Buildings
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Erdgard Developments has secured planning for its Central Point scheme in Walsall and says construction will start in May on a speculative basis.
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TALO has won a £1.1m contract from Lucy Developments for a nine-home Hertfordshire scheme that will test whether offsite timber delivery can scale beyond pilot-stage rhetoric.
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Esh Construction has completed a £2.1m refurbishment programme across 297 homes in Hartlepool for Thirteen Group, extending a wider regional investment drive in planned maintenance, safety, and housing upgrades.
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McAvoy is moving into construction on the £65m Lynfield Mount Hospital redevelopment in Bradford after full business case approval unlocked the next phase of the mental health facility’s phased rebuild and refurbishment.
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Britain is asking construction to deliver on four fronts simultaneously. Housing growth, retrofit, remediation, and stricter energy standards are all moving at once, while starts, margins, and programme slack remain under pressure across the delivery chain.
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Construction has begun on Staycity Group’s first Northern Ireland aparthotel, a £20 million conversion of Beaufort House in central Belfast. The project will deliver 98 keys on Wellington Place and reflects growing momentum behind city-centre office-to-hospitality repurposing.
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JPMorgan is moving toward a planning application for a 265m Riverside South tower after agreeing height constraints with London City Airport.
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WSP has secured a four-year DfE technical advisory role nationwide.
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Guernsey Ports has opened two waterfront sites to investors. The move brings protected buildings, leasehold delivery, and private capital into the next phase of St Peter Port renewal.
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Camden has approved two new British Museum entrance pavilions. The decision advances a prominent heritage job in Bloomsbury, replacing temporary visitor-control measures with permanent welcome and public-realm works.