Buildings

Scottish first minister Humza Yousaf has threatened developers with legal action, including new legislation, if they fail to remediate high-rise buildings with dangerous cladding. Last year, the Scottish Government announced that it had reached an agreement with housing firms to assess and, if necessary, make safe more than 100 buildings.…

The UK is running out of time to kickstart a homegrown battery-production industry, key figures have said. The industry, which has been eyed as a high-value growth area for contractors, needs major investment to become viable. Wates is delivering the only so-called gigafactory currently under construction in the UK. The…

North West-based Fusion21 – which supports public sector bodies on delivering capital work programmes – has alerted contractors to a £100m framework focusing on refurbishment. The framework, known as the Fusion21 Youth Investment Fund DPS, will focus on improvement works and alterations to existing buildings, “to bring them up to…

The cost of relocating the Museum of London has risen by £100m, it has emerged. The project involves moving the museum from its Barbican base to the nearby former Smithfield Market, where listed buildings are being refurbished. Sir Robert McAlpine was formally appointed construction manager on the scheme today (10…

Contractors have been alerted to £2.8bn of work for Yorkshire Water. The work, covering April 2025 to May 2030, is divided into two frameworks valued at £1.3bn and £1.5bn. The £1.5bn framework will cover non-infrastructure works across Yorkshire, including construction, design, civil engineering and process works. Specifically, it could include…

Forthcoming work to overhaul the mechanical and electrical (M&E) systems in Portcullis House is set to cost up to £143m, an MP has revealed. The seven-storey building, which sits opposite the Palace of Westminster and houses MPs and parliamentary staff, was completed in 2001, nine years after being commissioned in…

The Ministry of Justice has found several court buildings that potentially contain a dangerous type of structural concrete, a minister has revealed. Prisons minister Damian Hinds said reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) “may” be present in six court buildings. The material has been the subject of a government briefing that…

Construction product testing should take place in systems rather than just individual components, fire brigade bosses have said. The National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) called for the change in approach in response to the publication of the review of the construction product testing regime by ex-government advisor Paul Morrell and…

Publication of the second and final report of the public inquiry into the Grenfell Tower has been delayed until next year. The report, which will cover the causes of the 2017 inferno that killed 72 of the block's residents, was originally due to be completed later this year. But an…

Sellar has submitted plans for a 16-storey office and hotel building over Liverpool Street Station. The project would also see the regeneration of the Victorian rail station, with the concourse doubling in size from 6,465 square metres to 13,488 square metres. The scheme is supported by Network Rail and Hong…