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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British construction sector showing no prolonged Brexit effect
With the first three months of post-Brexit figures in the books, construction sector contracts across September reached a total of £5.6 billion, a minor increase on August, [...]
Greater flexibility for Apprenticeship Levy funding is welcome, says FMB
The ability for larger companies to transfer unspent apprenticeship funding to smaller firms is welcome and will help make the Apprenticeship Levy a success, the Federation [...]
Associated puts in £40m Leeds University laboraties for planning
The 10,000sq m University Innovation and Enterprise Centre (UIEC) project will house start-up firms linking university academics to the private sector, with the aim of [...]
Mayor approves 50% affordable housing revision to Barking Riverside
The mayor of London has approved Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands’ revised plans for Barking Riverside, paving the way for 10,000 new homes – half of which will be [...]
Architects could cash in over new zero-carbon rules from October 1st
Oblivious developers ‘will need specialist help to avoid London offsetting fees’. Developers risk having residential schemes rejected by London planners because they are [...]
Funding shortfall delays Tonkin Liu’s competition-winning Salford Bridge plans
Competition-winning proposals by Tonkin Liu for a new footbridge in Salford have been put on hold due to a lack of funds The practice landed the project to create the [...]
Major Programme of Works to Palace of Westminster is Essential
In a report published today, the Joint Committee on the Palace of Westminster has concluded that the Palace of Westminster ‘faces an impending crisis which we cannot [...]
Approval for Chapman Taylor’s £1bn Salford MediaCity UK expansion
A team of architects led by Chapman Taylor has been given the go-ahead to double the size of Salford’s MediaCity UK The second stage of the scheme features 10 new [...]
Network Rail and Ministry of Defence to release land for 29,000 homes
Network Rail is to release land for up to 12,000 new homes by 2020, while the Ministry of Defence (MoD) will sell 13 sites for 17,000 homes. The organisation responsible for [...]
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