More news – Page 323
-
News
Redrow gets green light for more homes at Colindale scheme
Job set to be housebuilder’s remaining development in capital
-
News
Kier completes £241m equity raise less than nine hours after announcing it
Firm to use money to eat into £436m debt pile
-
News
McAlpine to double civils and infrastructure work as covid bill sends it to £27m loss
Chief executive Paul Hamer tells Building he wants firm to take advantage of government’s spending commitment with construction
-
News
Balfour on track to hit profit target as firm brings in former ITV boss as new chairman
Lord Charles Allen takes up post in July
-
News
Countryside profit falls on fire safety writedown
Revenue at housebuilder soars but site sales and forward orders drop back
-
News
Industry demands urgent clarity over planning reforms
Ex-PM attacks government proposals as Queen’s Speech puts planning Bill at centre of legislative timetable
-
News
British Steel hiatus prompts warnings about bigger jobs being hit
Manufacturer not taking new structural steel orders because of ‘extreme’ demand
-
News
Equity raise and housebuilding sale set to rake in £350m for Kier by middle of next month
Contractor announces promised details of £241m cash call
-
News
HS2 launches first giant tunnelling machine to dig under Chiltern Hills
2000-tonne machine named after Florence Nightingale will operate as a self-contained underground factory
-
Comment
Countdown to COP26: A good start – but still a long way to go
As momentum builds towards COP26, developers are making impressive-sounding commitments with their net zero pathways and strategies
-
News
Galliford Try starts on £10m makeover of Perry Barr station ahead of Commonwealth Games
Scheme likened by one councillor to a ‘high quality garden shed’
-
News
Architect wins Stratford urban design framework
Brief comparable in scale to recent projects at King’s Cross and London Bridge stations
-
Comment
Thoughts on the Planning Bill
The bill, which appeared in the Queen’s Speech this week, contains a wealth of provisions, many controversial
-
News
Construction growth returns to pre-covid level but materials shortages threaten to blunt recovery
Dark clouds remain but latest ONS figures reveal industry output has hit 18 month high
-
News
Post-Brexit certification rules threaten to bring supplies to ‘grinding halt’, CPA boss warns
Worried Peter Caplehorn has already suggested extending transition period on CE markings to construction minister
-
News
Light at the end of the tunnel as Crossrail finally enters key testing phase
Delayed railway due to open in first half of next year
-
News
ISG report lays bare scale of task to reach zero carbon targets
Existing built environment will need huge overhaul to hit 2050 figure, contractor adds
-
Features
The urgency of now: how can construction meet its green targets?
A report by the Climate Change Committee sets out a host of ambitious carbon reduction targets and points to where resources need to be focused. Thomas Lane looks at three of the areas of most interest to construction and assesses what it will take to meet the targets
-
News
In pictures: Structure Tone completes food chain Eataly’s first UK outpost
Scheme built almost entirely during pandemic
-
News
Edinburgh practice beats transport giants to shape Britain’s future railways
Atkins and Pascall Watson among finalists in station design ideas contest won by 7N