Oxford City Council has granted planning permission for Eastpoint Business Park in the city to become a 200,000 sq ft life sciences campus.Read Full Article: The Construction Index
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£8bn of developer contributions sat in local authority bank accounts
Billions of pounds paid by builders to boost local services remains unspent, according to new research.Read Full Article: The Construction Index
Gallery display puts construction workers in the spotlight
A new exhibition at Manchester Central Library focuses on some of the skilled craftspeople and trades behind the ongoing transformation of Manchester's Town Hall.Read Full Article: The Construction Index
Cardiff novates ISG contracts to keep Fairwater on track
Cardiff Council has developed plans to safeguard its £108m Fairwater Campus project from the fallout of ISG Construction going into administration.Read Full Article: The Construction Index
Transport Secretary slams HS2 as ‘dire failure’
“Since becoming transport secretary I have seen up close the scale of failure in project delivery – and it’s dire,” says Louise Haigh.Read Full Article: The Construction Index
Growing pains for OCU
Accounts filed by private equity-owned utilities contractor OCU Group show 34% year-on-year revenue growth but finance costs plunging it into losses.Read Full Article: The Construction Index
Arcadis raises inflation forecasts as contractors get bogged down
While consumer price inflation in the UK appears to be returning to a more normal level, construction tender prices will continue to escalate, it seems.Read Full Article: The Construction Index
Timber imports soften but prices stabilise
Timber imports slowed in the first quarter of 2024, latest industry statistics show.Read Full Article: The Construction Index
Bristol approves more student halls
Watkin Jones, a specialist developer of student accommodation and built-to-rent blocks, as secures planning approval for 484-bed student scheme in Bristol.Read Full Article: The Construction Index
Tata fined over scaffolder burns horror
Tata Chemicals Europe Limited has been fined more than a million pounds, seven years after a man died from injuries incurred while erecting a scaffold tower.Read Full Article: The Construction Index
More state support for Morgan Sindall’s carbon tool
Morgan Sindall has received a government research grant to promote its carbon measuring software in the education sector.Read Full Article: The Construction Index
Peabody and Crest Nicholson join for Northamptonshire housing
Peabody and Crest Nicholson have formed a joint venture to build new homes in Brackley, Northamptonshire. Read Full Article: The Construction Index