Buildings

  • Stodmarsh approval opens route for Kent housing pipeline

    Stodmarsh approval opens route for Kent housing pipeline

    Natural England has approved a strategic nutrient mitigation scheme in the Stour catchment, enabling credits that could unlock thousands of delayed homes around Ashford, Canterbury, and the wider Stodmarsh-affected area.

  • Huddersfield market overhaul moves towards construction

    Huddersfield market overhaul moves towards construction

    Planning approval has cleared a £16.5m overhaul of Huddersfield Market, pushing a major heritage-led town-centre regeneration scheme towards temporary relocation, site preparation, and main works later this year.

  • Persimmon and CBRE extend Salisbury housing deal

    Persimmon and CBRE extend Salisbury housing deal

    Salisbury’s affordable housing pipeline is gaining new institutional backing now. A fresh agreement will take the affordable total at St Peter’s Place to 365 homes, with delivery continuing across the next three years.

  • Harrow expands digital twin inspections

    Harrow expands digital twin inspections

    Harrow is widening digital twin use across assets and inspections. The borough’s drone-led model has already cut listed-building survey costs and is now moving into asset management, public realm promotion, and environmental enforcement.

  • Graham secures six SNG housing lots

    Graham secures six SNG housing lots

    Graham has strengthened its residential pipeline across southern England significantly. Its appointment to six SNG framework lots ties the contractor to a 10-year programme targeting 25,000 homes.

  • Timber frames rise on Sunderland affordable homes scheme

    Timber frames rise on Sunderland affordable homes scheme

    Esh Construction has installed the first timber frames at its £23m Amberley & Harrogate affordable housing scheme in Sunderland as the 96-home development moves into a busier build phase.

  • Robertson lands Ashington cinema and leisure complex

    Robertson lands Ashington cinema and leisure complex

    Robertson Construction North East has been confirmed for a new cinema and leisure development in Ashington, adding a funded, design-and-build regeneration project to the region’s live delivery pipeline.

  • Skanska order growth lifts focus onto project quality

    Skanska order growth lifts focus onto project quality

    Skanska UK has reported a sharp rise in new orders, driven by major building and infrastructure wins, even as margins softened during the early delivery phase of several large projects.

  • How the SME squeeze is slowing housing delivery

    How the SME squeeze is slowing housing delivery

    Smaller builders are still operating with very little slack today. Planning delays, viability pressure, labour shortages, and supply-chain fragility are keeping many SME developers in risk-management mode rather than expansion mode.

  • GMI starts phase four construction at Sheffield’s Park Hill

    GMI starts phase four construction at Sheffield’s Park Hill

    GMI Construction Group has started work on phase four of Park Hill in Sheffield, where 125 new homes, public realm upgrades, and mobility infrastructure will extend the next stage of the landmark regeneration programme.