All Building articles in 15 May 2026 – Page 6
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NewsRidge continues acquisition spree with takeover of transport specialist
Consultant has bought five firms since private equity took stake three years ago
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NewsL&Q sees drop in completions as it increases spend on existing stock
Housing association giant posts lowest figures for more than a decade
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SponsoredThe skills challenge isn’t about attraction but absorption
Many of those who train to join the AEC industry in professional and technical roles fail to find jobs. The Construction Skills Mission Board, supported by the Built Environment Futures Assembly, is spearheading efforts to improve this. By Andrew Mylius
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NewsHS2 admits it got its numbers wrong as Birmingham train depot let at more than three times original £250m budget
Revised price tag of £856m means cost of Washwood Heath scheme has gone up by nearly 250%
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NewsSigns that Gateway 2 approvals process is beginning to speed up, HG Construction says
But resi specialist says teething problems remain while turnover stayed flat last year because of ‘predicted delays’ in getting regulatory green lights
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In partnershipBuilding Systems Thinking: Our water and wastewater systems need replumbing
Public and media discontent over hosepipe bans and storm overflows is understandable. But the UK does not have drinking water and sewage problems so much as a rainwater management problem, says Matt Wheeldon
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CommentNow Reform UK are serious contenders, should the built environment despair or rejoice?
A government led by Nigel Farage would probably move faster on planning than its predecessors, but he may well find reality is harder to control than rhetoric, writes Richard Steer
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NewsWork to revamp Unilever’s listed City headquarters gets green light
KPF aiming to transform buiding with all-electric scheme aiming to ‘attract new generation’ of occupiers
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NewsHawkins Brown gets thumbs-up for downsized Manchester Met library
Approval comes a year after council approved a larger version of the scheme later deemed unviable
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NewsProposed 21,000-home new town under threat following Labour defeat in Enfield
Conservatives and Greens both campaigned on pledge to oppose north London scheme
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NewsHowells’ plans to redevelop Derby’s historic Assembly Rooms set for approval this week
Music venue that has hosted gigs by The Smiths, Oasis and Elton John has been shut for over a decade
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NewsPlaid Cymru plans development corporation and 20,000 social homes by 2030
Party now the biggest in Senedd after last week’s local elections
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NewsLondon commercial slowdown blamed as Keltbray racks up £1m bill for redundancy costs
Firm says figure in latest results due out later this week
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CommentTo govern is to choose - and the right choice must be to build
The government might have limited fiscal firepower to deal with the Gulf crisis, but it can still execute existing plans. UK construction could increasingly rely on the administration’s ability to make up its mind, says Simon Rawlinson of Arcadis
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NewsMcLaren confirmed for British Land’s Oxford Street shopping centre redevelopment
Scheme will almost double office space in block above Bond Street station
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NewsDerwent appoints two to £60m of refurbishment work in Westminster
Developer says schemes set to be finished next year
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NewsNew home registrations in London fall 37% in a year
NHBC says ‘perfect storm’ dampening housebuilding activity as registrations drop by 6% on average across UK
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NewsOlympia unveils new images of completed parts of venue’s Heatherwick-designed transformation
Mix of bars, restaurants and venues set to open this summer at delayed scheme built by Laing O’Rourke
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NewsGreen light for first phase of Maccreanor Lavington’s Pudding Mill Lane homes
Vistry scheme will see five blocks up to 17 storeys built at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
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NewsCardo added to list of firms working on L&Q’s £3bn improvements programme
Firm joins nine others working on housing association’s 15 year initiative