More news – Page 41
-
SponsoredThe golden age of public sector frameworks
There are more than 2,000 public sector construction frameworks currently active in the UK today
-
NewsFall in builders merchants’ sales starting to ease, BMF finds
Shallower declines could indicate a gradual return to growth, group adds
-
NewsControversial data centre scheme gets green light after Rayner intervention
Deputy prime minister stepped in over summer to run rule over Gensler-designed complex rejected last year by Buckingham planners
-
NewsDeveloper reveals plans for 31-storey City tower designed by Wilkinson Eyre
CO-RE’s proposal for Aviva Investors will replace 1950s tower on edge of City’s eastern cluster
-
NewsHousebuilders and planners welcome Rayner’s plan to bypass local committees on development decisions
Government has published a working paper and asked for industry views on proposals
-
NewsMace brings in former Heathrow boss as firm completes group board rejig
Firm has been appointing first group non-executives over past few months
-
NewsHawkins Brown and Acme working on major redevelopment of Victoria station
Designs for Network Rail’s latest station overhaul to be unveiled next year
-
NewsRayner announces plan to bypass local committees to stop developments ‘getting stuck in the system’
Housing secretary pledges to remove ‘subjectiveness’ and allow applications to be approved if they follow local plan and NPPF
-
NewsMore warnings over impact of Budget as Arcadis says tax hikes will heap further cost onto projects
Consultant pushes back timing of full recovery in sector to 2026
-
NewsCala Homes cuts jobs in move away from bespoke design work
Firm insists decision was not influenced by new private equity owners
-
Features5 minutes with … Sarah McDonnell at TFT Dublin
The property consultancy’s director of project management on the best and worst of Dublin’s architecture, juggling work with parenthood and how golf (and red wine and tapas) helps her to recover after a busy week
-
CommentHeritage, sustainability and dysfunction: the lessons of the M&S decision
The drawn-out battle over Marks & Spencer’s Oxford Street redevelopment reflects systemic failures at the heart of the UK’s planning system
-
NewsSellar’s 36-storey City tower gets planning nod
Councillors vote to back 3XN-designed 60 Gracechurch scheme as Barbican upgrade gets near £200m funding boost
-
NewsFarrells reduces height of planned Battersea tower by five storeys as 1,500 objections hit scheme
Second height reduction takes scheme down to 28 storeys and removes 60 homes compared to original proposal
-
NewsNew government’s rhetoric already making difference on planning, says Berkeley
Housebuilder reports drop in pre-tax profit on increased revenue in interim results
-
NewsGovernment proposes changes to energy performance certificates
Proposals include replacing energy efficiency ratings for domestic buildings with four new headline metrics
-
CommentSME view: the secret to hiring top technical talent
Here’s how an energy performance specialist is eschewing traditional recruitment to attract the scientists, mathematicians and innovators it needs
-
NewsRayner backs M&S’s Oxford Street plan to demolish flagship store
Move means communities secretary has overturned predecessor Michael Gove’s decision to block proposal last summer
-
NewsStarmer promises to sign off 150 major infrastructure projects by end of this Parliament
But PM waters down target to decarbonise the UK grid by 2030, saying only 95% will be powered by clean energy
-
NewsOutput ticks up but worries grow over impact of Budget tax rises
Concerns about increased NI costs and speed of interest rate cuts dampen sector confidence for next year