Leading construction industry and built environment experts from 11 organisations are calling on political party leaders to make manifesto commitments for embodied carbon regulation in the UK. UK Green Building Council (UKGBC), The Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE), Institution of ...
Read More »Edison Group undertakes major expansion
Scottish-owned construction, property and investment business, Edison Group, which has invested just short of £2 million to secure and equip new premises in South Lanarkshire, is rebranding its largest subsidiary, GDC Design, as Principal Building Ltd. The new state-of-the-art facility ...
Read More »BCIS predicts construction slowdown as UK economy stagnates
The most recent data from the Building Cost Information Service (BCIS) indicates a fall in total output across the UK construction industry in 2024 as recessionary pressures hit the industry. While the cost-of-living crisis continues to impact the repair and ...
Read More »Polyteck joins Fusion21’s Building Improvements Framework
The construction and facilities management firm has been appointed as one of 70 suppliers for Fusion21’s Building Improvements Framework, which has been developed to support public sector organisations, including housing, education, and healthcare providers. Merseyside-based social enterprise Fusion21 announced the ...
Read More »Circularity could reduce 75% of embodied emissions in built environment
The construction sector’s carbon dioxide emissions – from building to real estate to infrastructure – can be reduced by up to 75 per cent or 4 gigatons of carbon dioxide by 2050 through the establishment of a circular economy. This ...
Read More »Galliford Try FM appoints new MD
Steve Catlin has been promoted to Managing Director of Galliford Try’s Facilities Management business. Catlin has a wealth of experience spanning 15 years in the FM, property and security sectors and joined construction group Galliford Try from G4S in 2016 ...
Read More »Board changes at Willmott Dixon
The independent contracting and interior fit-out group has announced a number of changes to its main board from the start of 2024 following the retirement of Colin Enticknap as the company’s Executive Chairman at the end of 2023. This will ...
Read More »Pagabo names lead providers for Professional Services UK and Scotland frameworks
Multi-disciplinary construction consultancies – AtkinsRéalis and Turner & Townsend – have been named as the lead providers for two upcoming Professional Services frameworks from Pagabo. The two frameworks – both of which will go live in April 2024 – provide a framework specifically ...
Read More »Crane survey sees record number of office new starts in London
Deloitte’s latest London office crane survey sees the highest volume of new offices being built since 2005. The study was extended to cover seven central London areas and reveals that there are currently 124 schemes are under construction totalling more ...
Read More »UKGBC publishes new guidance for construction sector to accurately model and report on embodied carbon emissions
The UK Green Building Council has published new guidance to improve how embodied carbon emissions are modelled and reported on, enabling more informed and sustainable decision-making across projects. Although embodied carbon is being increasingly factored into how we design new ...
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