All Building articles in 14 November 2025 – Page 5
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News8Build swings to £2.1m profit after moving away from PCSA contracts
Fit-out specialist 8Build has returned to profit with a £2.1m pre-tax result after switching away from PCSA contracts to fixed-price deals, helping boost turnover 34% to £157m.
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CommentRaising a new town: Lessons from delivering new communities in the UK
Some key ingredients are required if the government’s new towns programme is to be a success, writes Charles Hill
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FeaturesChris Williamson: ‘Architects are burying their heads in the sand on AI’
RIBA’s president on the threat AI poses to the architecture profession, his plans for increasing architects’ pay and his award-winning stage play
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NewsPerkins & Will’s Westminster library scheme unanimously approved
University of Westminster to replace 1930s building with seven-storey library
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NewsWates Fit Out hires ex-ISG and Morgan Sindall director to bolster leadership team
Martyn Peters joins as divisional commercial director next week
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NewsDeveloper Bywater switches plans for office scheme in Bermondsey to co-living
Property developer Bywater has submitted fresh plans for a scheme in Bermondsey, changing the original designs for an office development into student accommodation after it acquired the site from another developer.
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NewsAmazon submits plans for 330,000sq ft data centre in Buckinghamshire
Submission comes alongside another deal to bring forward Hertfordshire data centre scheme
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NewsGovernment launches consultation on expanding immigration checks to self-employed workers
Proposed legislation would apply to businesses hiring zero-hours or ‘gig economy’ workers in construction
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CommentDesigning cities for play: Why child-friendly spaces matter
Children are the benchmark of an area’s liveability. They tell us whether it is healthy and inclusive. If it does not work for them, it is failing, writes Lendlease’s Nick Watson
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NewsBerkeley defends decision to cut affordable housing to 8% in controversial Peckham scheme
Planning Inspectorate launches eight days of hearings into 877-home Aylesham Centre redevelopment
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NewsHowells wins outline consent for Edgbaston Street Gardens development at appeal
Plans assume relocation of Bull Ring Indoor Market traders to David Kohn Architects’ new market hall within Lendlease’s Smithfield development
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NewsBSR chair calls for wider regulation of construction professions
Andy Roe tells committee there is ‘great danger’ in subcontracting system
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NewsGreen light for 2,900 homes on former east London gasworks
Full permission for major enabling and remediation works ahead of residential development
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CommentWhy windows will have to work harder than ever
Andrew Mellor considers the considerable technical, social and environmental pressures driving the next stage in window design
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NewsPLP adds two storeys to residential tower on £2.5bn Bankside Yards masterplan in second staircase redesign
Width of tower would also be increased by 3m to accommodate larger stair core
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NewsGovernment pledges to remove all RAAC from schools by 2029
Education secretary promises remediation will be completed by next general election
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NewsCPA downgrades output growth forecast as Budget uncertainty hits confidence
Firms report slowing activity across the construction supply chain
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NewsSkanska unveils management shake-up following departure of executive vice president
Dan Williams replaces Andrew English as CFO Meliha Duymaz takes on HS2 work
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CommentThe elephant in the lecture theatre: Why universities must rethink space, community and culture
The way teachers teach and students learn has changed and empty buildings and outdated facilities are draining resources. A culture shift is required if HE institutions are to avoid a slow decline into irrelevance, says Philip Watson
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NewsAKT II co-founder Gerry O’Brien leaves to set up new engineering consultancy
Agentia Design Engineering incorporated at the end of last month