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  • The Guinness Partnership has bought a 900-plus home development site with full planning permission at Leeds South Bank. The development will be The Guinness Partnership’s biggest single consented resi ...
  • Westminster City Council is finally pressing ahead with plans to rebuild the Ebury Bridge Estate in Pimlico, located next to the £1bn Chelsea Barracks scheme. The council plans to invite tenders for t ...
  • Construction companies taking more ‘proactive’ approach to data management, say CM/BIMplus round table experts. Efficiency gains from adopting BIM and digital process can help protect construction bus ...
  • We need to change the way our buildings are made to contribute to a more sustainable future. Currently, we’re still using outdated construction methods that haven’t been changed for 40 years! This cau ...
  • Dutch company Concr3de has proposed rebuilding parts of Notre-Dame Cathedral from the ashes of the fire using 3D printing, and has already printed a replacement gargoyle. Concr3de, which was founded b ...
  • Takashi Yamaguchi & Associates has completed Topological Folding House, a home formed of a continuous white strip that wraps around to form floors, ceilings and balconies. The house, located in Japan' ...
  • Audi has unveiled its AI:ME concept vehicle, an electric, fully autonomous car, which is designed to be a "third living space" and includes real plants. Revealed at Auto Shanghai 2019, the concept car ...
  • After the devastating fire that engulfed Notre Dame, MPs in the UK have started to fear for another iconic building closer to home. The Houses of Parliament in London mostly date from the 19th Century ...
  • DNA testing by scientists has revealed who built Stonehenge more than 5,000-years-ago in a scientific breakthrough. Researchers have discovered the ancestors of the people who constructed the iconic s ...
  • Highways England has said that a new method of conducting roadworks reduces disruption for residents and drivers. Highways England has conducted two new roadworks projects using a method they say redu ...
  • Southern Housing Group has given the nod to Wates Residential to start work on a £24m investment programme to increase flood defences along the river wall between the River Adur and Shoreham beach. Th ...
  • North Yorkshire highways are to be upgraded after council approval to ensure they are fit for the future. The 5,750 miles of North Yorkshire highways to the south of the M62 are to receive upgrades vi ...
  • Considerate Constructors Scheme recognises highest-performing construction sites with top honours United Kingdom and Ireland, 15 April 2019: The winners of the best performing construction sites acros ...
  • Infrastructure firm Acciona has recreated a 12th century arch from the Monastery of San Pedro de las Dueñas, which is exhibited in the garden of Spain’s National Archaeological Museum in Madrid. The r ...
  • Billed as a world first, Israel-based Electreon Wireless has been chosen by the Swedish Transport Administration to build a dynamic electric road that charges vehicles as they drive along it. Costing ...
  • An indoor forest sits under a large glazed dome with a rainwater waterfall running through the middle at Singapore's Jewel Changi Airport by Safdie Architects. Safdie Architects led a consortium of ar ...
  • RCM, the complete through wall solutions supplier is delighted to announce the addition of Abet Laminati MEG HPL façade to its already impressive portfolio.
  • With many city skylines currently dominated by cranes, and ever taller, more outlandish buildings being constructed all across the world, it’s fair to say that the future of construction is being buil ...
  • The Royal Academy of Arts has unveiled a series of installations that show how virtualand augmented reality technologies can change the experience of buildings and spaces. The four installations were ...
  • Build UK and the Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA) have launched the first phase of a new pre-qualification (PQ) system that they claim will cut bureaucracy in the sector. The trade bod ...
  • More than 12,000 new school classrooms need to be built in the next two years to accommodate for the soaring number of primary and secondary pupils in England that are expected, according to the lates ...
  • The Royal Institute of British Architects has issued new guidelines on discrimination as new data shows the gender pay gap remains above 15 per cent at UK architecture firms. Figures for 2018 show tha ...
  • IKEA UK today announces that IKEA Greenwich has achieved an ‘Outstanding’ BREEAM UK New Construction certification, a sustainability rating and accolade held by just 320 buildings around the world.  T ...
  • A £60m aquatic centre which will host events for the 2022 Commonwealth Games has been given the final go-ahead. Wates is tipped to deliver the project and if confirmed would start work on the new Smet ...

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