Buildings
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Port investment plans are moving into a wider delivery phase. The Port of Dover has appointed contractors to multi-year civils, marine, and infrastructure frameworks covering berth upgrades, utilities, highways, structures, and building packages.
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Scotland’s build-to-rent market could restart after new regulations exempt qualifying schemes from rent control measures.
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A Technology and Construction Court judgment has clarified how Building Liability Orders can extend building safety liabilities across associated companies.
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The Home Builders Federation says taxes, regulation, policy costs, labour, and materials inflation have added £76,000 to the cost of building a new home since 2020.
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NHS Shared Business Services is preparing a second-generation construction works framework covering public-sector building, refurbishment, demolition, and civil engineering projects.
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The Building Safety Regulator’s latest Gateway 2 data indicates that higher-risk residential approvals are beginning to move after months of delay across the sector.
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Gleeson Homes has identified legacy infrastructure issues on completed Yorkshire developments, with remedial provisions expected to reach between £5.2m and £7.1m.
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Legendre UK has been appointed to deliver the redevelopment of 10 Salisbury Square, a City of London office scheme targeting high environmental standards.
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LHC Procurement Group has opened a £1bn framework covering housing, regeneration, demolition, remediation, enabling works, retrofit, and defence housing across England.
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Stockholm’s construction pipeline has risen to €124bn by 2040. Housing, rail, roads, commercial buildings, education facilities, and energy infrastructure dominate a programme that will test regional workforce capacity.