The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has welcomed recent positive news regarding the number of housing starts. According to the Communities and Local Government department, the second quarter of 2009 saw a rise in housing starts and completions. Brigid O’Leary, senior economist at RICS, said: “It was encouraging to note that housing completions rose […]
Craven District Council has awarded a £35 million contract to develop new houses in North Yorkshire. Lovell and Maple Grove Developments have been chosen by the council to construct 220 homes, 132 of which will be for sale on the open market. The remainder of the homes will be build for low-cost home ownership and […]
There is a crisis in the Scottish construction industry. That is according to the country’s Labour leader Iain Gray, who has urged the Scottish government to address the issue. Mr Gray has claimed that there has been a drop in public investment in the sector since the Scottish National Party won the election in the […]
People on bricklaying courses may find that they are being trained specifically to build smaller houses, it has been revealed. According to the Steve Turner, head of communications at the Home Builders Federation, local planning authorities are not delivering enough land for home building. His comments followed the release of a new report by the […]
Dozens of new construction and engineering jobs look set to be created in the Manchester area after plans to extend the city’s public transport infrastructure won more than £7 million in government funding. Under the latest round of awards given out to projects across the country through the government’s Community Infrastructure Fund, some £4 million […]
As many as 200 jobs including 20 apprenticeship schemes will be created through the construction of a new velodrome and sports arena for the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, the head of the event’s organising committee has confirmed. John Scott, chief executive of Glasgow 2014 Limited, revealed that a further 84 workers will be employed […]
New homes are not spacious enough, a survey by Cabe has found. The owners of 2,500 private new homes were questioned in the study, 47 per cent of which suggested there was not enough space for all the furniture they have or would like to have. Richard Simmons, chief executive of Cabe, said that local […]
The mayor of London is being called upon to make changes to the planning tariff which will fund the development of Crossrail. Around £300 million is planned to be contributed from developers across the capital. Councillor Merrick Cockell, London Councils’ chairman, said: "The mayor must understand that the benefits of Crossrail do not outweigh the […]
The BAA has unveiled plans for the development of Terminal 2 at Heathrow Airport. Star Alliance Airlines is to make the new terminal its home and it is expected that 20 million passengers will use it every day once it is open. Mike Brown, Heathrow Airport’s chief operating officer, said: "The new Terminal 2 is […]
A construction firm in the north east of England has invited staff from a local college onto one of its building sites. Staff from the National Construction Academy at Newcastle College were invited to attend, in an effort to help them with their professional development, the Northern Echo reports. Bob Warren, construction director at Whelan, […]
