Buildings

  • Tower Hamlets readies £500m housing works pipeline

    Tower Hamlets readies £500m housing works pipeline

    Tower Hamlets is preparing a major housing works procurement programme. The borough plans eight contracts supporting its 10-year capital investment strategy, with early market engagement now underway before formal tendering begins.

  • HS2 awards £856m Washwood Heath depot contract

    HS2 awards £856m Washwood Heath depot contract

    HS2 has awarded a major Birmingham depot and control-centre contract. Taylor Woodrow Infrastructure and Aureos Rail will deliver the £856m Washwood Heath operational hub, supporting future testing, maintenance, and control of the high-speed railway.

  • Carbon-storing concrete floor reaches commercial scale

    Carbon-storing concrete floor reaches commercial scale

    Holcim, Paebbl, and GOLDBECK have delivered a commercial-scale industrial floor slab in Germany using carbon-storing ready-mix concrete, replacing 15% of traditional cement with Paebbl Rebond.

  • DC Tower 2 turns facade into energy asset

    DC Tower 2 turns facade into energy asset

    Werner Sobek has engineered a double-skin facade for Vienna’s DC Tower 2, integrating around 12,000 sq m of photovoltaic modules into the high-rise building envelope.

  • BAM order book holds as energy wins lift start to year

    BAM order book holds as energy wins lift start to year

    Royal BAM Group has reported higher first-quarter revenue and adjusted EBITDA, with its order book holding at €13bn and UK construction performance supported by disciplined tendering and stronger execution.

  • Winvic leads April league with logistics win

    Winvic leads April league with logistics win

    Winvic led April’s contract-awards league after securing a major East Midlands logistics project near Junction 21 of the M1, with the wider monthly table showing a softer market for new orders.

  • Northumberland approves 1m sq ft employment park

    Northumberland approves 1m sq ft employment park

    Arlington Real Estate has secured approval for West Hartford Park, a 126-acre employment development near Cramlington that could deliver more than 1m sq ft of industrial, manufacturing, logistics, and innovation space.

  • Feronord wins Swedish East Link rail package

    Feronord wins Swedish East Link rail package

    Sweden’s East Link rail programme has awarded a major package. The Feronord consortium has won the OL32 Skavsta contract, covering 36km of railway, 28 bridges, three viaducts, and extensive earthworks south of Stockholm.

  • Redhill data centre clears planning

    Redhill data centre clears planning

    A new Surrey data centre has moved through planning. Castleforge and Galaxy Data Centers have secured consent for a 15MW Redhill scheme, adding capacity to a London market under pressure from AI, cloud, and hybrid workload demand.

  • Winvic to launch net zero whitepaper

    Winvic to launch net zero whitepaper

    Winvic will launch an ESG whitepaper at UKREiiF, calling for regulatory backing to accelerate adoption of the UK Net Zero Carbon Building Standard.