Buildings
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Railpen has secured consent for a major Smithfield office retrofit. The retained structure will be extended and upgraded to demanding operational and wellbeing standards.
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HSF System has completed Slovakia’s first printed-concrete commercial building project. Forty components were manufactured off-site before assembly in Žilina.
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MPs want historic buildings placed closer to housing policy priorities. Reuse-first planning and targeted tax reform lead their recommendations.
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Gridarch has completed three industrial buildings for BMW’s logistics network. The 124,000 sq m development combines warehousing, offices, rail access, and multimodal connections near Ostrava Airport.
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Stratford Junction proposes three towers beside the district’s principal stations. The scheme combines shared living, hotels, cultural venues, public space, restaurants, and improved connections across a long-vacant site.
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Crest Nicholson has reported a statutory first-half loss of £35.2m. Lower completions, weaker margins, rising debt, and continuing lender discussions are constraining its recovery programme.
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London’s draft spatial plan sets capacity for 558,000 new homes. Revised affordability thresholds, higher brownfield densities, and selective Green Belt development will shape the capital’s next construction cycle.
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SBS is expanding occupied-home retrofit delivery across the Midlands region. Thousands of social homes will receive insulation, solar, ventilation, window, door, and hot-water improvements by 2028.
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Eleven young volunteers have renewed facilities at Avonmouth Community Centre. The Toolstation and VIY project combined practical building work with accredited trade and safety training.
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Skanska will build Kristianstad University’s new city-centre campus by 2029. The 25,000 sq m scheme includes one of Sweden’s largest concrete-component reuse programmes.