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Plan in for stepped 27-floor Manchester resi block

3/12/21

Joint venture developers Property Alliance Group and Starwood Capital have submitted plans for a 27-storey block of flats at Manchester's former Renaissance hotel site on Deansgate.

Digital twins: are we all singing from the same song sheet?

2/12/21

What are digital twins? What are their benefits? What needs to happen to increase their adoption in the future? These are just some of the questions asked in a new research paper published in the International Journal of Construction Management. Here, the paper's authors Dr Didem Gurdur Broo and Dr Jennifer Schooling OBE highlight the key findings of their interviews with top UK infrastructure executives.

Developers Secure Green Light to Deliver New Landmark for Leeds' International Pool Site

1/12/21

A £270 million development proposal to transform the former International Swimming Pool site at Lisbon Street in Leeds city centre has been granted full planning consent by Leeds City Council.

The 2.8-acre strategic...

Cardiff tower OK’d despite local politicians tearing into design

15/11/21

Galliford Try to build 30-storey block panned for 'lack of architectural quality'

Sisk tops out on ‘UK’s largest’ Premier Inn

12/11/21

Developer Rockwell, alongside Whitbread, has celebrated a landmark moment as the UK's tallest £151m, 400-bedroom Premier Inn hotel officially tops out

Galliford Try go-ahead for landmark Cardiff tower

11/11/21

Cardiff Council has approved plans for Galliford Try's planned build to rent tower project on part of the Marcol Estate within the city centre.

Galliford Try’s 30-storey tower set for approval

10/11/21

A 30-storey, build-to-rent development in Cardiff that Galliford Try Investments is backing is set to be approved.

Sisk wins £68m Leeds twin resi towers

9/11/21

John Sisk & Son has landed a £68m job to build two residential towers of 463 flats for the Hub Group at Whitehall Road in Leeds.

UK’s tallest Premier Inn officially tops out

8/11/21

Rockwell and Whitbread celebrate milestone for 400-bedroom hotel at Westferry, London

London 21-storey Fleet Street landmark offices approved

4/11/21

London development manager CO-RE has gained planning consent for a landmark 660,000 sq ft high-rise office scheme in London's changing Fleet Street area.

Domis set for Salford tower for upwardly-mobile

3/11/21

Manchester-based property developer CERT property has unveiled plans for a 30-floor residential tower on Salford's Clippers Quay.

Tulip: Gove ‘set to approve’ controversial tower

2/11/21

The government plans to allow the 305 metre-high Tulip Tower to be built in the City of London.

According to the Sunday Telegraph (£), Whitehall officials are preparing to back the City of London Corporation, which approved the J Safra...

Four eye £500m Tulip as Gove poised to give City tower green light

1/11/21

Housing secretary due to make ruling imminently

End of timber shortages in sight

29/10/21

Near record-breaking softwood timber imports have replenished stocks to a level needed to meet the demand surge from construction.

This brings the prospect of an easing in supply bottlenecks once ongoing delivery issues from a...

Launch of Concrete Future – GCCA 2050 Roadmap to Net Zero Concrete

28/10/21

Cement and concrete are vital to the world – providing the foundations for societies to thrive. As the most widely used material on earth after water, it is essential for building our homes, roads, schools, transport networks, cities, as...