Author name: Holly Willis

Crown Heights in Basingstoke, built by Ardmore, was clad with the same material that was used on Grenfell Tower A significant ruling relating to building safety was handed down on Monday in BDW Trading Limited v Ardmore Construction Limited, with ramifications for the entire construction industry and all those involved in housebuilding industry, lawyers say.

the Blackpool Central site The £300m Blackpool Central development on the famous Golden Mile is described as the biggest single investment in Blackpool for more than a century. Plans for the 15-acres site include an indoor amusement park as well as hotels, restaurants and residential apartments. However, Nikal Ltd, the Manchester-based developer of Blackpool Central,

World Cement Association chief executive Ian Riley, author of the report Despite global decarbonisation efforts, it seems that the world will still be consuming more cement in 25 years’ time than it did 20 years ago. However, that cement is likely to have less embodied carbon than today. The World Cement Association (WCA) is forecasting

The Ravenscraig remediation area Ravenscraig is one of Europe’s largest regeneration sites and is being redeveloped by a joint venture of Barratt Redrow, Scottish Enterprise and Tata Steel, operating as Ravenscraig Ltd. Ravenscraig Steelworks closed in 1992. The site spans 1,200 acres and there are ambitions to build a new community with 4,300 homes. Some

CGI of the Spark development planned in Walsall Walsall, Welwyn Garden City and Markham Vale in Derbyshire will see the first three developments of the new venture that is called Origin. Origin is a mid-box industrial & logistics platform that is 75% owned by German investor Feldberg Capital and 25% by Henry Boot Developments  (HDB). 

At 309.6 metres, 1 Undershaft will be the tallest building in the City Cluster [©DBOX/Eric Parry Architects] Latest plans for the redevelopment of the 1 Undershaft site are for a 74-storey office tower that, at 309.6-metres high, would equal the Shard as the UK’s tallest building.   While the Shard stands along on the south