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10 Feb 21
A new £3.5bn fund to fix unsafe cladding on high-rise buildings has been announced by housing secretary Robert Jenrick.
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25 Sep 20
How much money could local government raise from government plans to radically shake-up the process of negotiating developer contributions?
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9 Sep 20
London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham has relaunched a £75m procurement project after the original project was cancelled after the council highlighted “structural flaws”.
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26 May 20
The government’s £1bn Building Safety Fund aimed at making high-rise and high-risk buildings across the country safe from fire has been branded inadequate by the Greater Manchester High Rise Task...
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9 May 19
Charities and trade bodies have criticised the time it has taken the government to launch a £200m fund to remove Grenfell-style cladding from private high-rise buildings.
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10 Sep 18
Councils may be urged to take action against the owners of buildings who do not remove Grenfell-style cladding from their properties.
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27 Jul 18
Councils should take action to protect small- and medium-sized businesses in their construction supply chains, according to a trade association.
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18 Jul 18
Proposals to ban Grenfell-style combustible cladding on high-rise blocks do not go far enough and must be extended to other buildings, say MPs.
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15 Jan 18
Ministers have pledged that all public services will be protected following the demise of Carillion, a major contractor responsible for a host of buildings and services across the public sector.
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21 Aug 17
The UK is too reliant on big public sector contracts and needs to improve competition to ensure good value for money, according to the Taxpayers’ Alliance.
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19 Jan 17
Housebuilding needs to “increase across the country”, the National Audit Office has said.
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25 Jan 16
In the face of tighter budgets and pressure to reduce the environmental impact of our public buildings, local government organisations need to start waking up to the potential of Building Information...
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4 Jan 16
The government is to directly commission the construction of thousands of new homes on public land for the first time in almost 30 years.
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3 Apr 15
A government-backed scheme to build 100,000 new homes for first-time buyers, by exempting developers from section 106 planning agreements, has received interest from over 50,000 people.
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13 Mar 13
The cost of funding public sector construction projects can be high, but don’t forget to refinance when the risk profile changes. It’s like leasing a Ferrari to attract girlfriends then...
10 Feb 21A new £3.5bn fund to fix unsafe cladding on high-rise buildings has been announced by housing secretary Robert Jenrick.
25 Sep 20How much money could local government raise from government plans to radically shake-up the process of negotiating developer contributions?
9 Sep 20London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham has relaunched a £75m procurement project after the original project was cancelled after the council highlighted “structural flaws”.
9 May 19Charities and trade bodies have criticised the time it has taken the government to launch a £200m fund to remove Grenfell-style cladding from private high-rise buildings.
18 Jul 18Proposals to ban Grenfell-style combustible cladding on high-rise blocks do not go far enough and must be extended to other buildings, say MPs.
15 Jan 18Ministers have pledged that all public services will be protected following the demise of Carillion, a major contractor responsible for a host of buildings and services across the public sector.
19 Jan 17Housebuilding needs to “increase across the country”, the National Audit Office has said.
25 Jan 16In the face of tighter budgets and pressure to reduce the environmental impact of our public buildings, local government organisations need to start waking up to the potential of Building Information...
3 Apr 15A government-backed scheme to build 100,000 new homes for first-time buyers, by exempting developers from section 106 planning agreements, has received interest from over 50,000 people.
