Buildings News, Analysis & Opinion | Stay Informed with UK Construction Contractors https://www.constructionnews.co.uk Read UK Construction Industry News, Analysis, Opinion and data Tue, 05 Mar 2024 12:16:35 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0 https://emap-romulus-prod.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2023/07/favicon-cn192-70x70.png Buildings News, Analysis & Opinion | Stay Informed with UK Construction Contractors https://www.constructionnews.co.uk 32 32 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/wp-content/themes/mbm-mops-2017/images/logo.gif Construction News https://www.constructionnews.co.uk 125 75 Read UK Construction Industry News, Analysis, Opinion and data Piling contractor joins Somerset gigafactory scheme https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/piling-contractor-joins-somerset-gigafactory-scheme-05-03-2024/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/piling-contractor-joins-somerset-gigafactory-scheme-05-03-2024/#respond Tue, 05 Mar 2024 12:16:35 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=495382 Preliminary work is underway on the site of a £4bn gigafactory in Somerset, and a piling contractor has been appointed. Agratas, the battery division of Indian conglomerate Tata, confirmed last week that it is building a 40GWh battery cell factory on the 616 acre Gravity…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/piling-contractor-joins-somerset-gigafactory-scheme-05-03-2024/feed/ 0 Cost of national health campus increases six-fold to £3.2bn https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/cost-of-national-health-campus-increases-six-fold-to-3-2bn-05-03-2024/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/cost-of-national-health-campus-increases-six-fold-to-3-2bn-05-03-2024/#respond Tue, 05 Mar 2024 07:00:08 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=495349 A trio of big-name contractors could walk away from a major health security project amid substantial delays and ballooning costs, according to a National Audit Office (NAO) report. The treasury first approved Public Health England’s (PHE) outline business case for a £530m health security campus…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/cost-of-national-health-campus-increases-six-fold-to-3-2bn-05-03-2024/feed/ 0 Contractors alerted to £800m housing framework https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/contractors-alerted-to-800m-housing-framework-04-03-2024/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/contractors-alerted-to-800m-housing-framework-04-03-2024/#respond Mon, 04 Mar 2024 12:06:17 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=495319 An £800m framework covering houses, flats and care homes has opened to tender. Social housing providers and local authorities are expected to use the framework, with most of the schemes awarded via the framework set to feature at least 30 homes. The framework, run by…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/contractors-alerted-to-800m-housing-framework-04-03-2024/feed/ 0 Industry RAAC panel failed to meet DfE after forming https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/building-safety/industry-raac-panel-failed-to-meet-dfe-after-forming-04-03-2024/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/building-safety/industry-raac-panel-failed-to-meet-dfe-after-forming-04-03-2024/#comments Mon, 04 Mar 2024 11:46:33 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=495172 The Construction Leadership Council’s (CLC) reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) response group did not meet the Department for Education (DfE) last year, Construction News can reveal. The CLC announced on 6 September last year that it would establish a technical expert panel to support the…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/building-safety/industry-raac-panel-failed-to-meet-dfe-after-forming-04-03-2024/feed/ 1 Developers still building high-rises that won’t meet future regs https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/building-safety/developers-still-building-high-rises-that-wont-meet-future-regs-04-03-2024/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/building-safety/developers-still-building-high-rises-that-wont-meet-future-regs-04-03-2024/#respond Mon, 04 Mar 2024 07:00:15 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=495284 Developers are still building schemes they know will fail to meet incoming safety standards, according to a government-backed report. The fourth annual report of the Industry Safety Steering Group (ISSG), chaired by Dame Judith Hackitt, said it had seen “hard evidence” that some developers are…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/building-safety/developers-still-building-high-rises-that-wont-meet-future-regs-04-03-2024/feed/ 0 Hundreds of council tenants face evacuation due to RAAC https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/building-safety/hundreds-evacuated-from-council-homes-due-to-raac-01-03-2024/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/building-safety/hundreds-evacuated-from-council-homes-due-to-raac-01-03-2024/#respond Fri, 01 Mar 2024 10:08:53 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=495233 Around 300 people are under threat of evacuation from their council homes in Aberdeen after surveys found reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC). Panels made from the crumble-risk concrete were found in around 500 homes in Aberdeen’s Balnagask area, to the south of the city, including…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/building-safety/hundreds-evacuated-from-council-homes-due-to-raac-01-03-2024/feed/ 0 Unite Students plans to recoup 75% of cladding costs from contractors https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/building-safety/unite-students-plans-to-recoup-75-of-cladding-costs-from-contractors-28-02-2024/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/building-safety/unite-students-plans-to-recoup-75-of-cladding-costs-from-contractors-28-02-2024/#respond Wed, 28 Feb 2024 10:40:51 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=495037 Student developer Unite Students has said it expects to recoup up to three quarters of the money it will spend remediating dangerous cladding. The developer said it ultimately expects to get back between 50 and 75 per cent of cash spent on on remediation “through…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/building-safety/unite-students-plans-to-recoup-75-of-cladding-costs-from-contractors-28-02-2024/feed/ 0 Tide to build 32-storey west London tower https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/tide-to-build-32-storey-west-london-tower-28-02-2024/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/tide-to-build-32-storey-west-london-tower-28-02-2024/#respond Wed, 28 Feb 2024 09:14:28 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=495083 Offsite specialist Tide Construction is set to build a 32-storey build-to-rent (BTR) tower in Acton. The firm will be both the developer and contractor for the scheme, called The Castle. The tower will feature 462 flats as well as a roof terrace, cinema, library, gym,…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/tide-to-build-32-storey-west-london-tower-28-02-2024/feed/ 0 Crooked House owners ordered to rebuild https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/crooked-house-owners-ordered-to-rebuild-27-02-2024/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/crooked-house-owners-ordered-to-rebuild-27-02-2024/#respond Tue, 27 Feb 2024 17:28:25 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=495085 The owners of the Crooked House pub have been ordered to rebuild it exactly as it was. South Staffordshire Council served an enforcement notice against ATE Farms, giving it three years to rebuild “Britain’s wonkiest inn” to how it stood before it was destroyed by…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/crooked-house-owners-ordered-to-rebuild-27-02-2024/feed/ 0 Building inspectors under pressure to register above skill level https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/building-safety/building-inspectors-under-pressure-to-register-above-skill-level-27-02-2024/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/building-safety/building-inspectors-under-pressure-to-register-above-skill-level-27-02-2024/#respond Tue, 27 Feb 2024 11:15:27 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=495023 The Chartered Association of Building Engineers (CABE) has warned that building inspectors are being pressured to certify beyond their level of competence. In a notice to its members issued earlier this month, the professional body raised the alarm ahead of 6 April, when all building…

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