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6 November 2024By Tom Lowe. Comer Homes’ 200-home site in Woolwich handed enforcement notice last year after breaching planning permission. The latest news from construction and the built environment covering international regions, sustainability, finance, health and safety, infrastructure, housing, education, and technical and legal issues.
Top 150 Contractors and Housebuilders 2022: full table
Dec 13, 2022 · TOP 150 Contractors and Housebuilders. Weston Group. Methodology. This analysis refers to those companies identified by Hewes & Associates as the top 150 that have results available with a year end in 2021 or 2022 and for which contracting, housing and facilities management account for roughly 50% or more of turnover.
Barratt’s acquisition of Redrow: the numbers and key players
Feb 7, 2024 · The housing sector woke this morning to the news of an extraordinary £2.5bn deal that will massively increase the size of the largest housebuilder in the UK. The combined Barratt Redrow housebuilding group, if approved by regulators and shareholders, would dwarf other players in the UK market. The deal would mean Barratt, already the UK’s ...
Bond patterns in brickwork | Features - Building
Jan 27, 2005 · Stretcher bond, or stretching bond, is extensively used in modern building, primarily in cavity walling. The bricks are laid end to end in courses with the stretchers showing in the face of the work. Each brick laps over two in the course below. For simplicity, stretcher bond is normally built with bricks overlapping by half their length.
Latest News from the UK and International Construction industry
6 November 2024By Daniel Gayne 1. Housebuilder says signs of rising build prices beginning to emerge in wake of last week’s announcement. The latest news from construction and the built environment covering international regions, sustainability, finance, health and safety, infrastructure, housing, education, and technical and legal issues.
Top 50 Housebuilders 2022: full table | Features | Building
Dec 14, 2022 · Full sortable data from Housing Today’s ranking of the top 50 UK housebuilders. See below for Building’s ranking of the Top 50 UK commercial housebuilders by turnover. The tables, compiled by Hewes Associates, are fully sortable, including figures for turnover, completions, operating profit, completions and average sales price.
Offices closed and sites shut as ISG set to file for administration ...
Sep 20, 2024 · ISG’s chief executive has confirmed that the company is set to go into administration and told staff that offices will be closed from today while sites will also be shut.
Top 20 Facilities Management & Services Firms 2022: the table
Dec 13, 2022 · 20. Forth Holdco. 181,791. 148,033. 10,549. 6,434. Aug-21. Methodology. This analysis refers to those companies identified by Hewes & Associates as the top 150 that have results available with a year end in 2021 or 2022 and for which contracting, housing and facilities management account for roughly 50% or more of turnover.
CPD | The world's leading construction website - Building
Oct 12, 2024 · CPD 17 2024: Flat roofs and fire testing standards. Sponsored by Soprema. Sponsored by Soprema, this CPD module delves into the rise of flat roofs, their evolving nature, and the crucial fire testing standards that must be met in order to achieve compliance with current building regulations.