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With demand for data-centre capacity set to increase tenfold between 2018 and 2025, opportunities abound for contractors – whether it’s building new sites or upgrading existing facilities. James Wilmore looks at the potential and the challenges

Bill Dunkerley is a regulatory lawyer at law firm Pannone Corporate It has been almost five years since the Grenfell Tower fire, and the stark and tragic realisation that the existing system of regulation fell far short in ensuring building safety and the protection of people. While the clock has…

Sadie Watson is a UKRI future leader fellow and project officer at Museum of London Archaeology, and Gareth Talbot is principal heritage consultant at Atkins The archaeological stage of a building project can be viewed as just another part of the development process, but it offers untapped potential for positive…

Rob Hughes is head of  built environment at charging infrastructure provider Pod Point England’s building regulations will mandate electric-vehicle (EV) charging points in new-build properties from 15 June. The move is a world first, and forms part of the government's strategy to reduce emissions and act as a world leader…

Work at the £900m One Nine Elms site has dwindled over the past week due to a payment issue with the developer, China-based R&F Properties. CN takes a look at the history of R&F's projects in the UK 

Adrian Attwood is executive director at conservation specialist DBR A skills assessment undertaken by the Houses of Parliament Restoration and Renewal Programme in recent weeks quantified the number of heritage craftspeople and conservation specialists that will be needed to renovate the whole Parliamentary Estate. The extent of this project presents…

Material costs and labour issues hit the sector in 2021 but, despite this, certain areas of the industry are booming. While some jobs have been slowed down by politics, others have been kickstarted by the right political decisions. Here are 10 projects that the industry will be watching in the…

Colin Jones is a partner at law firm HCR, writing on behalf of the Forum of Insurance Lawyers (FOIL) Regulatory Sector Focus Team The short-term response to the 2017 Grenfell Tower fire tragedy has, understandably, focused on high rise buildings with multiple occupancy. With inquiries concluding that the building safety…

Reaction has swiftly followed chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Autumn Budget announcement – Construction News takes a look at how the industry is responding. Refresh to update.

Winner: Zed Pods Our winner describes itself as “an environmentally led modular housing developer with a passion for creating 100 per cent affordable, net-zero-carbon housing solutions in difficult-to-develop, constrained sites like infills, flood zones, garages and hardstanding”. “A fantastic SME, punching above its weight and driving the net-zero carbon agenda…