England’s big three regional cities are shrugging off Brexit worries and enjoyed bumper construction growth last year driven by city centre residential and office schemes. Manchester’s construction boom is not only pushing the skyline to new heights but now outstrips construction project numbers in Los Angel… Read More
Developer Great Portland Estates has submitted plans for a new tall building in the shadow of the Shard at London Bridge. A planning application has been submitted for the 31 storey office building at New City Court in the London Bridge Area. Designed by AHMM architects, the offices will rise to 139m offering 370,000 sq ft… Read More
Galliard Homes has bought the third of seven plots on the former Royal Mail site in Vauxhall, South London. The house builder is paying £22.2m for the 0.9 acre Nine Elms Park plot, which it aims to develop in partnership with property and construction group O’Shea. The £130m scheme will consist of around 262 flat… Read More
The London Legacy Development Corporation has picked P J Carey to deliver the main substructure works for the Stratford Waterfront development at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London. The 4.25 hectare site will see buildings for a new Sadler’s Wells dance venue, BBC concert studios, London College of Fashion and… Read More
Great Western Developments and development partner Sellar have confirmed Mace as the main construction partner to deliver the Paddington Cube project in London. Designed by Renzo Piano Building Workshop, the 360,000 sq ft Paddington Cube will sit on a three storey podium 12m above 1.35 acres of newly created pub… Read More
London house price forecast for 2020 drops from 5% to zero as Brexit negotiations stall It's not Brexit itself that's affecting the London property market, but the endless uncertainty surrounding it. A forecast for London house price growth by 2020 has been downgraded from five per cent to zero, as Theresa May’s Bre… Read More
Mace has told Spurs its new stadium won’t be ready to play in until the end of February at the earliest. The club made an announcement on Tuesday following a post-Christmas/New Year update from main contractor Mace over continuing work on safety systems. Spurs said: “The past month has seen remedial works… Read More
London Stansted has appointed Mace as the main contractor for the construction of its new £150m arrivals terminal. Work on the 39,000 square metre terminal is due to start this spring and is scheduled for completion in autumn 2020. The terminal is the flagship project in the airport’s £600m transformation, which will s… Read More
Concrete and groundworks specialist Morrisroe Group is in advanced talks to buy Skanska’s foundations business Cementation. Sources have told the Enquirer that a deal could be sealed within weeks, with it rumoured to be worth around £60m. As yet neither Morrisroe nor Skanska have officially commented on the talks. … Read More
A near doubling of profits at Carey’s concrete frame business helped to lift the diversified group to another strong performance. Overall group profit remained stable at £19m on revenue down 7% to £510m in the year to March 2018. Most of the profits were generated by specialist concrete business P J Carey, which enjoye… Read More