RIBA report: Workload and staffing forecasts both on the up
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Future Trends workload index rose in January 2017, increasing to +24 (up from +17 in December 2016). Overall confidence about [...]
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Historic Leeds construction businesses placed into administration
Nick Reed and Bob Maxwell of Begbies Traynor in Leeds have been appointed as joint administrators of Drawn Metal, Limited and DML Architectural Systems Limited in Leeds. The [...]
Seven reasons why 69% of construction projects exceed their budgets
In the three years, fewer than one-in-three projects (31%) came within 10% of their original plan. There are seven good reasons why the majority of construction projects [...]
New survey of RIBA members reveals the profession is responding to change
Results from the most comprehensive post-referendum survey of architects have been published by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). The RIBA Members Brexit [...]
MPs to vote on six year parliament restoration plan that will cost £4bn
MPs and peers will vote within months on a plan to move out of their neo-Gothic parliament for six years during a huge restoration project that will cost at least £4bn. The [...]
Construction skills shortage worsens but architects yet to feel the effects
The RIBA has said its members have yet to feel the post-referendum skills shortage which has been reported elsewhere in the construction industry by the Federation of Master [...]
Scottish planning system trailing behind the rest of the UK
For the first time data taken from the Scottish planning system has been reviewed and published by GL Hearn and the Scottish Property Federation in a new Annual Planning [...]
Government backs third runway at Heathrow instead of Gatwick
The government has decided a new runway will be built at Heathrow, rather than at Gatwick, following years of speculation. Transport secretary Chris Grayling is set to [...]
Property Prices Grind To A Halt Along Southern Rail Routes
Six months of strike action by RMT Union members could be starting to take its toll on property prices along the main Southern Rail routes. According to figures compiled by [...]
Government told to make prisons more like the rest of society’s spaces
Prisons should be designed to be more like the outside world, a group of leading figures has told the government. The panel, led by construction consultants Gleeds, said [...]
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