Buildings
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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.
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A new national platform consolidates practical guidance for retrofit delivery. The resource brings technical reports, tools, case studies, webinars, directories, and policy material into one searchable location.
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Automation has reduced one structural check from hours to minutes. Birmingham researchers and HadleyFRAME tested the tools on a modular building containing more than 18,000 connections.
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HS2 has completed the main structure of Burton Green tunnel. Landscaping, fire protection, access works, and Greenway reinstatement will now continue across the Warwickshire site.
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Awaab’s Law will extend across seven additional housing hazard categories. Social landlords face fixed investigation, communication, safety-work, and repair deadlines from 30 November 2026.
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Barratt has recovered £38m from subcontractors over legacy building defects. Remediation expenditure is nevertheless forecast to rise sharply across the group’s historic development portfolio.
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Mace will return to transform London’s former riverside City Hall. The redevelopment will expand the building, replace its façade and services, and reshape the surrounding public realm.