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President’s Column
Large energy and construction material price increases, due to the recovery from COVID-19 and more recently with the problems in Ukraine, are still the main …
News in Brief: May 2202
Cooper & Turner (part of Watermill Holdings) has won a Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the International Trade category. Originally founded in 1876, the …
Skanska celebrates topping out at Canary Wharf building
Main contractor Skanska and client Quadrant have celebrated the topping out of the YY London building in London’s Canary Wharf estate. As featured in New …
Recipe box retailer buys into St Modwen logistics park
St Modwen Logistics has signed a deal with recipe box retailer, Gousto, to deliver a 27,400m2 steel-framed fulfilment centre at St. Modwen Park Burton. The …
Milestone reached on east London’s Rowe project
BAM has topped out at the Rowe in Whitechapel, a new 12-storey project that includes a retained 1960s façade. Originally built as a textile factory, and more …
Plans revealed for High Wycombe film studios
Located just off the M40, studio operator Stage Fifty has revealed plans for an eight-stage facility to be built on a 26-acre site near High Wycombe, …
Derwent to acquire London’s Moorfields site for multi-use campus
Derwent London has announced that it has exchanged a conditional contract to acquire the freehold of City Road Island EC1, the site of the Moorfields Eye …
Contract awarded for north London multi-storey warehouse
Glencar Construction has been appointed by St George, a leading mixed-use developer and member of the Berkeley Group, and SEGRO, a leading owner and developer …
Steel extension uncorks more wine storage space
Farrans Construction is building a £10M warehouse for The Wine Society that will enable the company to increase its storage capacity from 7.6 million bottles …
Steel undergoing technical transformation
Questions have inevitably been raised about how strongly commitments to achieving net-zero carbon targets will survive new and growing, and perhaps more …