‘meaningful vote’ on Theresa May’s Brexit deal
Image of the week: Deep crust
A Dutch dredging firm this week began deepening the harbour of Ramsgate in Kent to turn the seaside port into a ‘second Dover’ in readiness for a no-deal Brexit. The government has also awarded a £13.8m ferry service contract to operate between Ramsgate and Ostend in Belgium to Seaborne Freight, ...
