At a ceremony in Xi’an, Daxia Group has announced Zaha Hadid Architects will build the new Daxia Tower at the centre of the city’s thriving development zone. One of China’s largest inland cities with its population approaching nine million people,... View Article

A proposal by College of North West London to build a state-of-the-art new college campus on Olympic Way in Wembley, London has passed another milestone as Brent Council ‘resolved to grant planning permission’ at the Council’s Planning Committee meeting on... View Article

Today Glenigan, one of the construction industry’s insight experts, release the August 2023 edition of its Construction Index. The Index focuses on the three months to the end of July 2023, covering all underlying projects with a total value of £100m... View Article

The Construction Products Association (CPA) has expressed concern that the Department for Business and Trade (DBT)’s indefinite extension to CE marking for UK businesses does not include construction products, leaving firms in the sector less than two years to UKCA... View Article

Jason Knight joins Newland Homes as contracts manager, taking on a role he describes as his ‘forever job.’ Jason joins Newland Homes from Bellway, where he was construction manager for the housebuilder’s developments across the southwest. With an extensive background... View Article

Sovereign Housing today published its annual report for 2022/23, which shows a strong financial performance, increased delivery of new homes and steady progress in improving the customer experience. Sovereign achieved an operating surplus of £123.9m and an overall surplus of... View Article

Planning & Design Practice are excited to announce further expansion of its architectural team with the addition of senior architect David Symons. David is an RIBA chartered architect who studied architecture at the University of Nottingham, and with experience working... View Article

Riverside, a national housing association and care provider with over 75,000 homes under management, and Countryside Partnerships, the UK’s leading mixed-tenure developer, have completed the affordable housing development agreement for the 170-home redevelopment of the Pike Close estate in Bromley.... View Article

As part of a series of announcements, Secretary of State for Housing Michael Gove this week announced that a tighter threshold of 18 metres for ‘high-risk’ buildings for mandatory construction of a second staircase would be introduced. Based on a... View Article